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Top 100 contractors – wins in year to June

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Mace 18 £2,259.4m
2 Sir Robert McAlpine 19 £2,150.1m
3 Kier 82 £1,755.9m
4 Morgan Sindall 112 £1,742.8m
5 Balfour Beatty 49 £1,596.8m
6 Bowmer & Kirkland 58 £1,469.8m
7 GRAHAM Construction 30 £1,400.1m
8 Multiplex Europe 7 £1,231.0m
9 Laing O’Rourke 8 £1,222.2m
10 McLaren 19 £1,102.5m
11 Galliford Try 58 £1,070.3m
12 Wates 34 £1,034.2m
13 Vinci 35 £791.9m
14 Willmott Dixon 53 £765.3m
15 Winvic 24 £732.0m
16 McLaughlin & Harvey 15 £704.9m
17 Royal BAM 43 £679.1m
18 John Sisk 12 £625.5m
19 TSL 12 £524.4m
20 Bovis 3 £490.0m
21 Caddick 24 £471.5m
22 Acciona 1 £400.0m
23 Skanska 7 £389.5m
24 Bouygues 6 £356.0m
25 Glencar 21 £352.5m
26 Tilbury Douglas 34 £348.8m
27 Hill Partnerships 18 £318.1m
28 JRL 4 £292.0m
29 Ardmore 5 £290.0m
30 Barhale 3 £273.0m
31 Bouygues 3 £272.0m
32 RG Group 5 £259.2m
33 Octavius Infrastructure 8 £252.6m
34 Ferrovial 2 £250.0m
35 Colas 1 £245.0m
36 A & H 15 £240.3m
37 HG 6 £232.6m
38 Eric Wright 16 £226.1m
39 VolkerWessels 13 £222.4m
40 Robertson 33 £217.3m
41 Gilbert-Ash 6 £215.8m
42 GMI 9 £212.4m
43 Benniman 14 £212.0m
44 McAleer & Rushe 6 £210.4m
45 CR Construction (U.K) Company 1 £210.0m
46 S1 Developments 1 £209.0m
47 RG Carter 28 £202.9m
48 BCEGI 1 £202.5m
49 8 Build 12 £187.8m
50 Barnfield 7 £185.7m
51 CField Construction 5 £184.0m
52 SDC Construction Group 10 £183.3m
53 Higgins Partnerships 4 £176.9m
54 Speller Metcalfe 30 £171.5m
55 Keady Construction 4 £164.2m
56 Ogilvie Construction 11 £155.7m
57 Stepnell 30 £151.3m
58 AmcoGiffen 4 £149.3m
59 MCS 12 £148.3m
60 Castle Building Services 4 £145.9m
61 Lindum 37 £145.8m
62 J Murphy 6 £145.6m
63 Magrock 11 £145.3m
64 TanRo 8 £143.5m
65 Farrans 4 £142.0m
66 Wilten Construction 13 £136.0m
67 Parkway 12 £135.6m
68 Beard 38 £134.9m
69 Andrew Scott 24 £130.9m
70 Canary Wharf Contractors 3 £125.9m
71 Neilcott 17 £122.8m
72 RJ McLeod 3 £118.0m
73 Curo Construction 7 £113.3m
74 Clegg 9 £108.5m
75 Vistry 7 £107.3m
76 Esh 14 £106.7m
77 Henry Boot 10 £106.7m
78 Costain 3 £102.0m
79 Henry Brothers 12 £99.9m
80 Lawrence Baker 9 £97.5m
81 Goldbeck Construction 6 £96.7m
82 BlueEarth Construction 5 £96.4m
83 Kori Construction (SAC Construction ) 6 £93.5m
84 Barnwood 11 £93.2m
85 Wynne Construction 10 £91.4m
86 Domis Construction 2 £90.0m
87 Elliott Group 1 £90.0m
88 Story Contracting 13 £88.7m
89 Aureos Highways 4 £88.2m
90 ROK Construction 1 £88.0m
91 PMC 4 £86.8m
92 The Torsion Group 4 £85.9m
93 Amiri 11 £84.4m
94 AE Yates 15 £83.7m
95 Myco Contracts 4 £80.6m
96 Ant Yapi (UK) 1 £80.0m
97 Bect Building Contractors 6 £79.0m
98 Faircloth Construction 14 £78.4m
99 Walter Lilly 6 £78.0m
100 Jenner 6 £75.8m

Top 50 contractors – wins in June

Rank Contractor No. contracts Value
1 Laing O’Rourke 2 £919.0m
2 Multiplex Europe 1 £300.0m
3 Kier 8 £269.4m
4 Vinci 7 £149.6m
5 Bowmer & Kirkland 3 £130.2m
6 McLaughlin & Harvey 3 £102.6m
7 Costain 1 £100.0m
8 Castle Building Services 2 £99.9m
9 Willmott Dixon 7 £93.2m
10 Balfour Beatty 8 £85.5m
11 Hill Partnerships 2 £84.7m
12 Morgan Sindall 9 £83.5m
13 Eric Wright 1 £77.1m
14 A & H 1 £77.0m
15 AE Yates 10 £73.9m
16 Aureos Highways 2 £66.0m
17 Taziker Industrial 1 £65.0m
18 Tilbury Douglas 4 £57.8m
19 CL Projects UK 1 £54.4m
20 Royal BAM 2 £51.0m
21 Ogilvie Construction 2 £49.2m
22 Lindum 3 £47.3m
23 Wates 2 £43.6m
24 TSL 2 £43.0m
25 RJ McLeod 1 £42.0m
26 Ardmore 1 £40.0m
27 Clegg 1 £40.0m
28 Winvic 2 £39.4m
29 John Sisk 1 £38.4m
30 MCS 2 £32.0m
31 MDH Developments 1 £32.0m
32 Esh 2 £31.4m
33 Morris Homes 1 £30.2m
34 Amiri 1 £30.0m
35 McCue Interior Fitout Solutions 1 £30.0m
36 Toureen Group 1 £30.0m
37 GMI 1 £26.0m
38 Russells Construction 2 £26.0m
39 McAleer & Rushe 1 £25.0m
40 Feltham 2 £24.8m
41 Classic Builders 2 £22.8m
42 Campion Homes 3 £22.6m
43 Morganstone 2 £21.1m
44 Faircloth Construction 2 £20.9m
45 Glencar 2 £20.2m
46 Greencells Group 1 £20.0m
47 Westcombe Group 1 £20.0m
48 Trac International 1 £18.5m
49 Tarmac 1 £17.0m
50 Barhale 1 £16.4m

Top 50 clients – awards in June

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 DEFRA 7 £929.6m
3 Endurance Land 1 £300.0m
4 Aberdeenshire Council 3 £216.5m
5 Ministry of Defence 2 £147.4m
6 Department For Education 9 £146.0m
7 Locogen 2 £116.5m
8 Ministry of Justice 10 £104.9m
9 Drum Property Group 1 £103.7m
10 Keuper Gas Storage  Runcorn Site HQ 1 £100.0m
11 Muse Developments 1 £100.0m
12 South Tyneside College 1 £94.9m
13 Manchester Life Strategic Development Company 1 £77.1m
14 CB Erdington investment Llp 1 £77.0m
15 Port Of Sheerness  (The Peel Group) 1 £65.0m
16 Marylebone Cricket Club 1 £60.0m
17 City of Edinburgh Council 2 £55.5m
18 Providence Gate 1 £54.4m
19 Thrive Homes 1 £50.7m
20 Lightrock Power 1 £49.9m
21 Lightsourcebp 1 £49.9m
22 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 4 £49.6m
23 Brian Henton 1 £49.5m
24 Aberdeen City Council 5 £47.8m
25 Durham County Council 4 £46.7m
26 Nottinghamshire County Council 3 £46.6m
27 Energiekontor UK 1 £46.2m
28 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 2 £44.2m
29 Kishorn Port 1 £42.0m
30 Goodman Logistics 1 £40.5m
31 Greene King 1 £40.0m
32 Reef Estates /UrbanR 1 £40.0m
33 Derby City Council 1 £38.4m
34 Tritax Big Box Developments 1 £38.0m
35 Severn Trent Water 2 £37.4m
36 Government Property Agency 1 £36.9m
37 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £35.0m
38 John Innes Centre 1 £35.0m
39 Science of the Soul British Isles 1 £34.0m
40 Harlow District Council 1 £34.0m
41 Milton Keynes University NHS Trust 1 £33.5m
42 Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust 1 £32.0m
43 Marlin Apartments 1 £32.0m
44 South Kesteven District Council 3 £31.0m
45 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 3 £30.8m
46 Barsad Investments 1 £30.0m
47 Birmingham City Council 1 £30.0m
48 Ergon Foods 1 £30.0m
49 The Other House PropCo 3 1 £30.0m
50 National Highways 12 £29.4m

Top 100 clients - awards in year to May

Rank Client No. awards Value
1 Tata Steel 3 £1,266.0m
2 Department For Education 99 £1,236.9m
3 National Grid 5 £1,108.0m
4 DEFRA 46 £1,014.0m
5 Transport for West Midlands 8 £760.1m
6 British Land 5 £720.0m
7 National Highways 91 £682.9m
8 Ministry of Justice 57 £656.3m
9 Thurrock Power 1 £645.0m
10 Ministry of Defence 30 £559.9m
11 Cardiff County Council 14 £518.4m
12 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6 £514.5m
13 Agratas 1 £500.0m
14 CO-RE 1 £500.0m
15 University of Kent 5 £427.7m
16 The University of Manchester 12 £420.8m
17 Endurance Land 3 £420.0m
18 Thames Water 1 £400.0m
19 Network Rail 49 £393.6m
20 BMW 3 £330.0m
21 Transport Scotland 3 £326.0m
22 University of Glasgow 5 £314.0m
23 Greystar Europe 5 £308.0m
24 Brockton Capital 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 56 £292.4m
29 (blank) 14 £281.5m
30 The Creative District Improvement Company 1 £250.0m
31 Aberdeenshire Council 14 £234.7m
32 Lincolnshire County Council 24 £223.9m
33 Associated British Ports 6 £214.5m
34 The Far East Consortium (Manchester) 1 £210.0m
35 Parabola Edinburgh 1 £209.0m
36 Chinese Embassy 1 £202.5m
37 Transport for London 12 £200.9m
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 University of Bristol 7 £191.2m
44 Home Bargains (TJ Morris ) 11 £189.9m
45 Innova Renewables 4 £189.0m
46 First Base 1 £180.0m
47 RWE Renewables UK 3 £171.8m
48 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council 14 £169.6m
49 Patrizia UK 4 £168.7m
50 Cambridgeshire County Council 27 £163.5m
51 London Borough of Ealing 3 £160.2m
52 Statkraft UK 3 £160.0m
53 Surrey County Council 25 £159.0m
54 Glenbrook 2 £158.5m
55 Gatwick Airport 5 £152.8m
56 Lidl 38 £152.3m
57 Manchester City Council 14 £150.7m
58 Access Self Storage Solutions 1 £150.0m
59 Crystal Palace FC 1 £150.0m
60 Gazeley 1 £150.0m
61 IJM Corporation 1 £150.0m
62 Wykeland Group 1 £150.0m
63 Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK 1 £145.6m
64 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 29 £145.6m
65 Scottish Power 8 £142.9m
66 Care Concern Group 7 £138.8m
67 Aberdeen City Council 21 £137.8m
68 Mountpark Logistics 4 £136.6m
69 Cityheart 1 £135.0m
70 Muse Developments 2 £135.0m
71 Bargate Property Llp 1 £132.0m
72 Moda Living 2 £131.1m
73 City of Edinburgh Council 18 £130.8m
74 VPI Immingham 1 £130.7m
75 Olympian Homes 2 £129.7m
76 Henry Boot 5 £128.8m
77 Natural History Museum 2 £126.0m
78 Summix Capital 1 £126.0m
79 First Panattoni 5 £125.9m
80 Ark Data Centres 1 £125.0m
81 DLUHC 8 £122.4m
82 East Riding Of Yorkshire Council 31 £122.1m
83 University of East Anglia 10 £121.8m
84 London Borough of Lambeth 3 £121.2m
85 Essex County Council 7 £120.5m
86 Manchester Life Development Company 2 £120.5m
87 Big Yellow Group 8 £120.2m
88 AAH Consultants 1 £120.0m
89 Southwark GP Nominee 1 1 £120.0m
90 Canary Wharf Group 2 £119.7m
91 North Somerset Council 13 £118.8m
92 Locogen 2 £116.5m
93 Luton Borough Council 7 £116.4m
94 Tritax 5 £116.1m
95 Siemens 3 £116.0m
96 Brighton & Hove City Council 14 £115.2m
97 Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust 1 £115.0m
98 Prologis 4 £113.0m
99 Swansea University 6 £110.6m
100 House of Lords House of Commons 1 £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%