The total value of new construction work awarded across the UK in August 2020 was 拢4.8bn, according to Builders鈥� Conference data. More than half of this is in house-building.
Top of the table was Midgard won a 拢230m contract to build a mixed-use development of 212 homes, a primary school, new public realm and car parking. And it also won a separate 拢150m contract for enabling works on the same project, Builders鈥� Conference says. []
The BCLive contracts league table these days includes house-building projects not just built under contract for third-party or local authority clients, but also speculative private sector developments initiated by the builders themselves.
On this basis, it has Redrow Homes in second place for August. The Builders鈥� Conference says Redrow signed 13 contracts in August, totalling 拢276m, with the largest .聽 The most significant of these is a 拢50m expansion of its 聽development in Abingdon, Oxfordshire called The Lawns.
Third was Vinci Construction, which picked up five contracts during the month worth a total of 拢243m, including a 拢100m waste recycling facility at Edmonton EcoPark in London.
Builders鈥� Conference managing director Neil Edwards pointed out that 70% of the work let in August was in the private sector, revealing little evidence of the government鈥檚 supposed build-build-build drive
鈥淲hether those government statements have yet to come to fruition or whether they were empty promises and sound-bites is hard to tell,鈥� Neil Edwards said. 鈥淏ut any increase in government spending has thus far failed to redress the balance between private and publicly financed projects.鈥�
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