ISG heads the top
contractors table for April 2019 awards thanks to eight contracts awarded at a
total cost of £350 million.
A housing led
re-generation scheme in Camberley contributed £20 million to the total. ISG
were closely followed by Kier Construction in second position, with 16 awards
at a total value of £305 million, despite being top of the table for the
rolling 12-month period.
The latest edition
of the Top 50 League Tables has been published by industry analysts Barbour
ABI, which highlights the number of contracts awarded and the total value. This
month shows that the combined value of contracts awarded to the top 50 was £3.3
billion and a total of 145 projects.
Other notable
contractors’ activity for April were J Murphy& Sons Limited, who finished
in third place with two awards this month totalling £230million.
Works for the Trans
Pennine Route upgrade for Network Rail contributed £200 million and is expected
to commence this quarter. Morgan Sindall were particularly active, being
awarded 10 projects at a value of £74 million.
Interestingly, none
of the above contractors featured in the top three for the previous month of
March 2019. The Mace/Dragados joint venture topped the March table thanks to
their contract for the Euston Super Station with a projected value of £1.65
billion. In second and third place sat Multiplex Construction Europe Limited
and Vinci Construction with contract award values of £350 million and £230
million respectively.
For the rolling
12-month period from May 2018to April 2019, Kier Construction sit at the top of
the table with a total of 154 awards totalling in excess of £2 billion. Wates
Construction experienced a busy period with 46 awards at a value of £1.6
billion and Morgan Sindall were awarded 122 projects totalling just over £1
billion.
