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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to February

Rank	Contractor	No. contracts	Value
1	Sir Robert McAlpine	19	£2,167.5 m
2	Morgan Sindall	131	£2,089.8 m
3	Kier	89	£1,680.2 m
4	Multiplex Europe	5	£1,450.0 m
5	Bowmer & Kirkland	64	£1,413.3 m
6	Balfour Beatty	48	£1,358.5 m
7	Royal BAM	61	£1,315.1 m
8	Galliford Try	63	£1,227.3 m
9	Mace	17	£1,206.4 m
10	Wates	34	£1,172.7 m
11	Winvic	31	£1,163.0 m
12	Willmott Dixon	65	£1,135.5 m
13	John Sisk	11	£895.0 m
14	Graham Construction	25	£826.9 m
15	JRL	7	£798.9 m
16	Skanska	6	£737.0 m
17	Lendlease	6	£700.2 m
18	Vinci	45	£689.3 m
19	McLaughlin & Harvey	13	£637.2 m
20	HG	9	£582.3 m
21	McLaren	11	£560.5 m
22	Bouygues	8	£479.5 m
23	TSL	9	£471.4 m
24	Caddick	28	£456.5 m
25	Glencar	25	£427.4 m
26	Tilbury Douglas	49	£419.4 m
27	Ardmore	4	£410.0 m
28	Hill Partnerships	20	£409.4 m
29	Robertson	41	£332.9 m
30	Costain	7	£323.8 m
31	Barhale	3	£292.6 m
32	CR Construction (U.K) Company	3	£285.0 m
33	RG Group	7	£281.7 m
34	Bouygues	2	£266.0 m
35	Octavius Infrastructure	9	£255.4 m
36	Colas	2	£252.0 m
37	GMI	11	£250.0 m
38	VolkerWessels	14	£243.1 m
39	McAleer & Rushe	3	£242.0 m
40	Ferrovial	1	£230.0 m
41	8 Build	15	£225.6 m
42	S1 Developments	1	£209.0 m
43	A & H	19	£206.2 m
44	Beard	52	£205.8 m
45	BCEGI	1	£202.5 m
46	Keady Construction	6	£202.2 m
47	Stepnell	34	£193.7 m
48	Vistry	5	£191.9 m
49	RG Carter	32	£191.6 m
50	Benniman	11	£191.5 m
51	CField Construction	5	£186.0 m
52	Sacyr	1	£180.0 m
53	Vistry	12	£175.7 m
54	Eric Wright	18	£175.3 m
55	Ryebridge	2	£175.0 m
56	SDC Construction Group	8	£172.2 m
57	Farrans	5	£170.0 m
58	Mildren	10	£163.3 m
59	Neilcott	23	£163.3 m
60	The Torsion Group	3	£162.9 m
61	AmcoGiffen	7	£161.6 m
62	Magrock	11	£146.2 m
63	Wilten Construction	13	£145.2 m
64	Speller Metcalfe	29	£142.2 m
65	Faithdean	4	£138.2 m
66	TanRo	7	£137.3 m
67	Elliott Group	3	£135.2 m
68	Mount Anvil Construction	1	£133.0 m
69	J Murphy	6	£130.6 m
70	Ant Yapi (UK)	2	£125.0 m
71	Laing O’Rourke	2	£123.1 m
72	Curo Construction	9	£122.8 m
73	Commercial Development Projects	7	£120.1 m
74	Gilbert-Ash	9	£236.0 m
75	Canary Wharf Contractors	1	£114.7 m
76	RED	9	£114.5 m
77	Lindum	43	£108.0 m
78	Clark Contracts	27	£101.8 m
79	Britcon (Scunthorpe)	17	£101.6 m
80	Wynne Construction	11	£101.1 m
81	Henry Brothers	12	£99.6 m
82	Hobson & Porter	19	£99.2 m
83	Luddon	33	£95.1 m
84	Barnwood	11	£94.5 m
85	Story Contracting	15	£94.5 m
86	Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley)	6	£92.7 m
87	Darwin Group	7	£92.1 m
88	ROK Construction	2	£92.0 m
89	BlueEarth Construction	2	£91.4 m
90	OCU Group	2	£90.0 m
91	Barnes Construction	16	£89.7 m
92	Harmonix Construction	4	£88.5 m
93	Lawrence Baker	9	£88.5 m
94	Ogilvie Construction	13	£88.0 m
95	Domis Construction	2	£88.0 m
96	JJ Rhatigan & Company	1	£88.0 m
97	Morris Property	7	£85.5 m
98	Kori Construction	6	£85.3 m
99	MCS	9	£81.3 m
100	Parkway	7	£80.6 m

Top 50 contractors – wins in February

Rank	Contractor	No. contracts	Value
1	Mace	3	£415.0 m
2	Vinci	3	£284.5 m
3	Wates	7	£272.1 m
4	Sir Robert McAlpine	1	£250.0 m
5	Ferrovial	1	£230.0 m
6	Bowmer & Kirkland	9	£227.7 m
7	Skanska	1	£200.0 m
8	Royal BAM	14	£157.6 m
9	McLaren	2	£154.4 m
10	TSL	2	£135.1 m
11	Willmott Dixon	5	£127.5 m
12	Morgan Sindall	6	£125.1 m
13	Farrans	2	£124.0 m
14	Gilbert-Ash	3	£119.5 m
15	Graham Construction	3	£116.0 m
16	Bouygues	1	£96.0 m
17	Winvic	3	£95.5 m
18	HG	1	£80.0 m
19	Galliford Try	5	£78.5 m
20	RJ McLeod	1	£72.0 m
21	Kier	4	£70.3 m
22	Balfour Beatty	6	£55.1 m
23	RG Carter	7	£47.9 m
24	Tilbury Douglas	3	£42.7 m
25	Bect Building Contractors	1	£42.0 m
26	Thomas Johnstone	1	£40.0 m
27	Edgewater Contracts & Specialist Joinery	1	£35.0 m
28	Mott MacDonald (JBA Bentley)	1	£33.0 m
29	Robertson	3	£32.4 m
30	M J Church (Plant)	1	£32.0 m
31	Wilten Construction	2	£31.5 m
32	GMI	1	£31.0 m
33	Parkway	3	£30.2 m
34	Barnwood	1	£30.0 m
35	Green Cat Contracting	1	£30.0 m
36	Lawrence Baker	3	£26.0 m
37	Connect Services	1	£25.0 m
38	Pellikaan Construction	1	£25.0 m
39	VolkerWessels	1	£24.0 m
40	Stepnell	4	£23.3 m
41	Vistry	1	£22.2 m
42	Fortis Vision	1	£22.0 m
43	Sunninghill Construction Company	1	£21.6 m
44	ESD	1	£20.0 m
45	JT Mackley & Company	1	£20.0 m
46	Etec Contract Services	3	£18.7 m
47	Caddick	1	£18.5 m
48	PIC Homes	1	£18.0 m
49	BDB Design Build	2	£17.9 m
50	Maylim	1	£16.0 m

Top 50 clients – awards in February

Rank	Client	No. awards	Value
1	National Highways	11	£549.0 m
2	Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2	£500.0 m
3	Mitsubishi Estate	1	£300.0 m
4	National Grid	1	£230.0 m
5	Department For Education	11	£210.9 m
6	Transport for London	3	£148.0 m
7	Network Rail	24	£124.7 m
8	Ministry of Justice	5	£108.9 m
9	AGR Renewables	1	£100.0 m
10	Leeds Bradford International Airport	1	£100.0 m
11	Smith & Nephew Medical	1	£100.0 m
12	Surrey Police Authority HQ	2	£99.6 m
13	Swansea University	1	£96.0 m
14	Patrizia UK	2	£86.5 m
15	Surrey County Council	2	£83.0 m
16	Scottish Power	1	£82.0 m
17	Reuben Brothers	1	£80.0 m
18	Pontsarn Investments	1	£75.0 m
19	Fred Olsen Renewables	1	£72.0 m
20	Brighton & Hove City Council	4	£71.5 m
21	HMP Wayland	1	£70.0 m
22	Ministry of Defence	3	£67.2 m
23	Northumbrian Water	3	£58.0 m
24	Wiltshire Council	2	£57.0 m
25	Cambridgeshire County Council	3	£47.2 m
26	Hobart Partners	1	£46.0 m
27	Energiekontor UK	1	£45.0 m
28	Ropemaker Properties	1	£42.0 m
29	University of Salford	1	£41.0 m
30	First Panattoni	1	£40.5 m
31	Ambassador Homes (Scotland)	1	£40.0 m
32	Pegasi	1	£40.0 m
33	Trafford College Group	1	£40.0 m
34	Star Academies	1	£39.1 m
35	Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	7	£37.9 m
36	Minories	1	£37.2 m
37	London Borough of Bromley	4	£36.3 m
38	Tritax Big Box Developments	1	£35.1 m
39	Klarent Hospitality	1	£35.0 m
40	Legal & General	1	£35.0 m
41	Homes For Students	1	£33.0 m
42	Liverpool City Region Combined Authority	1	£32.0 m
43	SSE	1	£32.0 m
44	Queensberry Real Estate	1	£31.0 m
45	24 Power	1	£30.0 m
46	TOF Corporate Trustee	1	£30.0 m
47	Stoford Properties	1	£29.4 m
48	Clackmannanshire Council	1	£28.0 m
49	Amazon	1	£25.0 m
50	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1	£25.0 m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to February

Rank	Client	No. awards	Value
1	National Grid	9	£1,819.7 m
2	Department For Education	122	£1,551.8 m
3	Tata Steel	2	£1,258.0 m
4	National Highways	86	£1,036.4 m
5	Transport for West Midlands	8	£760.1 m
6	Ministry of Justice	44	£726.0 m
7	Thurrock Power	1	£645.0 m
8	Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3	£500.3 m
9	Agratas	1	£500.0 m
10	CO-RE	1	£500.0 m
11	Ministry of Defence	31	£496.3 m
12	University of Kent	7	£428.3 m
13	Network Rail	57	£414.8 m
14	Southwark Charities	1	£400.0 m
15	The Clothworks Company	1	£400.0 m
16	Associated British Ports	8	£372.1 m
17	Manchester City Football Club	3	£350.0 m
18	BMW	4	£335.0 m
19	SSE	3	£328.0 m
20	Transport Scotland	3	£326.0 m
21	University of Glasgow	3	£312.9 m
22	First Panattoni	6	£308.6 m
23	Brockton Capital LLP	1	£300.0 m
24	Mitsubishi Estate	1	£300.0 m
25	University College London (Main Office)	3	£293.0 m
26	Environment Agency	46	£280.1 m
27	Reef Group	2	£263.0 m
28	Adur & Worthing Borough Council	4	£255.4 m
29	Landsec	2	£253.0 m
30	Cardiff County Council	15	£251.4 m
31	McLaren Property	4	£223.7 m
32	Endurance Land	3	£220.0 m
33	British Land	5	£220.0 m
34	The Far East Consortium	1	£210.0 m
35	Parabola Edinburgh	1	£209.0 m
36	Tritax	8	£206.3 m
37	Transport for London	9	£203.8 m
38	Whitbread	3	£203.6 m
39	Greystar Europe Holdings	3	£203.0 m
40	Chinese Embassy	1	£202.5 m
41	Lasalle Investment Management	2	£202.4 m
42	Capital Real Estate	1	£200.0 m
43	Juramia	1	£200.0 m
44	Nigg Energy Park	1	£200.0 m
45	Orkney Marine Services	1	£200.0 m
46	University of Exeter	2	£199.0 m
47	Warner Bros	2	£191.3 m
48	Cambridgeshire County Council	34	£182.3 m
49	First Base	1	£180.0 m
50	Velindre NHS Trust	1	£180.0 m
51	Retirement Villages Group	4	£178.6 m
52	University of Bristol	4	£176.1 m
53	Oxfordshire County Council	16	£173.7 m
54	Wykeland Group	5	£171.9 m
55	Prologis	6	£170.6 m
56	London Borough of Camden	8	£169.9 m
57	Surrey County Council	32	£168.9 m
58	Patrizia UK	4	£168.7 m
59	0	23	£167.1 m
60	Platform_	1	£165.0 m
61	London Borough of Ealing	4	£163.2 m
62	Innova Renewables	3	£162.0 m
63	Statkraft UK	3	£160.0 m
64	Telehouse International	1	£158.0 m
65	Segro	4	£157.0 m
66	Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	31	£155.9 m
67	EDF	2	£152.5 m
68	Access Self Storage Solutions	1	£150.0 m
69	Alcemi	1	£150.0 m
70	Crystal Palace Football Club	1	£150.0 m
71	Google	1	£150.0 m
72	Stanhope	1	£150.0 m
73	Bristol City Council	37	£149.9 m
74	Milton Keynes Council	13	£146.2 m
75	Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK	1	£145.6 m
76	Mountpark Logistics	3	£135.1 m
77	Cityheart	1	£135.0 m
78	Cornwall County Council	22	£133.7 m
79	University of East Anglia	11	£132.9 m
80	Bargate Property Llp	1	£132.0 m
81	VPI Immingham LLP	1	£130.7 m
82	Lloyds Bank	7	£130.3 m
83	Grainger	1	£130.0 m
84	Lazari Investments	1	£130.0 m
85	Fife Council	16	£129.8 m
86	Leeds Bradford International Airport	2	£128.0 m
87	London Borough Of Tower Hamlets	5	£125.9 m
88	Ark Data Centres	1	£125.0 m
89	RWE Renewables UK	2	£121.9 m
90	Stawson Holdings	1	£121.0 m
91	Government Property Agency	2	£120.8 m
92	Manchester Life Development Company	2	£120.5 m
93	Essex County Council	9	£120.0 m
94	Old Park Lane Management	1	£120.0 m
95	Southwark GP Nominee 1	1	£120.0 m
96	Lidl	34	£119.0 m
97	North Somerset Council	13	£116.6 m
98	Luton Borough Council	9	£116.2 m
99	University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust	3	£116.1 m
100	Dominvs	2	£116.0 m

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Contractor payment records

Payment performance – collated by Build UK

	Average payment days	% not paid to terms	% paid within 60 days
Amey	15	19	98
ISG	15	21	98
Costain	18	9	99
Osborne	19	34	95
Lendlease	21	0	100
Ferrovial	21	19	97
Morgan Sindall	24	4	99
Murphy	24	13	93
Morrison Utility Services	25	15	94
Canary Wharf Contractors	26	1	99
Galliford Try	26	11	99
Mace	26	12	95
Sir Robert McAlpine	27	6	94
Bouygues	27	18	95
VolkerWessels	27	25	96
Willmott Dixon	28	11	99
FM Conway	28	11	97
Henry Boot	28	15	94
Vinci	28	16	94
BAM Nuttall	28	16	94
Laing O’Rourke	28	17	91
John Sisk & Son	29	18	97
Multiplex	30	14	93
Wates	30	20	98
McLaren Construction	30	26	100
BAM Construct	30	28	96
Bowmer and Kirkland	30	28	95
Kier	32	27	91
McLaughlin and Harvey	33	22	96
Tilbury Douglas	33	28	95
Graham Construction	34	6	96
Novus Property Solutions	36	11	95
Balfour Beatty	36	15	96
TSL	37	32	89
Seddon	38	5	97
Winvic	38	11	94
Skanska	38	28	85
Robertson Construction	38	28	94
Eurovia	46	19	85
Northstone	46	68	76
EQUANS	48	3	86
Watkin Jones	48	9	85
Colas	63	61	68

Source: Build UK

Freelance trades pay rates

Self-employed trades average weekly pay slipped 4.4% to £941 in April, but was 5.4% higher than a year ago.

The best-performing regions for earnings were the East Midlands and East of England where average trades pay packets top £1000.

Region	April 2023 Average	Prior month Change	12 month Change
North East	£757	0.8%	12.3%
North West	£907	-4.9%	5.6%
Yorks & Humbs	£919	-2.6%	6.4%
East Midlands	£1,008	-5.0%	9.2%
West Midlands	£913	-6.3%	0.4%
Wales	£974	2.7%	20.0%
East of England	£1,020	-4.6%	7.0%
London	£974	-2.6%	3.9%
South East	£948	-7.2%	1.4%

Contracts Winners

Top 100 contractors – wins in year to February

Top 50 contractors – wins in February

Top 50 clients – awards in February

Top 100 clients - awards in year to February

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