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Top contractors
monthly work won, 1-30 November 2005
   Number of contractsTotal value (£m)
1-1Balfour Beatty38459.49
2-4Skanska9328.97
3(–)May Gurney46278.1
4-3Carillion3121.6
5-8Kier58101.7
6-21Birse488.4
7-31Costain883.24
8(–)Barr880.3
9-14HBG Construction780.2
10(–)Bovis Lend Lease180
11-2Mowlem2276.2
12-6Bowmer & Kirkland668.05
13-10Wates1967.22
14(–)Norwest Holst1863.59
15-49Laing O'Rourke*562.5
16-24Sir Robert McAlpine353.4
17(–)Morgan Sindall3448.51
18(–)Shepherd235.4
19-16Edmund Nuttall531.4
20-15Interserve Projects2828.76
21(–)Amec125
22-29Willmott Dixon822.67
23-23ISG Interior Exterior619.65
24-20Montpellier Group 717.67
25-12Rok1417.62
26-30Tolent817.53
27(–)C Spencer416.92
28-42Aggregate Industries1514.77
29(–)John Laing Partnership214.7
30-29Cowlin512.58
  Total3942,416.14
* Information taken from ABI database
Top contractors
yearly work won, 1 December 2004-30 November 2005
   Number of contractsTotal value (£m)
1-1Balfour Beatty9614133.57
2-2Bovis Lend Lease432205.5
3-5Kier6091596.04
4-4Costain771541.56
5-6Morgan Sindall4161328.44
6-3Laing O'Rourke*641319.88
7-11Skanska991116.64
8-7Mowlem2391040.9
9-10Carillion65993.6
10-8HBG Construction77991.86
11-9Gleeson46807.07
12-19May Gurney123712.6
13-12Wates177668.95
14-33Galliford Try56561.4
15-20Bowmer & Kirkland96559.5
16-14Sir Robert McAlpine24529.57
17-13Norwest Holst61521.23
18-17Birse50507.37
19-16Rok331483.26
20-22Morrison119453.53
21-23Interserve Projects278436.28
22-19May Gurney31434.5
23-15ISG Interior Exterior28424.14
24-21Amey10421.68
25-24Willmott Dixon91346.03
26-28Barr54338.85
27-27Taylor Woodrow78332.66
28-25Edmund Nuttall94312.14
29-26David McLean74308.84
30-18Shepherd16269.1
  Total4,48725,696.69
* Information taken from ABI database
Top architects
1 December 2004-30 November 2005
  Number of contractsTotal value (£m)
1Building Design Partnership18762.8
2Burks Green & Partners17569.7
3Page & Park Architects6523.15
4Dixon Jones 2520
5Wilkinson Eyre Architects4511
6Brock Carmichael Associates5510.1
7Haworth Tompkins2500.15
8Levitt Bernstein Associates 3454.7
9Aedas Architects 41394.83
10Ian Simpson Architects1283
11Carey Jones Architects12271
12Leach Rhodes & Walker10216.6
13Holder Mathias Architects10198.2
14RHWL Partnership4195.5
15Broadway Malyan 16171
16Allies and Morrison4165
17Skidmore Owings & Merrill 1150
18PRP Architects19140.81
19Scott Wilson Kirkpatric 2132
20HOK International7129
 Total1846,798.54
Top clients/promoters
1 December 2004-30 November 2005
  Number of contractsTotal value (£m)
1Highways Agency471,618.08
2National Grid Transco 51,200.50
3Severn Trent Water51,006.20
4Grosvenor Investment3513.5
5Seascape Energy 1500
6Barnet council6904.8
7ING Real Estate Development 3447.75
8Olympic Delivery Authority2359
9Welsh Water Authority4353
10Liverpool council5321.45
11Ministry of Defence29296.55
12Asda Stores 17286.7
13News International 4280
14Hackney council11242.57
15Cross London Rail Links 1225
16Leeds council12220.44
17Cambridgeshire council12218.45
18Southern Water Services11210.27
19London Development Agency2207
20Prologis Developments13206.25
 Total1939,617.50
Top quantity surveyors
1 December 2004-30 November 2005
  Number of contractsTotal value (£m)
1Davis Langdon 1081,710.60
2Gleeds52402.41
3Turner & Townsend50356.50
4Tweeds46326.88
5Gardiner & Theobald 46312.76
6Cyril Sweett28305.79
7Deacon & Jones4237.75
8EC Harris LLP52293.99
9Bailey Garner 17207.12
10Franklin + Andrews17196.75
11Northcroft27146.95
12AYH Partnership28119.65
13Hammersmith and Fulham council7102.4
14Christopher Smith Associates8100.7
15Leonard Stace Partnership697
16Randall & Simmonds985.95
17KHK Group785
18Bucknall Austin1678.48
19Milton Keynes council574.35
20Potter Raper Partnership1674.35
 Total5495,315.37