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Carillion tops 2013 contracts league table

3 Jan 14 Carillion won more UK construction work in 2013 than any other contractor, ahead of Morgan Sindall in second place and Balfour Beatty in third.

According to the BCLive contracts league, compiled by the Builders’ Conference, Carillion won £1,936.6m of new construction work in 2013.

Morgan Sindall was close behind with £1,912.3m for the year. Balfour Beatty picked up ££1,727.5m.

It is notable that Carillion’s league-topping total came from just 16 project awards, while Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty won 196 and 140 respectively.

The only other two contractors to win more than £1bn of new construction work in 2013 were BAM (£1,262.5m, 73 projects) and Kier (£1,209.3m, 118 projects).

More significantly for the industry, the total value of construction contracts let during 2013 was a massive 41% higher than 2012, according to the Builders’ Conference, reaching £32,560.5m, up from £23,052.8m in 2012.

The value of education projects that were awarded during the year more than doubled from £2,744m in 2012 to £5,851m. Housing grew almost as strongly, from £5,924m to £9,307m.

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