Carillion tops CJ50 for April thanks to jumbo airport win

Carillion flew to the top of the CJ50 in April having landed the contract to provide structured cabling at a satellite terminal at Heathrow Airport. The firm won over half a billion pounds worth of work from 13 contracts, making up a sixth of all work let in April.

At £2.8bn the total amount of work let was higher than the 12 month average, which stands at £2.55bn. Like the past four months infrastructure accounted for almost half of all work let, with the public sector accounting for a further quarter.

Alongside its Heathrow win, Carillion secured a trio of lucrative rail jobs including the £90m North London Line enhancement project, the £80m Airdrie to Bathgate rail link and the £31m Great Easter overhead line enabling works, all for Network Rail.

The schemes cemented Carillion’s third place in the rolling 12-month total, though Costain made sure it didn’t create too much distance by taking seconds place in April and moving up to fourth in the 12 month table.

Costain won £409m worth of work, the majority of which was thanks to a deal with Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority to build new waste facilities in the city. It will be working for a joint venture of John Laing and waste contractor Viridor, who are delivering a 25 year waste services contract worth £3bn.

Also making a rare appearance in the top three thanks to a glut of rail work, Amey won £329m worth of work, the majority of which was civils contracts. As a member of Network Rail’s Civil Examination Framework Agreement it will soon start of £50m contracts in all five framework territories, putting the firm on track for ninth place in the rolling 12 month table.

Dropping two places to fourth Balfour Beatty won 53 contracts worth £266m across every sector except industrial. Its most significant was a £170m PFI deal for the NHS in Fife.

Meanwhile, Galliford Try moved up six places to fifth, its £200m haul including a £103m deal to restore St Pancras Chambers, the £25m ‘big build’ scheme at Oakham in Rutland and a £16m highways framework in Wales.

Elsewhere Bam Construct dropped two places to sixth in the rolling 12 month table after not registering in April, passing Morgan Sindall who moved up one place to fifth.