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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Contractors projects
(£m)
projects
Rank Contractors projects
(£m)
projects Total value of projects Home

£2,613m
1 NEW Costain Group Plc 575 2 26 NEW Caledonian Modular 22 2 Welcome

2 Bowmer & Kirkland Limited 138 8 27 Balfour Beatty Group Limited 22 3

3 BAM Construction 124 2 28 NEW Vistry Partnerships 21 3 League Tables
4 NEW Laing O'Rourke 123 1 29 Goldbeck Construction Limited 20 1
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5 Willmott Dixon Construction Limited 113 11 30 NEW Gilbert - Ash Limited 20 1
6 Kier Construction Limited Building UK 108 14 31 NEW Jarvis Contracting Limited 18 1 August

7 NEW Renaker Build Limited 100 1 32 NEW Hill Partnerships Limited 16 1

Total number of projects Last 12 months

130
8 Multiplex Construction Europe Limited 100 1 33 NEW J Murphy & Sons Limited 15 8
TOP 50 ARCHITECTS
9 Galliford Try Construction 90 1 34 NEW Buxton Building Contractors Limited 15 2
10 NEW Galliford Try Services 90 2 35 NEW C Field Construction 15 1 August

11 Interserve Plc 79 5 36 NEW Boshers Limited 14 1

Last 12 months
12 NEW Barratt Homes 59 2 37 NEW Conlon Construction Limited 13 2
13 Caddick Construction Limited 57 2 38 NEW Robert Woodhead Limited 13 1 TOP 50 CLIENTS

14 Wates Construction Limited 53 6 39 NEW Wynne Construction 12 2 August

15 Robertson Group Limited 50 5 40 NEW MCS Group Limited 12 2

Last 12 months
16 NEW Vital Energi Utilities Limited 50 1 41 NEW Tamdown Limited 11 1
17 NEW Captiva Homes 49 1 42 NEW Bryen & Langley Limited 11 2
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18 John Graham Construction Limited 49 2 43 Beard Limited 11 1
Bowmer & Kirkland
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19 Buckingham Group Contracting Limited 49 1 44 Horizon Building Contractors 11 1

move up 10 places
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20 NEW Readie Construction Limited 43 1 45 NEW Jones Brothers (Henllan) Limited 10 1

21 Morgan Sindall Plc 38 6 46 NEW Headcrown Group Plc 10 1 from last month to sit POWERED BY

22 NEW HG Construction 36 2 47 NEW Sir Robert McAlpine Limited 10 1 in second position this
23 Engie Regeneration Limited 33 4 48 NEW Guildmore Limited 10 1 month with eight awards
24 Winvic Construction Limited 29 1 49 NEW O'Keefe Construction Limited 10 1 totalling £138 million. © AMA Research Ltd 2020
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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Contractors projects Rank Contractors projects
Total value of projects
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projects projects
(£m) (£m)

£30,516m
1 BAM Construction 1986 51 26 McLaughlin & Harvey 441 18 Welcome

2 Balfour Beatty Group Limited 1750 56 27 McLaren Construction Limited 440 11

3 Galliford Try Construction 1528 50 28 Buckingham Group Contracting Limited 439 19 League Tables
4 Willmott Dixon Construction Limited 1281 96 29 J Murphy & Sons Limited 425 25
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5 Morgan Sindall Plc 1208 123 30 Laing O'Rourke 403 6
6 Kier Construction Limited Building UK 1108 114 31 Robertson Group Limited 403 47 August

7 Costain Group Plc 1102 13 32 J Murphy Group/ Hochtief JV 400 1

Total number of projects Last 12 months

1,206
8 Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA JV 1000 1 33 Hill Partnerships Limited 390 22
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9 Mace Limited 841 11 34 Multiplex Construction Europe Limited 384 14
10 Fluor Limited 801 2 35 Midland Metro Alliance 344 1 August

11 ISG 796 51 36 Vistry Partnerships 339 20

Last 12 months
12 Bowmer & Kirkland Limited 787 42 37 Domis Property Group 324 6
13 Skanska UK 743 10 38 Interserve Plc 310 42 TOP 50 CLIENTS

14 McAleer & Rushe Limited 732 13 39 Engie Regeneration Limited 309 38 August

15 VolkerWessels UK 724 28 40 Farrans (Construction) Limited 302 2

Last 12 months
16 Bouygues Group 707 8 41 RG Group Limited Head Office 299 11
17 John Graham Construction Limited 672 30 42 Caddick Construction Limited 278 22
18 Winvic Construction Limited 650 23 43 TSL Projects 259 9 Top 50 Summary

19 John Sisk & Son Limited 629 11 44 Readie Construction Limited 252 15
20 Carey Group PLC 604 4 45 Hitachi Zosen Inova AG 250 1
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21 Sir Robert McAlpine Limited 599 14 46 Vermont Construction 241 2
22 Vinci Construction 577 28 47 Geoffrey Osborne Limited 240 14
23 RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited 545 7 48 Lendlease Limited 233 2
24 Wates Construction Limited 515 48 49 NEW Barratt Homes 231 10 © AMA Research Ltd 2020
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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Contractors projects
(£m)
projects
Rank Contractors projects
(£m)
projects Total value of projects Home

£1,612m
1 UMC Architects 162 2 26 NEW LSI Architects Llp 20 1 Welcome

2 NEW Denton Corker Marshall 100 1 27 NEW Stanton Williams 20 1

3 NEW PLP Architecture 100 1 28 NEW Mott MacDonald Group Limited 20 1 League Tables
4 NEW CJCT Architects 90 2 29 Watson Batty Architects Limited 20 3
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5 NEW BDP 76 2 30 NEW Thrive Architects 19 1
6 NEW Jestico + Whiles 63 3 31 Bond Bryan Partnership 19 2 August

7 NEW Associated Architects 50 3 32 NEW ADP 18 3

Total number of projects Last 12 months

82
8 NEW Urban Pulse Design 49 1 33 NEW Ingleton Wood 18 3
TOP 50 ARCHITECTS
9 Michael Sparks Associates 49 1 34 NEW Pilbrow & Partners 18 1
10 Place First Limited 42 1 35 Buckley Gray Yeoman Architects Limited 18 1 August

11 Sheppard Robson 42 1 36 NEW Chassay & Last Architects 16 1

Last 12 months
12 NEW HTA Design Llp 40 1 37 NEW Kyle Smart Associates 16 1
13 Stephen George & Partners 39 2 38 NEW Greig & Stephenson 15 1 TOP 50 CLIENTS

14 Stride Treglown Limited 37 3 39 NEW CPMG Architects 15 1 August

15 NEW Fairhursts Design Group 35 1 40 NEW Metropolitan Workshop 15 1

Last 12 months
16 NEW On Architecture 34 2 41 NEW BM3 Architecture Limited 14 1
17 NEW Barratt Homes 29 1 42 NEW Quattro Design Architects Limited 14 3
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18 Hunter & Partners Limited 29 3 43 Feilden & Mawson 14 1
Moving up seven places
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19 MICA Architects Limited 25 1 44 Jackson Design Associates 13 1

from last month UMC
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20 NEW Stiff & Trevillion Architects Limited 25 1 45 NEW Creu Architecture Limited 12 1
21 NEW Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners 22 2 46 NEW Wilson Mason & Partners 12 1 Architects occupy top POWERED BY

22 AHR Building Consultancy Limited 21 3 47 NEW CHQ Architects 12 1 spot this month.
23 NEW Nicol Thomas Limited 21 5 48 NPS Property Consultants Limited 12 3
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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Architects projects Rank Architects projects
Total value of projects
Home
projects projects
(£m) (£m)

£16,323m
1 Wilkinson Eyre Architects 1148 5 26 HOK International Limited 251 2 Welcome

2 ExxonMobil Research and Engineering 800 1 27 Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP 250 1
3 MAKE Architects 650 2 28 JTP 246 12 League Tables
4 Stride Treglown Limited 613 44 29 Mott MacDonald Group Limited 231 13
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5 Sheppard Robson 597 14 30 Pollard Thomas & Edwards Architects 221 9
6 Simpson Haugh & Partners 530 5 31 Jeffrey Bell Architects 220 1 August

7 AHR Building Consultancy Limited 529 35 32 Stanton Williams 212 4

Total number of projects Last 12 months

507
8 BDP 503 19 33 AJA Architects LLP 208 14
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9 McBains 493 5 34 Capita Group 207 8
10 UMC Architects 472 19 35 Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands 205 2 August

11 Ryder Architecture 464 18 36 Adamson Associates (International) Limited 200 1

Last 12 months
12 Squire and Partners 431 6 37 Fletcher Rae UK Limited 196 8
13 Michael Sparks Associates 422 11 38 Bond Bryan Partnership 193 23 TOP 50 CLIENTS

14 Hawkins Brown Architects 397 14 39 LOM Architecture and Design 193 3 August

15 Stephen George & Partners 384 21 40 Bryden Wood Limited 187 3

Last 12 months
16 Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 346 7 41 Falconer Chester Hall Architects 185 10
17 Allies & Morrison Urban Practitioners 327 9 42 IBI Group 183 12
18 Jacobs Limited 320 13 43 Morris and Company Limited 180 2 Top 50 Summary

19 Darling Associates 305 5 44 NEW CJCT Architects 179 6

20 EPR Architects Limited 302 6 45 NEW HTA Design Llp 170 6
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21 Assael Architecture Limited 297 4 46 White Design Associates 164 2
22 PRP Architects 287 15 47 Cooper Cromar 155 7
23 Architecture PLB 286 9 48 Associated Architects 155 14
24 Norr 263 23 49 Corstorphine & Wright 155 16 © AMA Research Ltd 2020
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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Clients projects
(£m)
projects
Rank Clients projects
(£m)
projects Total value of projects Home

£2,417m
1 Highways England 666 5 26 NEW Emmanuel College 20 1 Welcome

2 NEW Thames Water Utilities Limited 123 1 27 Ministry of Defence 20 1

3 NEW Sky 119 1 28 NEW A Better Choice for Property Development 19 1 League Tables
4 Department For Education 117 7 29 NEW Taylor Wimpey 19 1
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5 NEW Native Land 100 1 30 NEW Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 18 3
6 NEW Bruntwood Estates Limited 100 1 31 NEW Settle Group 18 1 August

7 NEW Highline Investments GP Limited 90 2 32 NEW 3TQ Limited 18 1

Total number of projects Last 12 months

89
8 Prologis UK Limited 78 2 33 NEW Norfolk County Council 18 3
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9 NEW Barratt Homes 59 2 34 NEW Wakefield Council 16 1
10 NEW The Peel Group 50 1 35 NEW London Green Limited 16 1 August

11 NEW Westridge Village Limited 49 1 36 NEW Grand Union Housing Group 16 1

Last 12 months
12 NEW Clarion Housing 47 2 37 NEW Harris Federation 16 1
13 NEW Goodman Logistics Developments UK Limited 43 1 38 NEW Bradford Metropolitan District Council 15 2 TOP 50 CLIENTS

14 NEW Grainger Plc 42 1 39 NEW Surrey County Council 15 1 August

15 NEW Glenbrook Limited 42 1 40 NEW East Sussex County Council 15 2

Last 12 months
16 NEW Cwg (Wood Wharf Two) Limited 40 1 41 NEW Bluecroft Creekside Limited 15 1
17 NEW BioAberdeen Limited 40 1 42 NEW Robert Hitchins Limited 14 2
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18 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 36 1 43 EcoWorld London 14 1
Highways England top
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19 University of York 35 1 44 J Sainsbury Plc 14 2

the charts this month
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20 NEW London Borough of Waltham Forest 33 2 45 NEW Arkwood Developments Limited 13 1

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22 NEW Landid Property Holdings Limited 25 1 47 NEW Quay Developments (2016) Limited 12 1 infrastructure works
23 NEW University of Plymouth 25 1 48 NEW Together Housing 12 1 are pushed through in
24 NEW London Borough of Lewisham 22 3 49 Network Rail Infrastructure Limited 12 12 an attempt to kick start © AMA Research Ltd 2020
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Value of Value of
No. of No. of
Rank Clients projects Rank Clients projects
Total value of projects
Home
projects projects
(£m) (£m)

£20,843m
1 Highways England 3527 68 26 Meyer Bergman Property Investments 250 2 Welcome

SSE Renewables Developments & Equinor 27 Biffa Waste Services Limited 250 1
2 2000 1
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28 Birmingham City Council 239 9 League Tables
3 Transport for London 1219 6
29 Unite Group Plc 235 3
4 HS2 1009 3 TOP 50 CONTRACTORS
30 Barratt Homes 227 13
5 Esso Petroleum Company Limited 800 2 August
31 British Land Corporation Plc 227 9
6 Westminster City Council 772 12
32 X1 Developments 220 1
Total number of projects Last 12 months

506
7 Department For Education 739 69
33 Environment Agency 211 30
8 Scottish & Southern Energy 560 2 TOP 50 ARCHITECTS
34 Qatari Diar 200 1
9 Far East Consortium International Limited 470 1 August
35 Bericote Properties Limited 200 1
10 National Grid Property Holdings 409 5
36 NEW Sky 198 4
Last 12 months
11 Network Rail Infrastructure Limited 403 93
37 Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 196 2
12 Vanquish Properties (UK) Limited Partnership 400 1 TOP 50 CLIENTS
38 Soho Data Holdings Limited 190 1
13 West Midlands Combined Authority 344 2
39 Portsmouth City Council 189 11 August
14 Ask Property Development Limited 324 2
40 NEW Prologis UK Limited 184 7
Last 12 months
15 United Utilities Plc 307 5
41 Art'otel 180 1
16 City Fibre 302 11
42 Ministry of Justice 180 4
17 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 290 2 Top 50 Summary
43 University of Edinburgh 170 6
18 Leeds City Council 288 21
44 Lancashire Enterprise Partnership 161 1
19 Ministry of Defence 276 19
45 Hampshire County Council 160 23
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital
20 275 2 46 St Modwen Developments Plc 159 15
NHS Trust

21 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 265 8

47 NEW First Panattoni Limited 158 6

22 Dominvs Group 257 3

48 NEW University of York 158 3

23 Finchatton 252 3
49 University of Glasgow 158 5 © AMA Research Ltd 2020
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Top contractors for the month
Two major road schemes see Costain sitting at the top spot
this month in the Top 50 contractors table. A new SMART
motorway on the M62 at Brighouse and widening works on
the A1 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne totalled £323 million and
£183 million, respectively.
Bowmer & Kirkland move up 10 places from last month to
sit in second position this month with eight awards totalling
£138 million. A new primary and secondary academy in Enfield
Top architects for the month
Moving up seven places from last month UMC Architects occupy
top spot this month. Their two schemes totalled £162 million and
included designs for the new Sky Studios and also distribution
centres at Dartford Ferry Terminal, which is valued at £43 million.
Denton Corker Marshall enter the charts this month in second
position with one large scheme totalling £100 million. Works at
Affinity Living Riverview in Manchester will see 318 apartments
delivered along with shops, office, gym and bars on the ground
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Highways England top the charts this month as publicly funded
infrastructure works are pushed through in an attempt to kick Welcome
start the construction sector post-covid. They awarded five
contracts totalling £655 million. A new SMART Motorway on
the M56 near Manchester provided £90 million, while a similar League Tables
scheme on the M62 at Brighouse provided £323 million.
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A new entrant in the shape of Thames Water Utilities takes
the runners up spot with one award totalling £123 million. An August

provided £45 million of the total. The scheme is part of the
Governments Free School Initiative and will provide education
facilities for over 2,000 children. Works will complete 2022.
A jump of 16 places on last month sees BAM Construction make
up the top three this month, with two schemes totalling just
under £124 million.
floor. Renaker are the main contractor and work is underway.
Another new entrant in PLP Architecture make up the top
three this month. Their £100 development at Bankside Yards
in Southwark includes 228 apartments as well as offices and
retail outlets. Multiplex are the main contractor and work will get
underway this month.
upgrade under AMP7 of Beckton Sewerage Treatment Works will
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start early next year and take three years to complete.
Sky complete the top three as they make a major investment in TOP 50 ARCHITECTS
filming studios at their Elstree Complex in Borehamwood. They August
are spending £119 million to provide 12 new filming studios,
offices and digital facilities. Last 12 months

Kier had a busy month for awards with their 14 awards totalling Nichol Thomas were the busiest architect this month with five The Department of Education were the busiest client this month
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£108 million, moving them up eight places from last month to awards totalling £20 million. with seven awards totalling £116 million to see them sit in
sixth spot in the table. fourth place. August

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