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Construction industry company league tables

The latest contractor, client, engineering consultant and housing league tables, powered by Glenigan and HousingNet

Top 50 construction contractors – wins in Nov 2018

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Kier 27 605.0
2 Lendlease 5 555.6
3 Winvic 5 262.5
4 ISG 6 224.6
5 McLaughlin & Harvey 10 184.1
6 John Sisk 1 183.0
7 Burmeister & Wain 1 180.0
8 McLaren 1 120.0
9 Morgan Sindall 20 115.2
10 Graham 7 111.0
11 Wates 8 110.8
12 VolkerWessels 3 89.7
13 Vinci 3 86.0
14 Murphy 1 80.0
15 Henry Boot 2 77.0
16 Galliford Try 11 70.7
17 Tarmac 2 55.3
18 Regal Homes 1 55.0
19 Bowmer & Kirkland 3 53.0
20 Willmott Dixon 11 52.6
21 Robertson 4 48.4
22 Midas 7 45.2
23 Gilbert Ash 1 40.0
24 Osborne 2 32.0
25 Headcrown 4 31.8
26 Henry Construction 3 30.0
27 McGee 1 29.0
28 Bouygues UK 2 28.4
29 Royal Bam 4 26.0
30 RG Group 3 23.1
31 Acheson 2 22.5
32 Tolent 6 22.2
33 Marshall 2 21.0
34 Parkeray 6 20.4
35 Blu-3 2 20.2
36 Farrans 2 20.0
37 GHR 1 20.0
38 Knight Harwood 1 20.0
39 Roadbridge 1 20.0
40 Seddon 6 19.2
41 SC Forecourts 2 18.9
42 McAleer & Rushe 1 18.5
43 Montway 1 18.0
44 WH Partnership 1 18.0
45 Bowmer & Kirkland 2 17.0
46 Torpoint 2 15.2
47 Wills Bros 1 15.0
48 Engie 4 14.7
49 Ardmore 1 14.6
50 Benniman 2 14.4

Top 50 construction contractors – wins in year to Nov 2018

Rank Contractor No Total (£m)
1 Kier 261 2,848.9
2 Wates 73 1,939.3
3 Morgan Sindall 201 1,588.7
4 Sir Robert McAlpine 33 1,438.9
5 Willmott Dixon 132 1,264.0
6 Galliford Try 105 1,208.3
7 Tarmac 49 1,147.2
8 Lendlease 8 1,075.6
9 Bowmer & Kirkland 59 1,074.3
10 Mace 21 1,014.3
11 Royal Bam 68 1,001.3
12 ISG 74 997.4
13 Winvic 34 924.8
14 Balfour Beatty 60 916.8
15 Graham 52 899.0
16 Bouygues UK 26 867.3
17 McLaren 21 791.0
18 Laing O'Rourke 15 746.7
19 Buckingham 46 727.5
20 Costain 8 702.1
21 McLaughlin & Harvey 33 633.8
22 Vinci 30 519.3
23 Henry Construction 22 496.6
24 Multiplex 5 467.9
25 Interserve 74 461.8
26 Hill Partnerships 15 442.8
27 Robertson 54 431.6
28 Murphy 17 422.2
29 Engie 90 380.6
30 John Sisk 5 338.7
31 VolkerWessels 40 303.6
32 McAleer & Rushe 12 279.0
33 Forrest 9 262.5
34 Midas 39 245.8
35 United Living 27 238.3
36 GMI 13 215.4
37 Tolent 33 202.6
38 Ardmore 4 200.6
39 A&H 19 191.0
40 Seddon 41 190.0
41 8Build 25 176.9
42 Speller Metcalfe 27 171.6
43 Gilbert Ash 9 159.5
44 RG Carter 33 159.5
45 DSP 25 159.5
46 Mid Group 8 153.5
47 BW Interiors 42 148.4
48 MCS 22 141.7
49 Watkin Jones 6 140.9
50 Headcrown 29 140.9

Top 50 clients – awards in Nov 2018

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Birmingham City Council 1 350.0
2 Concord London 1 300.0
3 Moda Living 2 183.8
4 Ministry of Defence 1 160.0
5 Department for Education 9 146.6
6 Department of Health 36 143.7
7 First Base 1 120.0
8 IM Properties 2 117.0
9 Aviva 2 91.1
10 CoGen 1 90.0
11 Marylebone Cricket Club 1 89.0
12 Kelda 1 80.0
13 Great Portland Estates 1 80.0
14 Geopost 1 75.0
15 SCBD 1 74.7
16 Barnsley MBC 1 70.0
17 Central & Cecil HT 1 55.0
18 University of Exeter 1 55.0
19 UPP 1 55.0
20 LB of Bromley 1 54.0
21 Allied London 2 51.0
22 Drum Property 2 48.4
23 Liverpool City Council 3 46.1
24 London & Continental 1 45.0
25 Canterbury Christ Church Uni 1 40.0
26 Sirius Minerals 1 40.0
27 Wolverhampton City Council 4 39.8
28 Nadler Hotels 1 38.0
29 Nissan 1 37.9
30 M7 Real Estate 1 37.9
31 Blackstone 1 35.0
32 North Colonnade 1 35.0
33 Accor 1 35.0
34 English Cities Fund 1 35.0
35 University of Aberdeen 1 35.0
36 United Parcel Service 1 34.0
37 China Mobile International 1 30.0
38 Milton Keynes Borough Council 1 30.0
39 Global Infrastructure Partners 4 29.7
40 Native Land 1 29.0
41 RB of Greenwich 2 28.4
42 Moto Hospitality 1 27.0
43 West Suffolk College 1 27.0
44 Segro 3 26.5
45 University of St Andrews 1 24.0
46 Competition Commission 1 22.0
47 Royal London Mutual 1 21.7
48 Office Group 2 21.0
49 Olympic Park Legacy Co 2 20.2
50 Science Museum 1 20.0

Top 50 clients – awards in year to Nov 2018

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Department for Transport 35 2,149.8
2 Department of Health 284 2,066.3
3 Department for Education 120 982.8
4 Network Rail 73 790.7
5 Birmingham City Council 20 484.0
6 Ministry of Defence 22 461.7
7 University of Cambridge 27 376.8
8 Homes England 10 340.7
9 University of London 41 324.1
10 Moda Living 4 287.1
11 Rushmoor Borough Council 4 275.0
12 Leeds City Council 20 263.9
13 Derwent London 3 263.1
14 Peel Holdings 15 256.7
15 UCL 9 252.0
16 Liverpool City Council 20 244.4
17 Lidl 75 238.2
18 Aldi 70 236.9
19 Global Infrastructure Partners 18 225.8
20 Vastint 5 220.4
21 Lancashire County Council 10 204.4
22 National Grid 27 202.9
23 Roxhill 10 198.3
24 Ministry of Justice 14 191.7
25 Bristol City Council 10 191.4
26 Legal & General 22 190.5
27 Manchester Airports Group 6 188.2
28 Dept. Regional Development 3 186.0
29 Intu 5 184.6
30 First Panattoni 9 179.2
31 LB of Hackney 13 173.4
32 Severn Trent 12 173.2
33 Whitbread 57 170.8
34 Co-operative Group 74 168.5
35 University of Birmingham 15 165.4
36 Clarion 15 162.2
37 Bruntwood 7 160.7
38 LB of Brent 4 159.6
39 Greater London Authority 15 150.2
40 Cardiff University 7 140.1
41 Genr8 4 139.9
42 University of Manchester 17 137.8
43 Sirius Minerals 4 135.0
44 Aviva 9 134.3
45 Morgan Sindall 21 132.2
46 Allied London 5 131.9
47 LB of Barnet 9 131.2
48 Environment Agency 28 130.8
49 University of Oxford 9 128.6
50 Imperial College 12 127.0

Top 20 engineers – wins in Nov 2018

Rank Engineer Deals Total (£m)
1 Hoare Lea 4 368.0
2 Couch 1 350.0
3 Phil Jones 1 350.0
4 Buro Happold 5 345.7
5 Alan Baxter 2 320.0
6 Hurley Palmer Flatt 1 300.0
7 Arup 6 287.7
8 WSP 4 282.1
9 Aecom 5 198.9
10 Hilson Moran 4 195.6
11 Cameron Darroch 1 150.0
12 Curtins 7 146.3
13 BWB 6 85.9
14 Cundall Johnston 5 82.1
15 Mott MacDonald 3 72.0
16 Price & Myers 5 56.3
17 Heyne Tillett Steel 5 55.5
18 Airey & Coles 1 55.0
19 Hulley & Kirkwood 1 55.0
20 PRP 2 53.0
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Top 20 housing contractors – Oct 2018

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Engie Regeneration 3 102.0
2 ChasWest (Chas Berger) 1 73.0
3 DW Support Services 1 52.0
4 Liberty Gas Group 1 34.3
5 Lancashire Mechanical (Northern) Services 1 13.4
6 Mi-space (UK) 1 10.0
7 Fortem 1 8.3
8 Top Notch Contractors 2 4.9
9 CCG Asset Management 2 4.2
10 J Tomlinson 1 4.0
10 The McDougall Group 1 4.0
11 MD Building Services 1 3.4
12 PPM 2 1.6
13 TLC Environmental Services 1 1.4
14 Heatcare Oil and Gas 1 0.8
15 City Technical services 1 0.8
16 Sure Maintenance 1 0.8
17 Transform 1 0.7
18 Vinshire Plumbing and Heating 1 0.6
19 TSG Building Services 1 0.6
20 Robert Heath Heating 1 0.6

Top 20 housing contractors – Nov 17 to Oct 18

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Engie Regeneration 13 375.1
2 Sovini Property Services, The Carroll Group 1 317.0
3 Wates Living Space 18 176.7
4 Axis Europe 7 136.1
5 H&A Mechanical Services 2 121.0
6 Mears 11 118.3
7 United Living (South) 2 106.4
8 Fix 360 1 93.3
9 Saliis 2 82.0
10 Kier Group 9 75.5
11 ChasWest (Chas Berger) 1 73.0
12 Liberty Group 9 72.9
13 Unitas Stoke-on-Trent 1 71.0
14 FES 1 70.0
15 Penny Lane Builders 2 65.4
16 Everwarm 6 57.6
17 DW Support Services 1 52.0
18 Robert Heath Heating 9 42.6
19 Mitie Property Services 3 40.9
20 Bancon Construction 1 40.0

Top 20 housing clients – Oct 2018

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Catalyst Housing 3 210.0
2 Crawley Borough Council 1 34.3
3 PA Housing 3 33.3
4 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 1 13.4
5 Paragon Housing Association 2 4.8
6 Linthouse Housing Association 2 4.2
7 Nottingham Community Housing Association 1 4.0
8 Hastoe Housing Association 2 4.0
9 Eden Housing Association 2 3.3
10 Castles & Coasts Housing Association 2 3.2
11 Leeds City Council 1 2.0
12 Tendring District Council 1 1.4
13 Salvation Army Housing Association (SAHA) 2 1.4
14 Caledonia Housing Association 1 0.8
15 Aberdeen City Council 1 0.7
16 Derby Homes 1 0.6
17 Connect Housing 3 0.5
18 Thirteen Group 4 0.4
19 Empowering People Inspiring Communities 1 0.4
20 Enfield London Borough 42 0.2

Top 20 housing clients – Nov 17 to Oct 18

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Northern Ireland Housing Executive 5 407.5
2 One Vision Housing 1 317.0
3 Aberdeenshire Council 5 231.5
4 Catalyst Housing 3 210.0
5 Westminster London Borough 2 200.0
6 Your Housing Group 3 146.7
7 Longhurst Group 1 99.5
8 Stoke-On-Trent City Council 6 80.8
9 Stevenage Borough Council 3 61.4
10 Bristol City Council 5 55.9
11 SLH Group 1 53.5
12 Govanhill Housing Association 4 43.2
13 North Lanarkshire Council 7 41.5
14 Cardiff Council 3 38.0
15 Crawley Borough Council 1 34.3
16 PA Housing 3 33.3
17 Lewes District Council 1 31.3
18 Bernicia Group 2 30.0
19 Sheffield City Council 3 27.0
20 Charnwood Borough Council 1 27.0
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