The contract was the largest signed in the construction industry during February in what proved to be a bumper month for many contractors.

Among the other big wins engineering contractor Hitachi Zosen signed off a £250m energy from waste plant for Biffa, while Winvic secured third in the top rankings with half a dozen wins, the largest a £90m logistics centre project for Jaguar Land Rover.

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According to estimates by information specialist Glenigan, Morgan Sindall continued to dominate the other annual rolling league of cumulative contracts with just over £2bn of orders secured.

These annualised rankings were shaken up in February after HS2 stations at Euston and Old Oak Common dropped out of the 12-month rolling period totals for Balfour, Mace and Vinci.

This helped Kier bounced back to rank second place with £1.69bn of new work, helped by the £130m A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme last month.

It is being pressed by Willmott Dixon in third place with £1.58bn of work also after a busy February.

Among the month’s other big successes McLaughlin & Harvey bagged a £127m Ph5 extension of Curragh Warehouse in Ayrshire comprising 18 warehouses.