Top 10 contractors by work confirmed in July
According to data compiled by Barbour ABI, the total orders collected by the top 50 firms in July jumped by £1bn to £3.9bn, with 149 jobs secured, just over a quarter higher that June.
In the rolling 12-month league rankings, the guard changed with Mace ending Kier's more than one year-long run at the top.
The firm was lifted by a £160m deal for the next phase of the Oxford Science Park expansion of the edge of the city.
This will involve building nearly 400,000 sq ft across three new laboratory and office buildings on Plots 23-26 of the site. Work set to be completed by early 2025.
Top 5 contractors by work won in the year to July
Among the other big wins in July, McLaughlin and Harvey won the contract to build a new covered frigate building facility at the Govan shipyard in Strathclyde.
n London, Lendlease signed off the deal to deliver the 13-storey Aldermanbury Square office building for developer Great Portland Estates.
Also in London, Skanska secured a £100m office project to rebuild 7 Millbank in Westminster. The project involves dismantling the 9-storey building's period façade so it can be restored and rebuilt, with newly built office behind.
Wates also secured a £118m office projects at the Cambridge North Station emerging commercial quarter.
Source: Construction Enquirer