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Top 20 companies by operating margin
2005	2004	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)	%
1	1	Southern Electric Contracting	7.6
2	4	Severfield-Rowen	5.9
3	10	Bowmer & Kirkland	5.8
4	2	Keller	5.7
5	–	Laing	4.8
6	29	Shepherd Building Group	4.5
7	5	RG Carter Holdings	4.4
8	9	Alfred McAlpine	4.1
9	18	Willmot Dixon	3.9
10	–	Keepmoat Holdings	3.8
11	6	Headcrown	3.6
12	22	May Gurney	3.6
13	21	J Murphy & Sons	3.4
14	11	Edmund Nuttall	3.4
15	13	Interserve	3.3
16	33	HBG UK	3.2
17	25	Amec	3.0
18	32	Taylor Woodrow	2.9
19	16	Laing O’Rourke	2.8
20	28	Fitzpatrick	2.6

Top 20 companies by average salary
2005	2004		Average salary 2004 £000	2003 £000	Change %
1	–	Multiplex Construction UK	67.3	56.9	18.3
2	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	54.5	54.6	–0.1
3	1	Berkeley Group	52.9	46.7	13.3
4	–	Cala	50.4	44.2	14.0
5	5	Higgins	43.5	40.7	7.0
6	4	Bovis Lend Lease1	43.2	41.3	4.7
7	7	Styles & Wood	42.7	39.9	7.1
8	6	Byrne	42.3	40.4	4.6
9	11	Wates Group	39.5	36.3	8.7
10	8	Crest Nicholson	39.0	37.5	4.1
11	13	Miller	38.3	35.2	9.0
12	3	Linden	37.8	41.5	–9.0
13	9	Fitzpatrick	37.2	36.5	1.9
14	14	Birse	36.7	34.1	7.4
15	16	Severfield-Rowen	35.7	32.9	8.6
16	12	John Sisk	35.5	36.3	–2.3
17	20	MJ Gleeson	35.2	32.2	9.4
18	30	Gladedale Holdings	34.4	29.7	15.9
19	25	Morgan Sindall	33.7	30.7	9.8
20	31	David McLean	33.5	29.3	14.3

Top 10 companies by director’s salary
			2004			2003
			Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	%
			£000 excluding pensions			£000 excluding pensions
1	2	Stewart Milne	3,677	N/A	N/A	2,461	N/A	N/A	49.4
2	3	Berkeley Group	2,284	750	1,534	2,183	650	1,533	4.6
3	12	David McLean	1,638	N/A	N/A	866	N/A	N/A	89.1
4	5	Wimpey	1,270	535	735	1,255	510	745	1.2
5	7	Bloor Holdings	1,232	N/A	N/A	1,122	N/A	N/A	9.8
6	9	Taylor Woodrow	1,197	519	678	950	470	480	26.0
7	13	Persimmon	955	365	590	854	325	529	11.8
8	24	Willmot Dixon	953	N/A	N/A	556	N/A	N/A	71.4
9	4	Higgins	950	N/A	N/A	1,574	N/A	N/A	–39.6
10	8	Amec	949	670	279	1,021	628	393	–7.1

Top 20 companies by pre-tax profit
2005	2004	Company	Total pre-tax profit £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc £000
1	2	Persimmon	459,600	Dec-04		496,800				–37,200
2	1	Wimpey	450,700	Dec-04		500,400				–49,700
3	3	Taylor Woodrow	390,400	Dec-04	11,900	448,800	9,400			–79,700
4	4	Barratt Developments	367,700	Jun-04		375,600				–7,900
5	5	Wilson Bowden	257,800	Dec-04		254,200	27,600			–24,000
6	9	Balfour Beatty	257,000	Dec-04	69,200				67,000	120,800
7	6	Berkeley Group	230,246	Apr-04		218,901	16,303			–4,958
8	7	Bellway	205,530	Jul-04		213,255				–7,725
9	10	McCarthy & Stone	147,800	Aug-04		146,000				1,800
10	8	Bovis Homes	145,182	Dec-04		149,349				–4,167
11	12	Redrow Group	124,100	Jun-04		131,200	2,700		–1,200	–8,600
12	11	Westbury	120,000	Feb-05		149,500				–29,500
13	14	Crest Nicholson	82,100	Oct-04		94,900				–12,800
14	41	Bovis Lend Lease	69,372	Jun-04	69,372
15	13	Amec	65,700	Dec-04	41,400			75,300	57,200	–108,200
16	16	Bloor Holdings	64,269	Jun-04		67,423			2,446	–5,600
17	18	Laing O’Rourke	60,805	Mar-04	41,829				16,512	2,464
18	19	Fairview Holdings	53,859	Dec-04		77,747				–23,888
19	20	Miller	52,500	Dec-04	6,100	59,600	8,800			–22,000
20	22	Kier	40,600	Jun-04	15,600	31,800	6,600		–1,900	–11,500