Multiplex tops October contracts league

Aaron Morby 6 months ago
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A £300m order for a new teaching block at Glasgow University helped to catapult Multiplex to the top of the contract wins rankings in October.

The Keystone project will be the fifth major building to be constructed through the University of Glasgow’s £1.3bn campus development programme.

Lendlease ranked second in the month as its development arm advanced plans for the Dovetail Building, a 24-storey office scheme on Houndsditch in the eastern cluster of the City of London.

The UK arm of Hong Kong-based CR Construction ranked third with a £210m contract to deliver the next phase of Red Bank Riverside on Dantzic Street in Manchester for Far East Consortium.

Dantzic Street scheme

The project will include a collection of three towers reaching 20, 31 and 34 storeys high, and another mid-rise, nine-storey block.

Top 10 contractors by work secured in October


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In the 12-month rolling league of work won, Morgain Sindall continues to lead the chasing pack, although second placed Kier is slowly closing in on the contractor.

According to data compiled by Barbour ABI, BAM is ranking third ahead of Balfour Beatty and Bouygues, which joins the top five this month.

Top 100 contractors – wins in 12 months to August


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Overall October work winning slowed compared to September. The tally of work won by the leading 50 contractors totted up to £3.4bn, down from £4.4bn in September.

Among the other big wins in the month, JRL-owned Midgard confirmed a £132m order for flats at the wider Bathgate shopping centre development in Southampton.

Sisk secured a £181m project to construct 35-storey and  28-storey residential towers on the site at the former biscuit factory in Bermondsey, south London for developer Greystar.

Bowmer & Kirkland sealed final contract prices on two education project, a £52m contract for Highams Park School in North East London and a £54m project for Northumberland College.

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