Builders' Conference chief executive Neil Edwards says that the value of all new construction contracts signed in the UK in September 2019 was an above-average 拢6.5bn, more than reversing the 25% decline seen in August.
That total includes the 拢1bn contract that HS2 Ltd finally signed with Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra JV for its Old Oak Common station in Willesden. BBVS was initially named for the project back in February but a legal challenge by Bechtel delayed formal contract signing
That single contract was enough to propel the joint venture to the top of the Builders鈥� Conference BCLive contracts league for September 2019.
Balfour Beatty also took the second position in its own right, primarily because of a 拢638m six-year highway maintenance contract for Lincolnshire County Council.聽聽
Mace was in third, with four new contract awards with a combined value of 拢418.5m.聽 The largest of these is a 拢400m contract to build phase one of Chinese developer R&F Properties鈥� Nine Elms Square development in London. Mace will lead the construction of three towers and a podium with retail and residential amenities. Gross development value is 拢480m.
BCLive lists Ireland鈥檚 JJ Rhatigan in fourth place for a 拢217.6m development of offices and a hotel in Galway, with is not even in the UK so should not really count here.
Lendlease took the number five position with three new contract awards, including a 拢170m deal to build a new prison at HMP Glen Parva in Leicestershire that had previously been awarded to Interserve.聽聽
Kier won the most new contract awards 鈥� 18 鈥� for a combined value of 拢151.9m. Kier鈥檚 haul includes a 拢39m office building for Durham County Council.
A total of 14 companies secured more than 拢100m-worth of new work. Other notable individual contract signings included a 拢100m flood defence project for Portsmouth City Council won by VolkerWessels and a 拢130m mixed-use development for Hull City Council won by Vinci.
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