The total value of construction work awarded in the UK in May topped 拢4bn for the fifth consecutive month.
Builders鈥� Conference chief executive Neil Edwards said that it was unusual for workload to feed through so steadily 鈥� more often, he said, there were peaks and troughs. 聽
The total value of contracts registered by the Builders鈥� Conference in May 2018 was 拢4.47bn.
Top of the pile was Wates, for the second time this year, with 拢714.8m of new business signed. Kier, league champion three times this year so far, dropped out of the top 20 this time, adding just over 拢30m to its order books.
Wates鈥� victory was mainly down to a 拢650m deal to refurbish parliamentary buildings for the House of Commons Northern Estate Programme.
In second place with 拢213m was CJ O'Shea & Company, which picked up two sizeable contracts in May, propelling. 聽The larger of these was a 拢165m deal for the construction of 764 flats in Portal Way, west London, for City & Docklands Property Group.
BAM was in third place with nine new contract awards worth a combined 拢200.3m. The most significant of these is a refurbishment and repair contract for Network Rail Scotland in the Aberdeen and Inverness regions.
Graham Construction was fourth with 拢128.5m, including an 拢80m contract for student accommodation for the University of York.
In fifth place was Vinci Construction, which picked up four new contract awards with a combined value of 拢115m.聽聽 This includes a 拢65m extension at Birmingham鈥檚 Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Overall, the BCLive contracts service in May 2018 recorded 372 different companies winning new construction business and 631 separate contracts signed.
Morgan Sindall Group secured the highest number of new construction orders in the month with 19, followed by Scotland鈥檚 Luddon Construction with 17.
BCLive Top 20 for May 2018
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