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The top 50 specialists
Rank	Company	Ultimate	Year end	Turnover		UK turnover		Pre-tax profit		Operating profit		Employees		Total salary bill		Average		Main sector
		parent		current	previous	current	previous	current	previous	current	previous	current	previous	current	previous	remuneration
				(£m)	(£m)	(£m)	(£m)	(£m)	(£m)	(£m)	(£m)					current	previous
1	Keller		31/12/2003	567.5	511.0	104.0	106.7	14.8	27.3	19.0	31.2	4,626	4,055	134.4	115.0	29,058	28,359	Ground engineering
2	Emcor Drake & Scull	Emcor Group	31/12/2003	347.4	354.6	347.4	354.6	–11.7	–3.3	–12.1	–3.9	3,843	3,912	102.7	100.4	26718	25,662	M&E
3	NG Bailey		27/02/2004	329.5	304.8	329.5	304.8	9.7	6.2	9.7	6.2	3,206	3,291	86.3	83.2	26,913	25,273	M&E
4	Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil	Skanska	31/12/2003	227.2	201.6	227.2	201.6	11.4	9.9	9.3	8.1	912	867	27.2	26.3	29,843	30,348	M&E
5	Lorne Stewart		31/12/2003	215.4	192.8	215.4	192.8	3.4	–4.4	2.9	-4.6	2,292	2,579	70.9	71.5	30,925	27,713	M&E
6	Haden Young	Balfour Beatty	31/12/2002	197.0	204.7	197.0	204.7	11.3	11.1	8.4	7.8	1,589	1,676	45.7	44.5	28,772	26,531	M&E
7	McNicholas Construction		31/03/2004	194.2	176.1	193.5	175.3	2.1	–9.0	3.0	–7.4	1,959	2,038	47.2	49.8	24,072	24,441	M&E
8	Mitie Engineering Services1	Mitie Group	31/03/2004	188.8	164.5			15.0	13.0									M&E.
9	Southern Electric Contracting	SSE Contracting	02/04/2003	173.5	176.4	173.5	176.4	13.5	17.6	12.2	8.5	2,417	2615	56.2	60.0	23,249	22,958	M&E
10	Severfield-Rowan		31/12/2003	170.2	157.4	170.2	157.4	9.1	7.5	9.3	7.7	895	934	29.5	30.4	33,009	32,518	Structural steel
11	Elliott Group	Davis Group	31/12/2003	159.9	140.1					18.1	17.6							Modular buildings
12	Overbury	Morgan Sindall	31/12/2003	155.8	152.5	155.8	152.5	7.9	7.6	7.3	6.9	277	302	15.8	17.4	56,935	57,6 32	Fit-out
13	T Clarke		31/12/2003	143.3	144.0	143.3	144.0	8.9	10.8	8.3	10.2	1188	1,213	39.2	39.3	33,006	32,391	M&E
14	Cape Industrial Services	Cape	31/12/2002	129.3	157.1	122.3	154.0	10.7	4.2	10.7	4.0	2,677	3,048	74.2	91.2	27,702	29,931	Site services
15	Prismo	Jarvis	31/03/2003	105.6	91.9	101.7	87.0	6.8	7.5	7.3	7.1	1056	1,046	27.5	22.8	26,038	21,812	Roadworks
16	Mabey & Johnson2		30/09/2003	105.3	119.1			32.5	38.4	32.4	38.3	354	357	8.8	8.5	24,945	23,908	Structural steel.
17	Bachy Soletanche		31/12/2003	101.8	66.4			0.6	1.4	1.5	2.1	414	386	11.8	11.1	28,406	28,826	Ground engineering
18	Portakabin	Shepherd	30/06/2003	101.4	91.5	79.5	74.9	16.3	14.3	15.6	14.3	1,094	1078					Modular buildings
19	Domestic & General Services		30/06/2003	100.7	40.9	100.7	40.9	1.6	0.4	1.4	0.3	576	303	9.5	2.0	16,554	6,535	Plumbing
20	Havelock Europa		31/12/2003	97.7	87.4	95.4	80.5	4.7	3.9	4.8	4.5	863	866	19.1	18.9	22,156	21,841	Fit-out
21	Hills Electrical & Mechanical	Hills	30/06/2003	96.0	93.6	96.0	93.6	0.3	2.3	0.1	2.1	1,018	1,094	17.6	17.5	17,318	15,988	M&E
22	PC Harrington		31/05/2003	90.9	78.0	90.9	78.0	6.2	6.2	6.3	5.8							Concrete
23	Inspace	Willmott Dixon	31/12/2003	88.4	62.0					3.4	1.3							Fit-out
24	William Hare		31/12/2002	83.7	73.5			0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	455	535	11.1	12.7	24,468	23,683	Structural steel
25	Roger Bullivant		26/10/2003	82.7	68.1	80.3	66.0	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.2	813	738	21.9	17.5	26,929	23,766	Ground engineering
26	Thermal Transfer	SSE Contracting	01/04/2003	76.0	69.5	76.0	69.5	8.5	7.2	7.2	6.2	436	464	12.2	12.4	28,007	26,784	Plumbing
27	Mivan Group		31/12/2003	74.6	56.8	46.8	33.7	2.5	2.0	2.4	1.9	826	724	13.3	11.1	16,050	15,390	Fit-out
28	Shepherd Engineering Services		30/06/2003	73.1	85.4	73.1	85.4	1.1	–3.0	1.1	-3.0	624	576	16.7	14.7	26,806	25,550	M&E
29	Byrne Bros (Formwork)		31/05/2003	70.9	85.0	70.9	85.0	2.1	4.7	1.8	4.1	189	203	8.7	10.2	45,909	50,005	Concrete
30	Everest3	Ever 1951	31/10/2003	70.1		70.1		4.4		4.4		897		11.9		13,230		Glazing
31	Hertel (UK)	Hertel Beheer	31/12/2002	68.7	60.4	68.7	60.4	1.8	1.6	2.1	2.0	1,917	1,449	45.0	33.0	23,458	22,767	M&E, industrial maintenance
32	Cegelec		30/09/2003	66.6	78.3	62.7	76.6	–13.7	-19.9	–13.3	–19.8	891	1,008	21.6	23.5	24,250	23,328	M&E
33	Mowlem Technical Services		31/12/2003	65.8	63.9	65.8	63.9	2.1	1.2	2.4	1.4	654	737	22.0	21.1	33,595	28,684	M&E, building fabric maintenance
34	Killby & Gayford		31/12/2003	65.6	44.8	65.6	44.8	1.9	0.9	1.9	0.9	279	265	9.5	7.9	34,200	29,872	M&E and fit out
35	Ian Williams		02/11/2003	64.0	50.4	64.0	50.4	2.8	2.3	2.7	2.2	934	837	19.8	17.0	21,246	20,258	Interior decorating
36	Ibex Interiors	John Doyle	31/12/2003	63.8	80.5	63.8	80.5	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.8	87	94	4.2	4.5	48,257	47,778	Fit-out
37	Meica		30/09/2003	62.6	60.8	62.6	60.8	2.2	2.7	1.8	2.3	200	192	8.7	7.1	43,678	37,220	M&E
38	Morris & Spottiswood		31/12/2003	60.0	53.7	60.0	53.7	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7	418	438	12.4	11.0	29,685	25,190	Fit-out and facilties management
39	EDF Energy Contracting	Seeboard Trading	31/12/2003	59.7	53.4	59.7	53.4	1.4	2.0	1.2	1.8	638	630	16.9	13.2	26,522	20,978	M&E
40	Atmos	Atkins	31/03/2003	59.6	41.7	59.6	41.7	–1.8	2.1	–1.5	2.4	678	595	12.5	11.0	18,492	18,565	Road surfacing
41	Daniel Contractors		30/09/2003	58.1	47.5	58.1	47.5	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.8	697	583	15.9	14.1	22,771	24,106	Concrete and pipelines
42	Salamis (M&I)4	AP Moller	31/12/2003	56.6	49.3			2.4	0.9	1.2	0.5	902	781	33.5	32.8	37,144	41,965	Site services
43	Keltbray Group		31/10/2003	53.0	39.5	53.0	39.5	2.6	1.2	2.8	1.4	57	71	3.8	7.6	66,094	10,6870	Site services
44	EIC		31/12/2003	50.3	49.0	50.3	49.0	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.2	516	517	15.3	15.1	29,563	29,134	M&E
45	Rom		31/12/2002	50.1	48.0	47.8	46.6	1.0	0.5	1.6	0.1	322	314	6.8	6.6	21,118	20,994	Structural steel
46	Stent Foundations	Balfour Beatty	31/12/2002	47.4	47.6	47.3	47.6	1.6	1.8	1.5	1.7	348	355	9.5	9.4	27,190	26,583	Ground engineering
47	The BDL Group	Oak Manors	31/12/2003	46.8	42.8	46.8	42.8	5.3	4.6	5.2	4.7	140	140	26.7	23.5	190,982	168,132	Plasterers
48	Curzon Interiors		26/07/2003	46.7	36.3	46.7	36.3	–1.5	0.6	–1.6	0.6	95	119	4.3	5.7	45,674	48,176	Fit-out
49	Cementation Foundations Skanska	Skanska	31/12/2003	46.5	77.3	43.8	77.3	0.8	3.7	0.9	3.6	508	584	15.7	18.0	30,982	30,892	Ground engineering
50	The Dodd Group		31/03/2003	46.4	40.1	46.4	40.1	3.3	2.8	3.1	2.6	539	492	12.9	11.1	24,020	22,512	M&E
Source: Irum Malik, Economic Strategies: www.economic-strategies.com

The Five fastest growing turnovers
	Growth	Current	Previous
Domestic & General Services	146%	100.7	40.9
Bachy Soletanche	53%	101.8	66.4
Killby & Gayford	46%	65.6	44.8
Atmos	43%	59.6	41.7
Inspace	43%	88.4	62.0

The Five biggest fit-out firms
	Turnover	Pre-tax Profit
Overbury	155.8	7.9
Havelock Europa	97.7	4.7
Inspace	88.4	3.4(o)
Mivan Group Holdings	74.6	2.5
Ibex Interiors	63.8	1.9

The five highest operating profits
	Turnover	Operating profit
Mabey & Johnson	105.3	32.4
Keller	567.5	19.0
Elliott Group	159.9	18.1
Portakabin	101.4	15.6
Southern Electric Contracting	173.5	12.2
Mitie Engineering Services have no operating profit in their accounts but if they did might have been included in this list as their pre-tax profit equals £15m.

the biggest five M&E firms
	Turnover	Pre-tax Profit
Emcor Drake & Scull	347.4	–11.7
NG Bailey	329.5	9.7
Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil	227.2	11.4
Lorne Stewart	215.4	3.4
Haden Young	197.0	11.3

Five largest average salaries
Calculated by dividing amount spent on wages and salaries by number of employees. The figures are distorted as directors salaries are included in the total.
	Average remuneration
The BDL Group	190,982
Keltbray Group	66,094
Overbury	56,935
Ibex Interiors	48,257
Byrne Bros (Formwork)	45,909

five biggest employers
	No. of employees
Keller	4626
Emcor Drake & Scull	3843
NG Bailey	3206
Cape Industrial Services	2677
Southern Electric Contracting	2417

Top five ground engineering firms
	Turnover	Pre-tax Profit
Keller	567.5	14.8
Bachy Soletanche	101.8	0.6
Roger Bullivant	82.7	1.6
Stent Foundations	47.4	1.6
Cementation Foundations Skanska	46.5	0.8