Contract wins rose 23.9% in May compared to April, according to latest Glenigan figures.
Total wins across the top fifty contractors’ rose to £2.27bn for the month, up from £1.83bn in April. This is a 28.2% decline since the £2.57bn recorded in March.
Kier secured the top spot in the monthly league, pushing it ahead of Balfour Beatty in the annual table, by securing 22 deals worth a total of £225.7m. The contractors total was bolstered by winning a programme of healthcare work worth in excess of £100m as part of the ProCure21+ framework.
Lend Lease took second place in May, after securing a £151m deal with the Ministry of Justice to build a 2,100 capacity prison in Wrexham.
Royal Bam ranked third in the league after securing a range of medium-value contracts during the month, particularly in the education and infrastructure divisions.
Other major wins worth noting include:
• VolkerFitzpatrick’s contracts for a £82m maintenance depot and offices in Doncaster for Agility Rail and Hitachi Rail.
• Leadbitter’s £100m regeneration scheme for Bedford Borough Council
• Sir Robert McAlpine’s £50m redevelopment project at Newcastle University
The number of contracts across the top 50 increased to 209 in May, from 169 in April. Giving an average contact value of £10.9m, which is marginally up on April’s average of £10.8m.
Top Fifty Contractors, May 2014
Over the 12 months to May 2014 Kier won 273 contracts worth a total of £1.88bn. Balfour Beatty fell to second over the period with 135 deals at £1.74bn, while Morgan Sindall climbed one place to third having secured 192 contracts totalling £1.28bn.
Top Ten Contractors, 12 months to May 2014
Hoare Lea climbed from third to first in the Engineering Consultants league for May, with the previous month’s top firm URS dropping to thirteenth place.
Jacobs re-entered the table in second place, as did Fichtner, whose single £120m deal was enough to secure third place.
Top Ten Consultants, May 2014
The Department of Health stood in the number one spot in the Clients’ league, with 274 deals worth £1.5bn. Network Rail and the Greater London Authority both dropped down a place, and Land Securities dropped out of the top fifty.
Top Ten Clients, May 2014
The total value of work awarded by the top 10 clients in the year to May fell 6.3% compared with the year to April, to stand at £7.32bn.
