Contractors saw the number of contracts secured fall from 180 to 115, with the total value also plunging from £2.82bn to £1.25bn as fewer large contracts were also signed off by wary clients.
According to estimates by information specialist Glenigan, Interserve secured most work in April with a total haul of £83m.
Interserve’s work includes the final £23m package of an upgrade to the A602 and two jobs on the A609, worth £27m and £15m respectively.
The annualised leagues saw BAM take pole position, now closely challenged by Kier, Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon and Balfour Beatty in fifth place.
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Among the other big contract wins during the month, Glencar secured the contract for a £66m Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre at Harwell.
Galliford Try also took a £63.5m job for the A606 Melton Mowbury distributor road.
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