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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to March

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Sir Robert McAlpine 19 £2,200.5m
2 Morgan Sindall 125 £2,041.2m
3 Mace 19 £2,036.4m
4 Kier 92 £1,771.5m
5 Balfour Beatty 51 £1,616.4m
6 Bowmer & Kirkland 57 £1,381.8m
7 Multiplex Europe 5 £1,258.0m
8 Galliford Try 64 £1,218.5m
9 Winvic 28 £1,031.4m
10 Graham Construction 30 £992.5m
11 Royal BAM 57 £969.2m
12 John Sisk 12 £925.1m
13 Willmott Dixon 61 £885.8m
14 Wates 34 £880.1m
15 JRL 7 £798.9m
16 Skanska 6 £737.0m
17 Vinci 42 £656.3m
18 McLaughlin & Harvey 13 £580.2m
19 Ardmore 5 £560.0m
20 Bouygues 9 £544.5m
21 McLaren 11 £535.6m
22 Lendlease 4 £490.2m
23 TSL 10 £471.9m
24 Caddick 28 £460.3m
25 Glencar 24 £405.6m
26 Tilbury Douglas 44 £384.2m
27 HG 8 £342.3m
28 Costain 6 £323.5m
29 Robertson 42 £314.0m
30 Barhale 3 £292.6m
31 Hill Partnerships 21 £287.9m
32 CR Construction (U.K) 3 £285.0m
33 RG Group 7 £281.7m
34 Bouygues 2 £266.0m
35 Gilbert-Ash 7 £263.0m
36 Octavius Infrastructure 9 £255.4m
37 Colas 2 £252.0m
38 McAleer & Rushe 3 £250.0m
39 GMI 11 £246.5m
40 Ferrovial 1 £230.0m
41 VolkerWessels 12 £211.3m
42 Beard 51 £211.0m
43 S1 Developments 1 £209.0m
44 8 Build 14 £207.6m
45 BCEGI 1 £202.5m
46 A & H 19 £199.3m
47 RG Carter 32 £193.6m
48 Benniman 11 £192.3m
49 Stepnell 33 £186.7m
50 Magrock 12 £186.2m
51 CField Construction 5 £186.0m
52 Sacyr 1 £180.0m
53 Eric Wright 19 £179.1m
54 Higgins Partnerships 4 £176.9m
55 Mildren 11 £175.8m
56 SDC Construction Group 8 £172.2m
57 Barnfield 7 £167.5m
58 Keady Construction 4 £164.2m
59 Neilcott 23 £163.3m
60 AmcoGiffen 6 £157.5m
61 Speller Metcalfe 31 £151.9m
62 Vistry 11 £148.2m
63 Farrans 4 £142.0m
64 Wilten Construction 12 £140.2m
65 Faithdean 4 £138.2m
66 TanRo 7 £137.3m
67 Elliott Group 2 £135.0m
68 J Murphy 6 £133.6m
69 Mount Anvil Construction 1 £133.0m
70 Parkway 9 £132.1m
71 Ant Yapi (UK) 2 £125.0m
72 Laing O’Rourke 2 £123.1m
73 Curo Construction 9 £122.8m
74 Commercial Development Projects 7 £120.1m
75 Canary Wharf Contractors 1 £114.7m
76 RED 9 £114.5m
77 Lindum 39 £111.8m
78 Wynne Construction 12 £110.1m
79 Kori Construction 8 £107.3m
80 Henry Brothers 12 £99.8m
81 Barnes Construction 18 £97.2m
82 Clark Contracts 28 £96.9m
83 Lawrence Baker 9 £96.5m
84 BlueEarth Construction 3 £94.4m
85 MCS 10 £93.3m
86 ROK Construction 2 £92.0m
87 Story Contracting 13 £91.4m
88 Domis Construction 2 £90.0m
89 Harmonix Construction 4 £88.5m
90 Ogilvie Construction 13 £88.0m
91 Luddon 33 £87.8m
92 Bugler 8 £87.3m
93 Andritz 1 £80.0m
94 RJ McLeod 3 £80.0m
95 REDS10 12 £79.8m
96 Bect Building Contractors 6 £79.0m
97 Hobson & Porter 16 £78.2m
98 Stainforth 14 £76.2m
99 P Casey 14 £74.4m
100 McPhillips (Wellington) 14 £73.2m

Top 50 contractors – wins in March

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Mace 3 £840.0m
2 Balfour Beatty 4 £258.9m
3 Bowmer & Kirkland 3 £192.3m
4 Morgan Sindall 9 £186.9m
5 Graham Construction 5 £165.6m
6 Kier 12 £152.4m
7 Ardmore 1 £150.0m
8 Higgins Partnerships 1 £120.0m
9 Royal BAM 3 £118.0m
10 Barnfield 1 £100.0m
11 Caddick 5 £80.6m
12 McAleer & Rushe 1 £80.0m
13 Gilbert-Ash 1 £75.0m
14 Bouygues 1 £65.0m
15 Wavensmere Homes 1 £55.0m
16 Parkway 2 £51.5m
17 Sir Robert McAlpine 1 £50.0m
18 Watkin Jones 1 £50.0m
19 Vital Energi 3 £43.3m
20 Magrock 1 £40.0m
21 Speller Metcalfe 7 £39.0m
22 Galliford Try 4 £34.3m
23 Robertson 5 £30.1m
24 John Sisk 1 £30.1m
25 Uniper UK 1 £30.0m
26 Willmott Dixon 5 £29.6m
27 Countryside Properties (UK) 1 £27.1m
28 Buildfifty5 1 £27.0m
29 Henry Boot 1 £26.0m
30 J Murphy 1 £25.0m
31 Deconstruct (UK) 1 £24.5m
32 EG Carter 2 £23.9m
33 Leck Construction 1 £23.5m
34 Seddon 2 £22.3m
35 Kori Construction 2 £22.0m
36 Tilbury Douglas 4 £21.0m
37 Wates 3 £20.7m
38 Glencar 2 £20.4m
39 Beard 4 £20.3m
40 Aureos Infrastructure 1 £20.0m
41 HG 1 £20.0m
42 OD Group 1 £20.0m
43 Lindum 4 £17.8m
44 Barnwood 1 £17.0m
45 McLaren 2 £16.9m
46 Ashbe Construction 1 £15.0m
47 Domis Construction 1 £15.0m
48 John Fulton 1 £15.0m
49 Keepmoat 1 £15.0m
50 Natta Building Company 1 £15.0m

Top 50 clients – awards in March

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 British Land 2 £700.0m
2 The Creative District Improvement Company 1 £250.0m
3 Lincolnshire County Council 2 £200.2m
4 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
5 Gatwick Airport 1 £140.0m
6 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
7 London Borough of Lambeth 1 £120.0m
8 Glenbrook 1 £118.5m
9 Department For Education 5 £116.3m
10 Henry Boot 1 £100.0m
11 Oxford University 1 £100.0m
12 Brookfield Property 1 £90.0m
13 Greystar Europe Holdings 1 £80.0m
14 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £75.0m
15 Whitbread 1 £75.0m
16 Elements Green 1 £71.5m
17 Ministry of Justice 7 £67.1m
18 Cardiff and Vale College 1 £65.0m
19 Sciontec Developments 1 £61.0m
20 East Wick and Sweetwater 1 £55.4m
21 BBS Capital 1 £55.0m
22 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 9 £53.3m
23 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1 £50.0m
24 Northumbria University 1 £50.0m
25 St Marks RC Comprehensive School 1 £47.0m
26 Surrey County Council 1 £41.0m
27 Buccleuch Property Kettering 1 £40.2m
28 Fiera Real Estate UK 1 £40.0m
29 Ministry of Defence 1 £39.0m
30 Sterling Capitol Park Leeds 1 £35.0m
31 Tamworth Solar 1 £30.0m
32 Axis 1 £29.0m
33 HM Revenue and Customs 1 £29.0m
34 Sigma Capital 1 £27.1m
35 Mercia Real Estate 1 £27.0m
36 St Modwen 2 £27.0m
37 Scarborough Group 1 £26.0m
38 Together Housing 2 £25.4m
39 Be First Regeneration 1 £25.0m
40 Jersey Electricity Building Services 1 £25.0m
41 Tatton Group 1 £25.0m
42 DLHC 1 £24.5m
43 Westmorland & Furness Council 2 £23.8m
44 Stonebond Properties (St Albans) 1 £23.6m
45 Stirling Council 1 £23.0m
46 London Borough of Havering 2 £22.5m
47 Leicester City Council 2 £21.3m
48 Yoo Capital 1 £21.1m
49 Lancaster University 1 £21.0m
50 Places for People 1 £21.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to March

Rank Clients No. awards Value
1 Department For Education 115 £1,510.0m
2 Tata Steel 2 £1,258.0m
3 National Grid 7 £1,119.7m
4 National Highways 85 £992.0m
5 British Land 7 £920.0m
6 Transport for West Midlands 8 £760.1m
7 Thurrock Power 1 £645.0m
8 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4 £513.3m
9 Agratas 1 £500.0m
10 CO-RE 1 £500.0m
11 Ministry of Defence 31 £488.6m
12 Ministry of Justice 46 £478.7m
13 University of Kent 7 £428.3m
14 Southwark Charities 1 £400.0m
15 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
16 Network Rail 52 £378.6m
17 Manchester City Football Club 3 £350.0m
18 BMW 4 £335.0m
19 SSE 3 £328.0m
20 Transport Scotland 3 £326.0m
21 University of Glasgow 4 £314.0m
22 First Panattoni 6 £308.6m
23 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
24 Mitsubishi Estate 1 £300.0m
25 University College London (Main Office) 5 £293.3m
26 Greystar Europe Holdings 4 £283.0m
27 Environment Agency 49 £282.5m
28 Lincolnshire County Council 32 £263.5m
29 Reef Group 2 £263.0m
30 Adur & Worthing Borough Council 5 £255.7m
31 Landsec 2 £253.0m
32 The Creative District Improvement Company 1 £250.0m
33 Cardiff County Council 13 £244.8m
34 McLaren Property 4 £223.7m
35 Associated British Ports 8 £223.5m
36 Endurance Land 3 £220.0m
37 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £210.0m
38 Parabola Edinburgh 1 £209.0m
39 Tritax 8 £206.3m
40 Surrey County Council 30 £205.2m
41 Chinese Embassy 1 £202.5m
42 Juramia 1 £200.0m
43 Nigg Energy Park 1 £200.0m
44 Orkney Marine Services 1 £200.0m
45 Transport for London 8 £193.8m
46 Warner Bros 2 £191.3m
47 First Base 1 £180.0m
48 Velindre NHS Trust 1 £180.0m
49 University of Bristol 4 £176.1m
50 Oxfordshire County Council 18 £172.2m
51 Wykeland Group 5 £171.9m
52 Prologis 6 £170.6m
53 London Borough of Camden 8 £169.9m
54 Patrizia UK 4 £168.7m
55 Cambridgeshire County Council 29 £166.0m
56 Platform_ 1 £165.0m
57 London Borough of Ealing 4 £163.2m
58 Innova Renewables 3 £162.0m
59 Statkraft UK 3 £160.0m
60 Glenbrook 2 £158.5m
61 Telehouse International 1 £158.0m
62 Segro 4 £157.0m
63 Gatwick Airport 5 £152.8m
64 EDF 2 £152.5m
65 Access Self Storage Solutions 1 £150.0m
66 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
67 Crystal Palace Football Club 1 £150.0m
68 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
69 Bristol City Council 33 £146.9m
70 Milton Keynes Council 13 £146.2m
71 Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK 1 £145.6m
72 Scottish Power 8 £142.9m
73 Mountpark Logistics 3 £135.1m
74 Cityheart 1 £135.0m
75 University of East Anglia 14 £133.5m
76 DLUHC 9 £132.6m
77 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
78 Oxford University 2 £132.0m
79 VPI Immingham LLP 1 £130.7m
80 Cornwall County Council 20 £130.1m
81 Lazari Investments 1 £130.0m
82 Fife Council 16 £129.8m
83 Henry Boot 4 £128.5m
84 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 29 £126.5m
85 Lidl 35 £126.0m
86 London Borough Of Tower Hamlets 5 £125.8m
87 Ark Data Centres 1 £125.0m
88 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 13 £123.5m
89 Siemens 4 £122.0m
90 RWE Renewables UK 2 £121.9m
91 Government Property Agency 3 £121.4m
92 London Borough of Lambeth 3 £121.2m
93 Stawson Holdings 1 £121.0m
94 Manchester Life Development Company 2 £120.5m
95 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
96 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
97 North Somerset Council 14 £119.6m
98 Essex County Council 7 £116.8m
99 Luton Borough Council 8 £116.3m
100 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 3 £116.1m

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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

 

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%