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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to April

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Sir Robert McAlpine 19 £2,200.5m
2 Mace 18 £2,135.4m
3 Morgan Sindall 114 £1,875.8m
4 Kier 83 £1,659.2m
5 Balfour Beatty 47 £1,563.8m
6 Graham Construction 30 £1,414.9m
7 Bowmer + Kirkland 54 £1,364.4m
8 Multiplex Europe 5 £1,258.0m
9 Winvic 29 £1,231.4m
10 Galliford Try 61 £1,148.4m
11 McLaren 18 £1,090.4m
12 Wates 35 £1,089.7m
13 Royal BAM 53 £991.5m
14 John Sisk 12 £925.1m
15 Willmott Dixon 59 £867.7m
16 Vinci 37 £734.3m
17 McLaughlin & Harvey 12 £578.3m
18 Bouygues 8 £532.2m
19 Lendlease 4 £490.2m
20 Caddick 28 £471.8m
21 TSL 9 £471.4m
22 Glencar 24 £414.2m
23 JRL 6 £398.9m
24 Skanska 5 £372.0m
25 HG 9 £365.3m
26 Tilbury Douglas 36 £349.7m
27 Costain 6 £323.5m
28 Laing O’Rourke 4 £298.1m
29 Barhale 3 £292.6m
30 Hill Partnerships 21 £290.2m
31 Bouygues 3 £272.0m
32 RG Group 5 £259.2m
33 Octavius Infrastructure 9 £255.4m
34 Robertson 38 £252.1m
35 VolkerWessels 13 £251.3m
36 Benniman 15 £251.3m
37 Ferrovial 2 £250.0m
38 CR Construction (U.K) Company 2 £247.0m
39 Colas 1 £245.0m
40 Ardmore 3 £220.0m
41 8 Build 14 £211.8m
42 S1 Developments 1 £209.0m
43 Gilbert-Ash 5 £204.0m
44 BCEGI 1 £202.5m
45 CField Construction 6 £196.0m
46 A & H 18 £194.3m
47 GMI 9 £191.4m
48 RG Carter 31 £190.6m
49 Stepnell 33 £189.3m
50 Vistry 11 £188.3m
51 Magrock 11 £184.2m
52 McAleer & Rushe 3 £180.4m
53 Beard 46 £177.5m
54 Higgins Partnerships 4 £176.9m
55 SDC Construction Group 8 £172.2m
56 Eric Wright 18 £171.6m
57 Keady Construction 4 £164.2m
58 Speller Metcalfe 32 £159.1m
59 AmcoGiffen 4 £150.0m
60 Neilcott 21 £144.8m
61 Mildren 10 £143.3m
62 Farrans 4 £142.0m
63 TanRo 7 £137.3m
64 Elliott Group 2 £135.0m
65 Faithdean 3 £134.2m
66 J Murphy 6 £133.6m
67 Mount Anvil Construction 1 £133.0m
68 Wilten Construction 13 £132.6m
69 Parkway 9 £132.1m
70 Barnfield 5 £132.0m
71 Ogilvie Construction 13 £130.1m
72 Curo Construction 9 £122.8m
73 Canary Wharf Contractors 2 £120.9m
74 RED 9 £114.5m
75 Lindum 35 £111.6m
76 Andrew Scott 22 £104.4m
77 Henry Boot 9 £104.2m
78 Wynne Construction 11 £101.1m
79 PMC 5 £101.1m
80 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 7 £99.3m
81 Lawrence Baker 9 £97.5m
82 Barnes Construction 18 £95.8m
83 Henry Brothers 11 £95.7m
84 BlueEarth Construction 3 £94.4m
85 MCS 10 £93.3m
86 Barnwood 11 £93.2m
87 The Torsion Group 3 £92.9m
88 ROK Construction 2 £92.0m
89 Story Contracting 13 £91.4m
90 Domis Construction 2 £90.0m
91 Harmonix Construction 4 £88.5m
92 Hobson & Porter 17 £87.1m
93 Esh 14 £81.2m
94 Andritz 1 £80.0m
95 Ant Yapi (UK) 1 £80.0m
96 RJ McLeod 3 £80.0m
97 Bect Building Contractors 6 £79.0m
98 Commercial Development Projects 6 £74.3m
99 Bugler 6 £74.2m
100 Myco Contracts 4 £73.6m

Top 50 contractors – wins in April

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 McLaren 8 £654.8m
2 Graham Construction 4 £532.0m
3 Wates 3 £313.0m
4 Mace 1 £200.0m
5 Winvic 1 £200.0m
6 Kier 3 £154.2m
7 Vinci 2 £135.0m
8 RG Group 1 £100.0m
9 Bowmer + Kirkland 4 £95.2m
10 Morgan Sindall 2 £82.3m
11 PMC 1 £80.0m
12 Laing O’Rourke 1 £75.0m
13 Henry Boot 4 £66.8m
14 Royal BAM 2 £65.0m
15 Benniman 4 £59.0m
16 Wilten Construction 3 £56.4m
17 Andrew Scott 8 £51.7m
18 Caddick 2 £50.5m
19 Bennett Construction 2 £47.5m
20 Ogilvie Construction 2 £47.0m
21 Vistry 3 £45.1m
22 Skanska 1 £43.0m
23 Willmott Dixon 4 £41.7m
24 Tilbury Douglas 4 £40.9m
25 VolkerWessels 1 £40.0m
26 Colas Rail 1 £35.0m
27 HG 2 £35.0m
28 HH Smith & Sons 1 £30.0m
29 Rainton Construction 2 £29.5m
30 Esh 2 £27.0m
31 Barnwood 2 £26.5m
32 George Wilson Developments 1 £25.0m
33 OCU Group 1 £25.0m
34 Hill Partnerships 1 £22.3m
35 BW Workplace Experts 2 £22.0m
36 Stonewood Partnerships 1 £22.0m
37 Civils Contracting 1 £21.0m
38 Keon Homes 3 £20.7m
39 Hurst Contracts 1 £20.0m
40 Cawarden 1 £18.0m
41 RP Tyson Construction 3 £17.5m
42 Muir Construction 2 £17.2m
43 TJM Projects 1 £17.0m
44 Compendium Group 1 £16.6m
45 Speller Metcalfe 2 £16.5m
46 TNV Construction 1 £15.0m
47 Lindum 3 £14.5m
48 Parkeray 1 £13.9m
49 Marfleet and Blyth 1 £13.7m
50 BDP Construction 1 £12.8m

Top 50 clients – awards in April

Rank Clients No. awards Value
1 The University of Manchester 2 £403.0m
2 MVV Environment Devonport 1 £300.0m
3 Cardiff County Council 2 £230.0m
4 JP Morgan 1 £200.0m
5 Lisbon Street Development 1 £200.0m
6 Middlesbrough Development Company 1 £200.0m
7 Home Bargains (TJ Morris ) 3 £153.4m
8 Gazeley 1 £150.0m
9 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
10 Corporate Officers of the House of Lords House of Commons 1 £110.6m
11 Wessex Water 3 £109.0m
12 Burnley Borough Council 3 £100.6m
13 Olympian Homes 1 £100.0m
14 Salterns Marina 1 £100.0m
15 Ministry of Justice 3 £89.5m
16 Novelis UK 1 £86.0m
17 Fred Olsen Renewables 1 £80.0m
18 Vivid Homes 1 £80.0m
19 London Borough of Wandsworth Council 1 £77.4m
20 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 1 £75.0m
21 University of Warwick 1 £72.9m
22 BGO Newton Propco Limited 1 £58.0m
23 Moray Estates Development Company 1 £50.1m
24 Manchester United 1 £50.0m
25 NBIM Edward Partners LP 1 £50.0m
26 Cowley Baldon Green 1 £49.9m
27 RWE Renewables UK 1 £49.9m
28 Scot Stability 1 £49.9m
29 First Panattoni 1 £47.2m
30 Chancerygate 1 £46.5m
31 Assan Panel 1 £45.0m
32 Headley Court Unit Trust 1 £45.0m
33 Aberdeen City Council 2 £43.5m
34 Network Rail 1 £43.0m
35 Department For Education 9 £42.5m
36 Guildford Borough Council 2 £40.7m
37 Ballymore Naas Developments 1 £40.0m
38 Barberry Developments 2 £40.0m
39 Ports of Jersey 1 £40.0m
40 Strandbrook 1 £40.0m
41 Novus Renewable Services 1 £36.0m
42 Bedford Borough Council 1 £35.0m
43 Muse Developments 1 £35.0m
44 London Borough of Hackney 2 £34.9m
45 Bristol City Council 5 £31.0m
46 Hallam Land Management 1 £30.0m
47 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 5 £28.0m
48 Esh Build 1 £25.0m
49 Graham Care Group 1 £25.0m
50 Indurent/St Modwen Developments 1 £25.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to April

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Department For Education 107 £1,344.5m
2 Tata Steel 3 £1,266.0m
3 National Grid 6 £1,118.0m
4 National Highways 94 £995.0m
5 Transport for West Midlands 8 £760.1m
6 British Land 5 £720.0m
7 Thurrock Power 1 £645.0m
8 Ministry of Justice 47 £543.9m
9 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6 £514.5m
10 Agratas 1 £500.0m
11 CO-RE 1 £500.0m
12 Ministry of Defence 29 £486.3m
13 Cardiff County Council 15 £474.8m
14 University of Kent 7 £428.3m
15 The University of Manchester 12 £428.0m
16 Network Rail 50 £416.6m
17 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
18 Manchester City Football Club 3 £350.0m
19 BMW 4 £335.0m
20 Transport Scotland 3 £326.0m
21 University of Glasgow 5 £314.0m
22 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
23 Mitsubishi Estate 1 £300.0m
24 MVV Environment Devonport 1 £300.0m
25 First Panattoni 6 £295.9m
26 University College London 7 £293.7m
27 Greystar Europe Holdings 4 £283.0m
28 Environment Agency 48 £281.4m
29 Adur & Worthing Borough Council 6 £255.9m
30 The Creative District Improvement Company 1 £250.0m
31 SSE 2 £232.0m
32 Lincolnshire County Council 30 £230.8m
33 McLaren Property 4 £223.7m
34 Associated British Ports 7 £220.5m
35 The Far East Consortium 1 £210.0m
36 Wessex Water 5 £209.1m
37 Parabola Edinburgh 1 £209.0m
38 Tritax 8 £206.3m
39 Home Bargains (TJ Morris ) 15 £206.0m
40 Chinese Embassy 1 £202.5m
41 JP Morgan 1 £200.0m
42 Juramia 1 £200.0m
43 Lisbon Street Development 1 £200.0m
44 Middlesbrough Development Company 1 £200.0m
45 Nigg Energy Park 1 £200.0m
46 Orkney Marine Services 1 £200.0m
47 Transport for London 9 £198.6m
48 Warner Bros 2 £191.3m
49 Surrey County Council 25 £181.7m
50 First Base 1 £180.0m
51 University of Bristol 4 £176.1m
52 Wykeland Group 5 £171.9m
53 RWE Renewables UK 3 £171.8m
54 Prologis 6 £170.6m
55 London Borough of Camden 8 £169.9m
56 Patrizia UK 4 £168.7m
57 Platform_ 1 £165.0m
58 Cambridgeshire County Council 27 £163.6m
59 London Borough of Ealing 4 £163.2m
60 Innova Renewables 3 £162.0m
61 Statkraft UK 3 £160.0m
62 Glenbrook 2 £158.5m
63 Segro 4 £157.0m
64 Gatwick Airport 5 £152.8m
65 EDF 2 £152.5m
66 Bristol City Council 32 £150.8m
67 Access Self Storage Solutions 1 £150.0m
68 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
69 Crystal Palace Football Club 1 £150.0m
70 Gazeley 1 £150.0m
71 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
72 Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK 1 £145.6m
73 Scottish Power 8 £142.9m
74 Lidl 37 £138.1m
75 Mountpark Logistics 3 £135.1m
76 Cityheart 1 £135.0m
77 Bargate Property 1 £132.0m
78 Oxford University 2 £132.0m
79 VPI Immingham 1 £130.7m
80 Lazari Investments 1 £130.0m
81 Olympian Homes 2 £129.7m
82 Fife Council 15 £128.8m
83 University of East Anglia 13 £128.7m
84 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
85 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 26 £125.9m
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 Henry Boot 3 £123.0m
90 Siemens 4 £122.0m
91 Care Concern Group 5 £121.3m
92 London Borough of Lambeth 3 £121.2m
93 Manchester Life Development Company 2 £120.5m
94 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
95 Endurance Land 2 £120.0m
96 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
97 North Somerset Council 13 £118.8m
98 Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities 8 £118.4m
99 Essex County Council 7 £116.8m
100 Dominvs 2 £116.0m

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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%