Kier crowned 2018 contracts league champion

Kier secured the biggest annual haul of contract wins last year despite experiencing mounting debt problems.

The firm romped away with pole position in the annual contracts league after securing just over £3bn worth of projects in 2018, well ahead of second–placed Wates on around £2bn and Morgan Sindall in third position with £1.7bn.

It is the third time in five years that Kier has topped the league of project wins, according to data collected by information specialist Glenigan.

The Top 10 firms saw their share of new orders secured by the 100 most successful contractors slip from around 43% in 2017 to 40% this year.

Overall the total haul of work shared by these 100 firms fell 20% to £37bn compared with 2017.

Top 10 ranking by value of work won (£)
	2018		2017		2016
1	Kier	3.01bn	Sir Robert McAlpine	3.04bn	Morgan Sindall	£2.4bn
2	Wates	2.02bn	Kier	2.41bn	Kier	£2.1bn
3	Morgan Sindall	1.70bn	Balfour Beatty	2.41bn	Laing O’Rourke	£2.0bn
4	Sir Robert McAlpine	1.38bn	Laing O’Rourke	2.22bn	Royal BAM	£1.8bn
5	Tarmac	1.24bn	Morgan Sindall	2.22bn	Galliford Try	£1.7bn
6	Willmott Dixon	1.24bn	Galliford Try	2.22bn	Carillion	£1.4bn
7	Mace	1.21bn	VINCI	1.98bn	Balfour Beatty	£1.35bn
8	Bouygues UK	1.14bn	Willmott Dixon	1.45bn	Wates	£1.3bn
9	Galliford Try	1.12bn	Wates	1.34bn	Willmott Dixon	£1.2bn
10	Lendlease	1,09bn	Carillion	1.33bn	Mace	£1.0bn

Among the big fallers from previous years, Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke dropped out of the top 10, while Tarmac, Bouygues and Lendlease joined the top players for the first time.

Based on civil engineering workloads alone Tarmac ranked top followed by Costain and then Kier.

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Among the big contract awards in December, Morgan Sindall and Volker rounded off the year with a share of £196m Barking Riverside project.

Mace landed the £130m Stansted Airport Arrivals building. Henry secured the £80m next phase of the Brighton Barracks development and Graham was confirmed main contractor on a £70m student accommodation scheme at the University of Brighton.

In Scotland, BAM has £165m Edinburgh Tram Route Extension project.

from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/01/09/kier-crowned-2018-contracts-league-champion/

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