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| Top contractors – monthly work won, 1-30 November 1998 | ||||
| Number of projects | Total value (£m) | |||
| 1 | (1) | Bovis | 3 | 442.00 |
| 2 | (–) | Laing | 5 | 354.00 |
| 3 | (6) | Tarmac | 6 | 178.13 |
| 4 | (3) | HBG Construction | 8 | 122.55 |
| 5 | (–) | Balfour Beatty | 8 | 67.50 |
| 6 | (2) | Kier Group | 9 | 40.50 |
| 7 | (–) | Birse Construction | 5 | 27.50 |
| 8 | (13) | Wates Group | 7 | 21.60 |
| 9 | (14) | John Mowlem | 4 | 18.76 |
| 10 | (–) | Crest Nicholson Properties | 4 | 16.47 |
| 11 | (15) | Ballast Wiltshier Construction | 5 | 15.94 |
| 12 | (10) | Allen | 3 | 15.30 |
| 13 | (–) | Barr Construction | 2 | 15.00 |
| 14 | (–) | Fitzpatrick Contractors | 2 | 14.20 |
| 15 | (11) | Jarvis Construction (UK) | 3 | 11.90 |
| 16 | (5) | Bowmer & Kirkland | 2 | 11.50 |
| 17 | (25) | Tilbury Douglas Construction | 5 | 11.25 |
| 18 | (–) | Sol Construction | 2 | 10.30 |
| 19 | (–) | Geoffrey Osborne | 2 | 9.07 |
| 20 | (–) | DJ Higgins & Sons | 2 | 8.30 |
| 21 | (8) | Morgan Sindall | 3 | 8.20 |
| 22 | (–) | Totty Construction Group | 2 | 6.40 |
| 23 | (20) | Willmott Dixon | 3 | 5.44 |
| 24 | (–) | Mansell | 3 | 5.35 |
| 25 | (7) | Miller Group | 2 | 4.00 |
| 26 | (–) | Try Group | 3 | 3.90 |
| 27 | (–) | Alfred McAlpine Construction | 2 | 3.38 |
| 28 | (–) | Walter G Birch | 2 | 2.82 |
| 29 | (–) | Pochin (Contractors) | 2 | 2.70 |
| 30 | (–) | Herbert Baggaley Construction | 2 | 2.60 |
| TOTAL | 109 | 1 453.95 | ||
| All types of building contracts, including design-and-build, management, construction management and traditional contracts, are taken into account. Facilities management, schedule of rates and measured-term contracts are not included. | ||||
| Top contractors – yearly work won, 1 December 1997-30 November 1998 | ||||
| Number of projects | Total value (£m) | |||
| 1 | (1) | Laing | 50 | 1 340.27 |
| 2 | (3) | Bovis | 76 | 1 255.70 |
| 3 | (2) | HBG Construction | 95 | 996.48 |
| 4 | (4) | Sir Robert McAlpine | 15 | 846.29 |
| 5 | (8) | Tarmac | 47 | 602.07 |
| 6 | (5) | Amec | 34 | 490.13 |
| 7 | (6) | John Mowlem | 77 | 431.27 |
| 8 | (9) | Kier Group | 103 | 395.21 |
| 9 | (7) | Kvaerner UK | 16 | 389.50 |
| 10 | (–) | GMI Construction | 10 | 321.12 |
| 11 | (13) | Miller Group | 22 | 253.35 |
| 12 | (11) | Ballast Wiltshier Construction | 52 | 250.53 |
| 13 | (17) | Balfour Beatty | 35 | 244.37 |
| 14 | (14) | Wates Group | 49 | 238.99 |
| 15 | (12) | Taylor Woodrow | 18 | 232.22 |
| 16 | (16) | Shepherd Building Group | 36 | 231.61 |
| 17 | (10) | Mace Construction | 5 | 222.40 |
| 18 | (15) | Morgan Sindall | 88 | 201.08 |
| 19 | (18) | Tilbury Douglas Construction | 29 | 186.77 |
| 20 | (20) | Norwest Holst Group | 30 | 169.03 |
| 21 | (19) | Bowmer & Kirkland | 38 | 149.29 |
| 22 | (21) | Willmott Dixon | 41 | 140.06 |
| 23 | (22) | Morrison Construct Group | 19 | 132.28 |
| 24 | (23) | Allen | 44 | 130.07 |
| 25 | (–) | Birse Construction | 19 | 100.65 |
| 26 | (25) | Simons Construction | 15 | 99.35 |
| 27 | (27) | Mansell | 40 | 92.69 |
| 28 | (26) | Costain Group | 16 | 92.34 |
| 29 | (24) | Henry Boot | 20 | 91.99 |
| 30 | (28) | RG Construction Management | 8 | 91.40 |
| TOTAL | 1 147 | 10 418.48 | ||
| All types of building contracts, including design-and-build, management, construction management and traditional contracts, are taken into account. Facilities management, schedule of rates and measured-term contracts are not included. | ||||
| Top architects – yearly work won, 1 December 1997-30 November 1998 | ||||
| Number of projects | Total value (£m) | |||
| 1 | (–) | Lyons Sleeman & Hoare | 9 | 364.34 |
| 2 | (5) | Sheppard Robson | 7 | 301.46 |
| 3 | (2) | HLM Architects (Design) | 6 | 295.39 |
| 4 | (4) | Chetwood Associates | 34 | 264.82 |
| 5 | (3) | Burgess Partnership | 5 | 259.71 |
| 6 | (10) | GMW Partnership | 9 | 221.76 |
| 7 | (7) | The Parr Partnership | 15 | 213.75 |
| 8 | (6) | RHWL Partnership | 5 | 208.51 |
| 9 | (8) | Keppie Architects | 5 | 191.25 |
| 10 | (9) | Leslie Jones & Partners | 7 | 186.30 |
| 11 | (1) | Foster and Partners | 8 | 179.86 |
| 12 | (20) | Benoy | 7 | 170.80 |
| 13 | (11) | Sidell Gibson Partnership | 7 | 159.20 |
| 14 | (19) | Building Design Partnership | 14 | 142.38 |
| 15 | (12) | George Trew Dunn Partnership | 2 | 141.30 |
| 16 | (14) | Rolfe Judd | 5 | 128.85 |
| 17 | (16) | Broadway Malyan | 16 | 119.28 |
| 18 | (17) | Amec | 3 | 115.60 |
| 19 | (18) | Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners | 2 | 113.50 |
| 20 | (–) | Percy Thomas Partnership | 3 | 100.00 |
| TOTAL | 169 | 3 878.06 | ||
| Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers. | ||||
| Top clients – yearly spend, 1 December 1997-30 November 1998 | ||||
| Number of projects | Total value (£m) | |||
| 1 | (1) | J Sainsbury | 38 | 309.89 |
| 2 | (2) | Ministry of Defence | 32 | 283.69 |
| 3 | (3) | Asda Group | 25 | 164.10 |
| 4 | (7) | Marks & Spencer | 18 | 162.54 |
| 5 | (4) | SmithKline Beecham | 2 | 152.00 |
| 6 | (6) | Home Office | 24 | 144.82 |
| 7 | (5) | Legal & General Group | 5 | 134.53 |
| 8 | (8) | BP Oil (UK) | 3 | 104.40 |
| 9 | (16) | Royal Mail | 9 | 101.82 |
| 10 | (–) | Stakis | 4 | 97.70 |
| 11 | (10) | MEPC Developments | 6 | 94.27 |
| 12 | (9) | Safeway Food Stores | 18 | 94.25 |
| 13 | (11) | Tesco Stores | 23 | 84.44 |
| 14 | (12) | Land Securities | 8 | 83.55 |
| 15 | (13) | Liberty International Holdings | 2 | 73.08 |
| 16 | (15) | Railtrack | 21 | 71.34 |
| 17 | (14) | HBG Construction | 6 | 70.35 |
| 18 | (17) | Prudential Corporation | 4 | 60.86 |
| 19 | (20) | Taylor Woodrow | 8 | 54.76 |
| 20 | (–) | Berkeley Group | 3 | 54.40 |
| TOTAL | 259 | 2 396.79 | ||
| Figures in brackets indicate last year’s position. | ||||