Contractor leaps from fifth to first place with 44 contract wins totalling £171m
Willmott Dixon stormed up the contractor table from fifth to first place after landing 44 contracts worth a combined £171m in July.
The firm’s wins included a £20.5m contract for Network Rail to refurbish office block One Puddle Dock next to Blackfriars station, a £19.5m contract to build Islwyn West Secondary school for Caerphilly County Council and an £18.5m contract for the Exeter Met Office.
In second place is Kier with 40 contracts worth £159m. In third place sits Morgan Sindall with a £110m haul of contracts, including a £19.2m contract to build an industrial facility for Rhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council.
Balfour Beatty took fourth place, winning 39 contracts worth £103m over the month, including a £45.4m contract from Highways England for a smart motorway on the M5.
Fifth place goes to ISG, which was awarded 29 contracts worth £102m, one of which is to construct a new building for the business and law faculty at the University of the West of England for £35m.
VolkerWessels UK secured sixth place with six contract wins, including a Rotor Blade factory for Associated British Ports in Hull for £25m and a £21m scheme for the University of Northampton for works that include a bridge, landscaping and car park remodel.
Seventh place goes to Buckingham Group with 11 contract wins in July worth £66m, including an £18m contract for a stadium and hotel for Scunthorpe Football Club and a £25m contract for Network Rail for additional works on the first phase of East West Rail in Bicester.
Bowmer & Kirkland, Mace and Robertson Group round July’s top 10 spots.
Top contractors including civils monthly work won, 1-30 June 2015
| Jul | Jun | Number of projects | Total value (£m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Willmott Dixon | 44 | 171 |
| 2 | 3 | Kier | 40 | 159 |
| 3 | 12 | Morgan Sindall | 45 | 110 |
| 4 | 4 | Balfour Beatty | 39 | 103 |
| 5 | 14 | ISG | 29 | 102 |
| 6 | 17 | VolkerWessels | 6 | 73 |
| 7 | – | Buckingham Group | 11 | 66 |
| 8 | 31 | Bowmer & Kirkland | 14 | 56 |
| 9 | – | Mace | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | – | Robertson Group | 7 | 35 |
| Total | 233 | 1,384 |
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