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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to May

Rank Contractors No. awards Value
1 Mace 18 £2,259.4m
2 Sir Robert McAlpine 15 £2,142.0m
3 Morgan Sindall 113 £1,738.4m
4 Bowmer & Kirkland 61 £1,589.6m
5 Balfour Beatty 42 £1,521.3m
6 Kier 78 £1,494.4m
7 GRAHAM Construction 30 £1,414.9m
8 Multiplex Europe 7 £1,331.0m
9 McLaren 20 £1,156.1m
10 Galliford Try 58 £1,133.0m
11 Wates 33 £1,014.7m
12 Willmott Dixon 52 £771.8m
13 Winvic 24 £729.6m
14 Royal BAM 48 £719.2m
15 Vinci 32 £728.7m
16 John Sisk 13 £667.1m
17 McLaughlin & Harvey 13 £608.3m
18 Bovis 3 £490.0m
19 TSL 10 £481.4m
20 Caddick 24 £471.5m
21 Acciona 1 £400.0m
22 JRL 6 £398.9m
23 Skanska 6 £377.0m
24 Glencar 21 £372.2m
25 Bouygues 6 £356.0m
26 Tilbury Douglas 34 £311.6m
27 Laing O’Rourke 5 £303.2m
28 Barhale 3 £292.6m
29 Hill Partnerships 20 £280.2m
30 Bouygues 3 £272.0m
31 RG Group 5 £259.2m
32 Octavius Infrastructure 8 £252.6m
33 Ardmore 4 £250.0m
34 Ferrovial 2 £250.0m
35 CR Construction (U.K) Company 2 £247.0m
36 Colas 1 £245.0m
37 Robertson 33 £236.9m
38 HG 6 £232.6m
39 VolkerWessels 10 £220.7m
40 Benniman 14 £214.0m
41 S1 Developments 1 £209.0m
42 RG Carter 29 £206.9m
43 CField Construction 6 £204.0m
44 Gilbert-Ash 5 £204.0m
45 BCEGI 1 £202.5m
46 GMI 9 £191.4m
47 8 Build 12 £187.8m
48 Barnfield 7 £185.7m
49 McAleer & Rushe 5 £185.4m
50 SDC Construction Group 9 £177.8m
51 Higgins Partnerships 4 £176.9m
52 Speller Metcalfe 31 £171.6m
53 Beard 44 £171.1m
54 Magrock 11 £170.0m
55 Keady Construction 4 £164.2m
56 A & H 14 £163.3m
57 Stepnell 31 £154.3m
58 Eric Wright 16 £154.0m
59 AmcoGiffen 5 £150.3m
60 J Murphy 6 £145.6m
61 Farrans 4 £142.0m
62 TanRo 7 £137.3m
63 Wilten Construction 13 £135.5m
64 Elliott Group 2 £135.0m
65 Parkway 11 £134.5m
66 Neilcott 20 £132.8m
67 Ogilvie Construction 13 £130.1m
68 Andrew Scott 24 £125.9m
69 Curo Construction 9 £122.8m
70 Canary Wharf Contractors 2 £120.9m
71 MCS 11 £119.3m
72 RED 9 £114.5m
73 Vistry 8 £112.6m
74 Henry Boot 9 £104.2m
75 Wynne Construction 11 £101.1m
76 PMC 5 £101.1m
77 Henry Brothers 12 £99.9m
78 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 7 £99.3m
79 Lindum 35 £99.1m
80 Lawrence Baker 9 £97.5m
81 Goldbeck Construction 6 £96.5m
82 Barnes Construction 18 £95.8m
83 BlueEarth Construction 3 £94.4m
84 Barnwood 11 £93.2m
85 ROK Construction 2 £92.0m
86 Domis Construction 2 £90.0m
87 Story Contracting 13 £89.2m
88 The Torsion Group 4 £85.9m
89 Faircloth Construction 16 £84.5m
90 Myco Contracts 4 £80.6m
91 ANDRITZ 1 £80.0m
92 Ant Yapi (UK) 1 £80.0m
93 Bect Building Contractors 6 £79.0m
94 Esh 14 £78.8m
95 Walter Lilly 6 £78.0m
96 RJ McLeod 2 £76.0m
97 Jenner 6 £75.8m
98 Vital Energi 8 £75.0m
99 Commercial Development Projects 6 £74.3m
100 OCU Group 2 £70.0m

Top 50 contractors – wins in May

Rank Contractor No. of contracts Value
1 Acciona 1 £400.0m
2 Bowmer & Kirkland 7 £225.2m
3 Mace 1 £125.0m
4 McAleer & Rushe 3 £105.0m
5 John Sisk 2 £82.0m
6 Morgan Sindall 9 £75.6m
7 Multiplex Europe 2 £73.0m
8 Caddick 1 £71.1m
9 McLaren 2 £65.8m
10 Keady 1 £55.0m
11 Barnfield 2 £53.7m
12 Willmott Dixon 5 £53.5m
13 Kier 5 £50.3m
14 Goldbeck Construction 1 £50.0m
15 Compass Building 1 £42.0m
16 WeBuild Healthcare 1 £38.0m
17 Higgins 1 £37.5m
18 Clegg 3 £35.4m
19 CField Construction 1 £33.0m
20 RG Carter 2 £32.5m
21 J Murphy 1 £32.0m
22 Ardmore 1 £30.0m
23 McLaughlin & Harvey 1 £30.0m
24 MCS 1 £26.0m
25 Ambit Moat 1 £25.0m
26 JJL Design and Build 1 £23.0m
27 The Torsion Group 2 £22.4m
28 Amiri 2 £22.0m
29 Jenner 1 £22.0m
30 Stonewood Builders 1 £21.8m
31 Andrew Scott 2 £21.5m
32 United Living 1 £21.0m
33 Winvic 2 £20.8m
34 EG Carter 2 £17.0m
35 Cala Homes 1 £16.7m
36 Speller Metcalfe 2 £16.6m
37 Watkin Jones 1 £15.7m
38 Faircloth Construction 2 £15.1m
39 Formation Design & Build 1 £15.0m
40 GK Construction 1 £15.0m
41 Royal BAM 2 £15.0m
42 Benniman 1 £14.0m
43 Conlon 2 £14.0m
44 Mulalley & Company 1 £13.9m
45 Torsion Construction 1 £13.2m
46 Watson Homes 1 £12.5m
47 Tilbury Douglas 3 £12.0m
48 REDS10 1 £11.9m
49 Frencon Construction 1 £11.0m
50 BW Workplace Experts 1 £10.0m

Top 50 clients – awards in May

Rank Clients No. awards Value
1 Thames Water 1 £400.0m
2 Transport for London 1 £400.0m
3 Natural History Museum 1 £125.0m
4 Manchester City Council 1 £90.0m
5 Moda Living 1 £71.1m
6 Endurance Land 1 £70.0m
7 Greystar Europe Holdings 2 £65.0m
8 BGO Newton Propco 1 £58.0m
9 CCL Sheffield 1 £55.0m
10 Cardiff County Council 2 £51.0m
11 Network Rail 4 £45.9m
12 Cartrefi Conwy 2 £45.8m
13 Trammell Crow Company 1 £45.8m
14 Leeds City Council 5 £45.3m
15 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council 2 £45.2m
16 Whyte & Mackay Distillers 1 £42.0m
17 London Borough of Hillingdon 7 £41.5m
18 HUB Group 1 £40.0m
19 Perspex International Chaples Park Plant 1 £40.0m
20 SSE Energy Solutions 1 £40.0m
21 Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust 1 £38.0m
22 Caerphilly County Borough Council 1 £38.0m
23 Derby City Council 1 £38.0m
24 Sonnedix 1 £36.7m
25 Department For Education 4 £34.1m
26 Dalata Hotel Group 1 £33.0m
27 North Hertfordshire District Council 3 £32.5m
28 Fragrance Group 1 £30.0m
29 MBDA UK 1 £30.0m
30 Dunfermline Solar 1 £29.9m
31 National Highways 7 £28.6m
32 Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust 1 £28.0m
33 Lidl 8 £26.8m
34 Indurent Logistics Propco A10 2 £26.2m
35 Tellon Capital 1 £26.0m
36 Ministry of Justice 3 £25.1m
37 Rochester Row 1 £25.0m
38 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £23.5m
39 Greene King 2 £23.3m
40 Canterbury City Council 4 £23.2m
41 Torus Property Solutions 2 £23.2m
42 Housing 21 1 £22.0m
43 Stonewood Builders 1 £21.8m
44 Bridgend County Borough Council 1 £20.0m
45 Equation Properties 1 £20.0m
46 Oxford Properties 1 £20.0m
47 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 3 £19.8m
48 Gloucestershire County Council 2 £19.4m
49 Ministry of Defence 4 £18.3m
50 Reading Borough Council 1 £18.0m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to May

Rank Clients No. awarded Value
1 Tata Steel 3 £1,266.0m
2 Department For Education 102 £1,175.1m
3 National Grid 6 £1,118.0m
4 West Midlands Combined Authority Transport for West Midlands 8 £760.1m
5 British Land 5 £720.0m
6 National Highways 94 £666.8m
7 Thurrock Power 1 £645.0m
8 Transport for London 10 £598.6m
9 Ministry of Justice 48 £556.9m
10 Cardiff County Council 16 £519.8m
11 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6 £514.5m
12 Agratas 1 £500.0m
13 CO-RE 1 £500.0m
14 University of Kent 7 £428.3m
15 Ministry of Defence 31 £424.4m
16 The University of Manchester 11 £420.4m
17 Thames Water 1 £400.0m
18 The Clothworks Company 1 £400.0m
19 Network Rail 48 £387.1m
20 Greystar Europe Holdings 6 £348.0m
21 BMW 4 £335.0m
22 Transport Scotland 3 £326.0m
23 University of Glasgow 5 £314.0m
24 Brockton Capital LLP 1 £300.0m
25 Mitsubishi Estate 1 £300.0m
26 MVV Environment Devonport 1 £300.0m
27 University College London 7 £293.7m
28 Environment Agency 49 £280.6m
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 27 £226.7m
33 Associated British Ports 7 £220.5m
34 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £210.0m
35 Wessex Water 5 £209.1m
36 Parabola Edinburgh 1 £209.0m
37 Chinese Embassy 1 £202.5m
38 JP Morgan 1 £200.0m
39 Juramia 1 £200.0m
40 Lisbon Street Development 1 £200.0m
41 Middlesbrough Development Company 1 £200.0m
42 Orkney Marine Services 1 £200.0m
43 Warner Bros 2 £191.3m
44 Home Bargains (TJ Morris ) 10 £187.9m
45 First Base 1 £180.0m
46 University of Bristol 5 £176.7m
47 RWE Renewables UK 3 £171.8m
48 Patrizia UK 4 £168.7m
49 Cambridgeshire County Council 26 £163.4m
50 London Borough of Ealing 4 £163.2m
51 Innova Renewables 3 £162.0m
52 Surrey County Council 26 £161.5m
53 Wykeland Group 3 £160.8m
54 Statkraft UK 3 £160.0m
55 Glenbrook 2 £158.5m
56 McLaren Property 3 £154.7m
57 Gatwick Airport 5 £152.8m
58 EDF 2 £152.5m
59 Manchester City Council 14 £150.7m
60 Access Self Storage Solutions 1 £150.0m
61 Alcemi 1 £150.0m
62 Crystal Palace Football Club 1 £150.0m
63 Gazeley 1 £150.0m
64 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
65 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council 12 £148.3m
66 Lidl 37 £146.9m
67 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 29 £145.7m
68 Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK 1 £145.6m
69 Tritax 6 £143.3m
70 Scottish Power 8 £142.9m
71 Care Concern Group 7 £138.8m
72 Mountpark Logistics 3 £135.1m
73 Cityheart 1 £135.0m
74 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
75 Moda Living 2 £131.1m
76 VPI Immingham LLP 1 £130.7m
77 Olympian Homes 2 £129.7m
78 Natural History Museum 2 £126.0m
79 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
80 First Panattoni 5 £125.9m
81 Ark Data Centres 1 £125.0m
82 Henry Boot 3 £123.0m
83 University of East Anglia 11 £122.2m
84 Bristol City Council 32 £122.0m
85 Siemens 4 £122.0m
86 London Borough of Lambeth 3 £121.2m
87 Manchester Life Development Company 2 £120.5m
88 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
89 Endurance Land 2 £120.0m
90 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
91 North Somerset Council 13 £118.8m
92 Essex County Council 6 £116.8m
93 Luton Borough Council 6 £115.4m
94 Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust 1 £115.0m
95 Brighton & Hove City Council 14 £114.7m
96 Canary Wharf Group 1 £114.7m
97 Prologis 4 £113.0m
98 Leeds City Council 32 £111.7m
99 Burnley Borough Council 8 £111.0m
100 Swansea University 6 £110.6m

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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%