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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 Jan 2019

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Kier 22 433.6
2 Lendlease 1 330.0
3 McAleer & Rushe 3 260.7
4 Balfour Beatty 5 251.1
5 Buckingham 2 180.0
6 Costain 1 150.0
7 Galliford Try 11 137.2
8 Willmott Dixon 11 129.9
9 Sir Robert McAlpine 4 122.0
10 Wates 2 120.0
11 Morgan Sindall 28 116.8
12 Hill Partnerships 6 114.9
13 Farrans 3 94.4
14 Henry 4 77.0
15 Graham 2 76.8
16 Mace 3 75.0
17 North Midland 3 73.2
18 Esh 5 71.0
19 Royal Bam 3 68.5
20 Tolent 8 67.4
21 Renew 9 61.5
22 Hitachi Zosen Inova 1 60.0
23 McLaughlin & Harvey 2 57.0
24 Urban Splash 1 55.0
25 Create 2 54.5
26 GMI 5 45.4
27 Readie 2 45.0
28 Bowmer & Kirkland 1 42.0
29 ISG 8 41.5
30 Hochtief 1 40.0
31 Robertson 5 37.6
32 A&H 3 36.9
33 SPACE 2 35.5
34 Caddick 1 32.5
35 JA Ball 2 31.5
36 Wills Bros 1 30.0
37 Mount Anvil 1 28.0
38 Vinci 1 27.0
39 MCS 3 25.9
40 Headcrown 2 25.0
41 United Living 3 24.4
42 FM Conway 2 24.0
43 Benniman 1 23.8
44 John Turner 3 23.5
45 Simons 2 23.4
46 Collins 2 23.0
47 Seddon 6 22.9
48 RJ McLeod 4 22.1
49 Vermont 1 21.0
50 Uplands 2 18.6

Top 50 construction contractors – wins in year to Jan 2019

Rank Contractor No Total (£m)
1 Kier 241 2,789.0
2 Wates 65 1,753.1
3 Morgan Sindall 236 1,736.9
4 Sir Robert McAlpine 35 1,396.8
5 Lendlease 9 1,384.6
6 Galliford Try 102 1,300.8
7 Willmott Dixon 132 1,273.8
8 Tarmac 48 1,232.7
9 Balfour Beatty 59 1,190.1
10 Mace 24 1,138.6
11 Graham 48 999.2
12 ISG 81 980.0
13 Bowmer & Kirkland 56 978.9
14 Royal Bam 63 874.5
15 Buckingham 46 814.3
16 McLaughlin & Harvey 36 802.2
17 Winvic 32 789.4
18 Bouygues UK 19 761.2
19 Laing O'Rourke 12 758.3
20 McLaren 21 692.2
21 Costain 7 661.0
22 Vinci 30 598.2
23 Hill Partnerships 19 529.4
24 McAleer & Rushe 13 465.0
25 Interserve 72 409.7
26 Multiplex 4 402.9
27 Murphy 22 398.7
28 Henry Construction 22 395.0
29 CJ O'Shea 5 356.6
30 John Sisk 6 353.7
31 Robertson 51 335.2
32 Engie 88 325.3
33 VolkerWessels 43 298.0
34 GMI 19 264.9
35 United Living 24 261.1
36 Tolent 39 248.7
37 Midas 38 220.4
38 Farrans 15 209.5
39 Seddon 44 206.8
40 A&H 21 200.5
41 Ardmore 5 188.2
42 Watkin Jones 7 180.9
43 Vermont 4 175.6
44 Readie 16 172.7
45 North Midland 44 158.1
46 Speller Metcalfe 27 150.9
47 DSP 22 149.5
48 Carey 9 147.6
49 BW Interiors 39 147.3
50 Headcrown 26 146.3

Top 50 clients – awards in Jan 2019

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Manchester City Council 1 330.0
2 National Grid 5 216.4
3 Network Rail 7 210.7
4 Department for Transport 3 168.3
5 British Land 3 154.7
6 Rivington Land 1 135.0
7 Swansea City Council 1 135.0
8 Norfolk County Council 1 120.0
9 M&G Real Estate 1 101.5
10 Concierge 3 1 101.5
11 LB of Camden 3 99.5
12 Peel Holdings 4 94.1
13 Morgan Sindall 3 93.3
14 Exeter City Council 2 90.0
15 Department of Health 27 88.5
16 Ark Swift Academy 1 80.0
17 Department for Education 6 66.6
18 Port of Tilbury 1 65.0
19 London & Quadrant HT 1 59.6
20 Brookgate 2 57.1
21 Siglion 1 56.3
22 States Of Jersey 1 56.0
23 University of Warwick 1 54.3
24 Nottingham City Council 3 53.0
25 Harrow School 1 50.0
26 Scottish Government 3 48.3
27 Fulham FC 1 45.0
28 Axa-UAP 1 40.0
29 Battersea Power Station DC 1 40.0
30 RB of Greenwich 2 40.0
31 IDI Gazeley 1 35.0
32 Manchester Met University 1 35.0
33 Bricks Developments 2 34.7
34 Palace Capital 1 32.5
35 Brick by Brick (Croydon) 1 30.0
36 Covanta Energy 1 30.0
37 Swindon BC 1 30.0
38 UK Parliament 1 30.0
39 Veolia 1 30.0
40 Segro 2 29.1
41 Catalyst Housing 1 28.0
42 City of York Council 2 28.0
43 Transport Scotland 2 27.6
44 EDI 1 27.0
45 Moto Hospitality 1 27.0
46 Alpha Real Trust 1 25.0
47 ART PRS 1 25.0
48 Broadwick Street 1 25.0
49 RB of Kensington & Chelsea 1 25.0
50 Rotherham MBC 3 22.3

Top 50 clients – awards in year to Jan 2019

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Department for Transport 29 1945.3
2 Department of Health 285 1677.3
3 Department for Education 122 1014.5
4 UK Parliament 3 780.0
5 Network Rail 79 770.6
6 Birmingham City Council 18 529.8
7 National Grid 31 415.0
8 Manchester City Council 18 392.3
9 University of Cambridge 26 381.8
10 Greater London Authority 13 365.0
11 Homes England 11 354.2
12 University College London 11 347.2
13 LB of Camden 15 325.1
14 Ministry of Justice 21 313.0
15 Ministry of Defence 21 299.8
16 Peel Holdings 16 293.8
17 Rushmoor Borough Council 4 275.0
18 Leeds City Council 24 269.6
19 Derwent London 4 264.9
20 Liverpool City Council 19 238.3
21 Manchester Airports Group 9 236.1
22 Moda Living 4 232.4
23 Lidl 77 230.4
24 Dept. Regional Development 3 226.0
25 DCLG 10 225.4
26 Aldi 62 224.2
27 Bristol City Council 10 218.5
28 Morgan Sindall 20 213.4
29 Aviva 10 211.4
30 Swansea City Council 9 207.1
31 Sirius Minerals 4 205.0
32 U+I Group 9 203.4
33 Roxhill 11 200.0
34 Imperial College 16 177.9
35 British Land 16 177.5
36 University of London 41 177.1
37 Clarion 16 164.7
38 Co-operative Group 79 155.0
39 Genr8 5 152.9
40 Whitbread 52 152.0
41 Norfolk County Council 14 151.8
42 University of Birmingham 14 151.6
43 University of Exeter 7 151.3
44 University of Oxford 11 148.6
45 Cambridgeshire County Council 17 147.8
46 UPP 4 146.5
47 Bruntwood 6 146.2
48 Olympic Park Legacy Co 6 144.6
49 Cardiff University 7 140.1
50 Elliot Group 3 139.6

Top 20 engineers – wins in Jan 2019

Rank Engineer Deals Total (£m)
1 Arup 10 685.0
2 Ramboll 3 410.0
3 Hoare Lea 16 295.8
4 Curtins 9 286.6
5 Fairhurst 6 273.5
6 Caldwell 2 230.7
7 MCR 1 203.0
8 Capita 2 180.1
9 Buro Happold 4 180.0
10 Cundall Johnston 6 156.5
11 WSP 8 155.8
12 Black & White 1 140.5
13 M-E Engineers 1 135.0
14 Peter Brett 2 126.6
15 Royal BAM 1 100.0
16 BWB 6 96.0
17 SWECO 3 86.7
18 Mason Vavarro 1 80.0
19 Couch Perry & Wilkes 7 63.9
20 Fichtner 1 60.0
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Top 20 housing contractors – Nov 2018

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Mears 2 33.1
2 Engie Regeneration 1 18.0
3 Gilmartins 1 9.6
4 M&Y Maintenance and Construction 1 5.0
5 Colin Laver Heating 1 4.0
6 MD Group 1 3.9
7 Amber Construction Services 1 3.8
8 Glevum Heating & Plumbing 1 3.0
9 Kier Group 1 2.4
10 Mi-space (UK) 1 2.3
11 Sidey 1 0.5
12 Wates Living Space 2 0.3
13 Neo Property Solution 1 0.3
14 B R Solutions 1 0.2
15 RAAM Construction 15 0.1
16 Heatcare Oil and Gas 1 0.1
17 J. C. Services & Son 3 0.1
18 JK&C Wright 2 0.1
18 Soper Group 2 0.1
19 Lura Constructions 8 0.0
20 PCJ Property Services 3 0.0

Top 20 housing contractors – Dec 17 to Nov 18

Rank Contractor Deals Total (£m)
1 Engie Regeneration 13 413.9
2 Sovini Property Services 1 317.0
3 Wates Living Space 19 166.4
4 Mears 11 149.3
5 Axis Europe 5 134.6
6 United Living (South) 3 106.4
7 ChasWest 1 73.0
8 Liberty Group 8 72.4
9 FES Group 1 70.0
10 Penny Lane Builders 2 65.4
11 DW Support Services 1 52.0
12 Robert Heath Heating 9 42.6
13 Kier Group 9 37.9
14 LCB Construction 2 36.7
15 Fortem Solutions 2 35.3
16 Ian Williams 4 32.5
17 Jeff Way Electrical Services 2 30.0
18 Mulalley and Co 1 27.5
19 Morgan Sindall Property Services 2 26.9
20 Saltire Facilities Management 6 22.4

Top 20 housing clients – Nov 2018

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 Waverley Borough Council 2 41.6
2 Your Housing Group 1 18.0
3 Prima Group 1 5.0
4 Tai Tarian Ltd 1 4.0
5 Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) 1 3.9
6 Wandsworth London Borough 1 3.8
7 Bristol City Council 1 3.0
8 North Kesteven District Council 1 2.4
9 Mid Devon District Council 1 2.3
10 Bridgewater Housing Association 1 1.1
11 Caledonia Housing Association 1 0.5
12 Thurrock Borough Council 4 0.5
13 Together Housing Association 1 0.3
14 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 7 0.2
15 Enfield London Borough 28 0.1
16 Ark Housing Association 1 0.1

Top 20 housing clients – Dec 17 to Nov 18

Rank Client Deals Total (£m)
1 One Vision Housing 1 317.0
2 Catalyst Housing 3 210.0
3 Northern Ireland Housing Executive 1 204.5
4 Westminster London Borough 2 200.0
5 Longhurst Group 1 99.5
6 Your Housing Group 3 82.0
7 Aberdeenshire Council 1 70.0
8 Stevenage Borough Council 3 61.4
9 Bristol City Council 6 58.9
10 SLH Group 1 53.5
11 Govanhill Housing Association 4 43.2
12 Waverley Borough Council 2 41.6
13 North Lanarkshire Council 5 39.3
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 Charnwood Borough Council 1 27.0
20 Linc-Cymru Housing Association 1 24.0
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