Chinese contractor tops BCLive league

4 Jul 16 Beijing Construction Engineering Group is the clear runaway winner of the Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table for June, winning more than three times the work of the second placed company.

BCEGI is signed to build the £700m Middlewood Locks development in Salford

We are used to seeing Dutch, Swedish, French or Spanish contractors take the top spot, but this was the first time that the league was won by a Chinese company.

Top place in the table was secured by BCEGI Construction (UK) Ltd signing a 拢700m contract for the construction of 2,000 new homes in Salford for Scarborough Group International. BCEGI was named preferred contractor for the 24-acre Middlewood Locks development back in October 2015 but only last month was the deal closed.

Seizing second place in June with a five contract haul with a combined value of 拢232m was BAM.聽 The largest of BAM鈥檚 new contracts was a 拢160m deal for construction of a new office block at T2 Canal Reach in North London for Argent.

Narrowly pipped into third place with a combined total of 拢217.2m was Galliford Try, thanks in part to a 聽拢66m order for subsidiary Linden Homes in Sutton, Surrey.

As is so often the case, Morgan Sindall Group secured more new orders than all its competitors, with 34, to take fourth spot on the BCLive league table with a 拢189.7m total. This included a 拢26m order for the construction of a new head office for BUPA at Salford in Lancashire.

However, the rolling annual total of contract awards is now 12% off its start-of-the-year high of 拢56bn. For the rolling year-to-date, Galliford Try comes out on top, with 拢2,244.7m of new work won, ahead of BAM in second with 拢1,681.6m, and Kier in third with 拢1,613.5m. However, Kier's total excludes a 拢634m contract won in joint venture with Carillion.