Demolition of six buildings currently on the Oriel Kings Cross site has just got underway and construction of the 10-storey, 47,000 sq m centre will start later in 2023.

The win also edged Bouygues into third place on the rolling 12-month league rankings behind Balfour Beatty in second and Kier holding pole position for the eighth month in a row.

According to data compiled by Barbour ABI, the top 50 firms secured 233 jobs, estimated to be worth nearly £3.3bn, in February.

Among the bigger project wins last month VolkerWessels secured the £188m job to bring 5.5km of disused rail line between Portishead and Bristol Temple Meads back into use.

Also in the rail sector, Morgan Sindall secured the Covid-delayed project to build a major new train maintenance depot for the Docklands Light Railway in East London with an £88m bid.

Maintenance and stabling facilities are being extended to handle a new fleet of DLR trains

Also in London, Mace secured the £150m 1 Liverpool Street over-station office scheme for Aviva and Sir Robert McAlpine took the £120m retrofit of the iconic Barkers of Kensington department store.

Plan for iconic 570,000 sq ft Barkers building involves a large redevelopment of the interior spaces