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Tulloch Group

David Sutherland, the executive chairman and biggest shareholder of the former Alfred McAlpine subsidiary, is thought to be the recipient of a bumper £4.5m pay packet. £4.2m of this was paid in the form of a bonus, understood to be awarded for the £31m sale of Tulloch’s construction arm to ROK last year.

Miller Group

The best paid director is almost certainly Keith Miller, the chief executive. At the helm of the housebuilder-contractor since 1994, he has delivered record profits for 13 consecutive years. Last year, turnover leapt by a third to more than £1.2bn. The company is in the top 10 housebuilders and has a £342m construction division.

Pettifer Group

The pay is probably that of Brian Pettifer, chief executive and chairman. The Warwickshire-based group has gone through a turnaround after a fall in turnover in 2005, attributed to problems in the construction division. Staff are paid an average of £43,300, £400 less than the previous year.

Ogilvie

Duncan Ogilvie, chief executive of the Stirling-based construction group, is the likely recipient of this pay packet. The group more than doubled its turnover to £177m in five years, and profit increased 10% in the 12 months to June 2006. This has led to the firm achieving the construction industry’s 15th best margin at 4.8%.

Fairview Holdings

Chairman Dennis Cope or managing director Stephen Casey are likely to have got the dough. They led a management buyout in 2001, having floated the company only three years earlier. Turnover fell £72m to £239m last year, but they still managed to increase profit. Fairview made margins of 14.3%, within the housebuilders’ top 30.