Rail work puts Balfours top


The total workload for the construction industry showed an improvement in July with total orders rising above the £1 billion mark after dipping below that figure in June.

July's total was £133 million short of the same month last year. However, July 1998 was boosted by the award of four major PFI schemes which somewhat distorted the norm.

The private commercial sector continues to dominate the construction industry and shows little sign of any slow down at the moment. The non-private housing sector remains somewhat in the doldrums and Other public non-housing work was also down on June.

The private industrial sector provided a welcome boost, up £38 million, while infrastructure posted the largest gains, rising £187 million on June, some £54 million ahead of July 1998.
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Infrastructure certainly served Balfour Beatty well - the company's wins in the rail sector sent it to the top of the CJ50 - £41 million ahead of second placed Carillion. Balfour Beatty's Railtrack awards included a two-year extension to its Southern Zone Plain Line track renewals contract, worth £60 million and a £48 million contract to remodel the track and ancillary services at Willesden in North London.

After a highly uncharacteristic absence from the table in June, Carillion bounced straight back at two with a healthy £70 million worth of private commercial orders.

The firm's largest order was for the £42.5 million PFI contract to construct a new prison at Onley, near Rugby. It also secured a smaller healthcare PFI scheme in Glasgow, the £9.1 million Southern General Hospital project for client Town Hospitals. An £8.1 million office project in Cambridge for Suon rounded off a good month.

Taylor Woodrow was snapping at Carillion's heals, just £1 million behind. It too profited from a financial close on a PFI deal, in this case the £51.5 million Dalmuir sewage project for West of Scotland Water Authority.

Taywood also secured a £17 million contract to construct the Millennium Plaza leisure project in Cardiff for Brunswick Developments.

Kvaerner Construction moved up 11 places to four thanks to a massive contract, estimated to be worth around £60 million, to construct a new seven-storey office block and refurbish two floors of the adjacent Euston Tower in London for British Land Company. It will also fit out the offices with carpeting, partitions and IT facilities.

Tilbury Douglas picked up a major private industrial order in the form of a £50 million contract to construct a production base for the new Mini at Rover/BMW's Longbridge plant, in Birmingham.

Kier dropped off the top spot down to six hauling in a multitude of smaller contracts to see it through July, while Mansell/Hall and Tawse pulled in a massive total of 60 individual contracts to keep it in the top 10.

Ballast Wiltshier moved up 16 places to eight on the back of two main contracts: a £13.8 million contract for base station work at various Vodafone sites and a £6.9 million contract to construct basement extensions at HMS Warrior, Northwood, in West London.

Shepherd shot up 28 places thanks to two private commercial contracts, while Willmott Dixon also showed a good rise, up 23 places to 10, with work split between private commercial, social housing and Other public non-housing.



Private commercial work kept Mowlem fairly steady at 11, while Birse dropped five places to 12, but still pulled in a £14.7 million contract to up-grade accommodation at Pirbright Barracks for the MoD and a £6.5 million contract to undertake improvements to a wastewater treatment works in Bridport for Wessex Water.

HBG Construction also slipped out of the top 10 to 13. Most of its work came from the private commercial market with a £9.4 million contract to build a call centre in Cumbernauld for HF Developments among its most notable wins.

Galliford moved up 20 places to 14, securing all of its work in the private commercial and industrial sectors. Its largest win was a £6.5 million contract to build shops in Waterlooville, Hampshire, for Taylor Woodrow Developments.

Miller's wins in the infrastructure sector came in the water industry, while Bowmer and Kirkland relied on the private commercial market, where its contracts included a £7.2 million office job in Slough for Akeler. Morrison Construction moved into the top 20 after securing all its work in infrastructure and private commercial.

Norwest Holst followed hard on its heels, shooting back into the top 50 at 18, mostly thanks to its £10 million half share in the Hungerford Bridge Millennium Project in London.

Its partner for the bridge is Costain, which dropped back from last month's high of six down to 19. Wates also dropped from second place down to 20, but still scooped £20 million worth of private commercial orders.

Morgan Sindall just dropped out the top 20, but gathered a selection of contracts across all but one sector. Holmes Building made an entry into the table thanks to a £9.8 million contract to construct new flats in West London for Capitalbond. Further down at 32, David McLean secured an £8.4 million job to undertake road works in Flint for Kimberley Clark.

Carillion posted the only significant management contracts in July, winning two schemes worth a total of £26 million. The newly diverged company's wins in July were more than enough to keep it at the top of the rolling 12 monthly table, where its total of £1.1 billion kept it ahead of nearest rival Bovis with £898 million.

Kvaerner remains in third position, but Balfour Beatty swopped with Laing. Taylor Woodrow, Kier, Mowlem and HBG remained rock steady. Mansell/Hall and Tawse moved up one place to 10 while Sir Robert McAlpine dropped out of the top 10 altogether.
Year TO JUly 1999 (£m)
Top 50: Traditional Contracts: JUly 1999
Awards value (£m)



BOXTEXT: TOTAL



BOXTEXT: PUBLIC
PRIVATE PRIVATE
Position
(Previous) Contractor
Contractor
Awards
Value
Housing
Infra-structure
Free reuse PNH
Commercial
Industrial
1 (16) Balfour Beatty 15 122.3 - 120.2 - 2.1 -

2 (-) Tarmac 28 81.2 4.1 2.4 2.5 70.7 1.5

3 (5) Taylor Woodrow 10 80.1 - 54.5 0.7 19.4 5.5

4 (15) Kvaerner 13 77.2 - 12.2 - 65.0 -

5 (19) Tilbury Douglas 14 71.4 - 2.2 1.3 13.1 54.9

6 (1) Kier 42 43.4 0.5 1.0 11.4 26.3 4.3

7 (8) Mansell/Hall & Tawse 60 40.4 2.8 - 10.0 27.6 -

8 (24) Ballast Wiltshier 20 34.8 2.0 - 12.4 20.3 0.2

9 (37) Shepherd 2 34.2 - - - 34.2 -

10 (33) Willmott Dixon 13 32.5 10.8 - 8.5 13.1 -

11 (9) Mowlem 16 32.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 16.6 8.0

12 (7) Birse 8 31.8 - 12.2 14.7 2.5 2.4

13 (4) HBG Construction 9 27.8 - - 4.7 21.6 1.5

14 (34) Galliford 4 25.9 - - - 9.8 16.1

15 (32) Miller 10 25.7 3.1 15.9 3.7 3.0 -

16 (30) Bowmer & Kirkland 14 23.0 - 4.3 0.8 16.1 1.8

17 (23) Morrison 12 22.5 - 12.9 - 9.6 -

18 (-) Norwest Holst 8 22.3 - 10.8 - 6.0 5.5

19 (6) Costain 7 21.6 3.7 - 11.0 0.5 6.3

20 (2) Wates 7 20.8 - - - 20.8 -

21 (3) Morgan Sindall 36 20.7 2.6 - 6.2 7.2 4.9

22 (29) Jarvis 11 19.7 - 2.8 10.6 6.4 -

23 (28) Midas Construction 20 17.0 0.2 0.4 4.5 10.4 1.5

24 (18) Allen 13 15.1 1.1 2.6 7.6 3.6 0.2

25 (44) Try 8 14.7 - - 1.2 12.5 1.1

26 (-) Holmes Building 3 13.3 - - - 13.3 -

27 (10) Laing 5 12.7 0.5 - 11.8 0.3 0.1

28 (40) Jackson 6 11.0 - 4.9 - 1.8 4.3

29 (-) Alfred McAlpine 3 10.7 - 10.7 - - -

30 (-) North Midland 15 9.4 - 3.0 2.1 3.0 1.3

31 (-) Geoffrey Osborne 10 9.0 2.6 1.0 4.4 1.0 -

32 (22) David McLean 1 8.5 - - - 8.5 -

33 (47) Totty 3 8.1 - - 2.3 5.8 -

34 (-) C Spencer 2 8.1 - 8.1 - - -

35 (26) Gleeson 7 7.9 2.9 1.5 - 3.5 -

36 (39) Dean & Bowes 10 6.4 - - - 6.4 -

37 (35) Higgins Group 6 5.4 3.1 - 1.8 0.5 -

38 (-) Ashe 11 5.3 1.9 - 0.9 2.0 0.5

39 (38) ICS Vale 17 5.2 - 2.8 - 1.4 1.0

40 (-) Wiggins Gee 4 4.8 2.0 - 2.8 - -

41 (45) Sisk 4 4.5 0.5 0.3 - 2.3 1.4

42 (-) Dean & Dyball 9 4.2 - 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.7

43 (46) Rydon 3 4.2 2.8 - - 1.4 -

44 (20) Lovell 5 4.2 - - - 4.2 -

45 (43) Cowlin 6 3.9 - - 0.1 0.7 3.1

46 (13) Styles & Wood 7 3.9 - - - 3.9 -

47 (50) Tolent 8 3.8 - - - 2.7 1.1

48 (-) Haymills 4 3.6 0.4 - - 3.3 -

49 (-) Weaver 4 3.1 - - - 3.1 -

50 (-) DJ Construction 9 3.1 - 1.0 1.8 - 0.3

Subtotal for July 1999 1,122.6 50.1 290.5 143.1 508.5 130.4

1 (-) Tarmac 2 26.0 - - - 26.0 -

2 (-) Mowlem 1 4.0 - - - 4.0 -

3 (-) Tilbury Douglas 1 3.3 - - - 3.3 -

Subtotal for July 1999 33.3 - - - 33.3 -



Totals for July 1999 1,155.9 50.1 290.5 143.1 541.8 130.4

Totals for June 1999 994.8 68.9 103.9 164.2 552.3 92.2

Totals for July 1998 1,288.8 74.3 237.0 464.1 396.7 116.7
Management Contracts
1 (16) Balfour Beatty 15 122.3 - 120.2 - 2.1 -

2 (-) Tarmac 28 81.2 4.1 2.4 2.5 70.7 1.5

3 (5) Taylor Woodrow 10 80.1 - 54.5 0.7 19.4 5.5

4 (15) Kvaerner 13 77.2 - 12.2 - 65.0 -

5 (19) Tilbury Douglas 14 71.4 - 2.2 1.3 13.1 54.9

6 (1) Kier 42 43.4 0.5 1.0 11.4 26.3 4.3

7 (8) Mansell/Hall & Tawse 60 40.4 2.8 - 10.0 27.6 -

8 (24) Ballast Wiltshier 20 34.8 2.0 - 12.4 20.3 0.2

9 (37) Shepherd 2 34.2 - - - 34.2 -

10 (33) Willmott Dixon 13 32.5 10.8 - 8.5 13.1 -

11 (9) Mowlem 16 32.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 16.6 8.0

12 (7) Birse 8 31.8 - 12.2 14.7 2.5 2.4

13 (4) HBG Construction 9 27.8 - - 4.7 21.6 1.5

14 (34) Galliford 4 25.9 - - - 9.8 16.1

15 (32) Miller 10 25.7 3.1 15.9 3.7 3.0 -

16 (30) Bowmer & Kirkland 14 23.0 - 4.3 0.8 16.1 1.8

17 (23) Morrison 12 22.5 - 12.9 - 9.6 -

18 (-) Norwest Holst 8 22.3 - 10.8 - 6.0 5.5

19 (6) Costain 7 21.6 3.7 - 11.0 0.5 6.3

20 (2) Wates 7 20.8 - - - 20.8 -

21 (3) Morgan Sindall 36 20.7 2.6 - 6.2 7.2 4.9

22 (29) Jarvis 11 19.7 - 2.8 10.6 6.4 -

23 (28) Midas Construction 20 17.0 0.2 0.4 4.5 10.4 1.5

24 (18) Allen 13 15.1 1.1 2.6 7.6 3.6 0.2

25 (44) Try 8 14.7 - - 1.2 12.5 1.1

26 (-) Holmes Building 3 13.3 - - - 13.3 -

27 (10) Laing 5 12.7 0.5 - 11.8 0.3 0.1

28 (40) Jackson 6 11.0 - 4.9 - 1.8 4.3

29 (-) Alfred McAlpine 3 10.7 - 10.7 - - -

30 (-) North Midland 15 9.4 - 3.0 2.1 3.0 1.3

31 (-) Geoffrey Osborne 10 9.0 2.6 1.0 4.4 1.0 -

32 (22) David McLean 1 8.5 - - - 8.5 -

33 (47) Totty 3 8.1 - - 2.3 5.8 -

34 (-) C Spencer 2 8.1 - 8.1 - - -

35 (26) Gleeson 7 7.9 2.9 1.5 - 3.5 -

36 (39) Dean & Bowes 10 6.4 - - - 6.4 -

37 (35) Higgins Group 6 5.4 3.1 - 1.8 0.5 -

38 (-) Ashe 11 5.3 1.9 - 0.9 2.0 0.5

39 (38) ICS Vale 17 5.2 - 2.8 - 1.4 1.0

40 (-) Wiggins Gee 4 4.8 2.0 - 2.8 - -

41 (45) Sisk 4 4.5 0.5 0.3 - 2.3 1.4

42 (-) Dean & Dyball 9 4.2 - 0.4 0.6 1.6 1.7

43 (46) Rydon 3 4.2 2.8 - - 1.4 -

44 (20) Lovell 5 4.2 - - - 4.2 -

45 (43) Cowlin 6 3.9 - - 0.1 0.7 3.1

46 (13) Styles & Wood 7 3.9 - - - 3.9 -

47 (50) Tolent 8 3.8 - - - 2.7 1.1

48 (-) Haymills 4 3.6 0.4 - - 3.3 -

49 (-) Weaver 4 3.1 - - - 3.1 -

50 (-) DJ Construction 9 3.1 - 1.0 1.8 - 0.3

Subtotal for July 1999 1,122.6 50.1 290.5 143.1 508.5 130.4

1 (-) Tarmac 2 26.0 - - - 26.0 -

2 (-) Mowlem 1 4.0 - - - 4.0 -

3 (-) Tilbury Douglas 1 3.3 - - - 3.3 -

Subtotal for July 1999 33.3 - - - 33.3 -



Totals for July 1999 1,155.9 50.1 290.5 143.1 541.8 130.4

Totals for June 1999 994.8 68.9 103.9 164.2 552.3 92.2

Totals for July 1998 1,288.8 74.3 237.0 464.1 396.7 116.7


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