April’s haul of 19 orders, worth an estimated £383m, catapulted the firm to the top of the contracts league for the month ahead of Laing O’Rourke and Morgan Sindall.

Its key project win came from the £6bn Meridian Water scheme in North London’s Lee Valley.

According to information specialist Glenigan, Galliford’s expanding partnerships business secured a contract estimated to be worth £154m to build the first 725 homes.

Its other big project win in April was a £53m office and retail scheme, known as Project Nash, at Marble Arch in the Capital for developer Portman Estates.

In the 12-month rolling orders league table, Kier held onto pole position, followed by riser Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty in third place.

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Among the other big project wins for the month, south east Henry Group is on track for a £100m order at Guinness Partnership’s Imperial 2 development in East London.

BAM replaced Kier on the University of Sheffield social sciences project, which Glenigan values at £71m.

Laing O’Rourke secured the £200m St Michaels skyscraper in the Deansgate area of Manchester for Jackson’s Row Developments – backed by footballers-turned-developers, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs.