Costain tops Network Rail spend supplier rankings

Costain has cemented its position as Network Rail’s most-used contractor after it topped the infrstructure group’s spend rankings for the second year in a row.

The firm saw its slice of total spend jump 60% from £337m to £541m in 2016/17. The uplift saw Costain’s total slice of the spending pie rise from around 5% to 7.4%.

Carillion Constructi0n also retained its second ranking this year achieving a 6% uplift of work.

Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers
Supplier	Spend 2016/17	Spend 2015/16	% of total spend
Costain	£541m	£337m	7.4%
Carillion Construction	£372m	£352m	5.1%
Siemens Rail Automation	£291m	£306m	4.0%
EDF Energy Customers	£287m	£307m	3.9%
ABC Electrification	£206m	£113m	2.8%
Colas Rail	£204m	£175m	2.8%
Balfour Beatty Rail	£204m	£241m	2.8%
Amalgamated Construction	£184m	£211m	2.5%
J Murphy & Sons	£175m	£175m	2.4%
Amey Rail	£174m	£173m	2.4%
Alstom Transport UK	£143m	N/A	1.9%
BAM Nuttall	£133m	£149m	1.8%
Babcock Rail	£131m	£119m	1.8%
Morgan Sindall	£110m	£89m	1.5%
AmeyInabensa	£100m	N/A	1.4%
Capita Business Services	£95m	N/A	1.3%
Geoffrey Osborne	£90m	£84m	1.2%
Atkins	£83m	£124m	1.1%
VolkerFitzpatrick	£83m	£85m	1.1%
Skanska BAM Northern Hub JV	£79m	N/A	1.1%

ABC Electrification benefitted from the focus on electrification work across the rail network with its invoiced revenue almost doubling to ovr £200m.

The top 20 suppliers shared out £3.69bn, up from £3.1bn previously, which accounted for half of Network Rail’s supplier spend.

from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/10/10/costain-tops-network-rail-spend-supplier-rankings/

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