3 Oct: The total value of new construction contracts awarded in the UK in September 2018 reached its highest monthly total for more than a year, according to Builders' Conference data.

3 Jul: A £400m contract to redevelop the site of the former New Scotland Yard police headquarters in London gave Multiplex the top spot in the Builders’ Conference contracts league table for June.

3 May: Kier claimed the top spot in the Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table in April 2018 with a haul of 20 new contracts signed with a combined value £397m.

2 Mar: Kier ended February at the top of the Builders' Conference BCLive contracts league table for the second successive month.

12 Dec 17: Total value of new construction contracts registered by the Builders' Conference in November 2017 was £4.2bn, a 12.5% fall on the £4.8bn registered in the previous month.

3 Oct 17: UK construction contract awards returned to more normal levels in September 2017 after the HS2-induced heights of August.

2 Aug 17: Data gathered by the Builders’ Conference indicates a downturn in UK construction activity ahead with a slowdown in new contracts being signed.

3 Mar 17: A single mega £700m contract for a mixed use development at London’s Nine Elms gave Multiplex the top spot on the BCLive contracts league table for February 2017.

5 Dec 16: The value of new construction contracts signed in the UK fell by a quarter last month.

6 Oct 16: September 2016 saw a 37% fall on new construction contracts signed, according to data collected by the Builders’ Conference.

3 Aug: The Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table for July 2018 was won by Wates, ahead of Kier and Laing O’Rourke.

4 Jun: Wates came out on top of the Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league in May 2018, with more than £700m-worth of new business signed.

5 Apr: Although the snow weighed down on construction productivity last month, there was no let up in the amount of new business being signed.

2 Feb: Kier rose to the top of the Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table in January 2018 with a haul of 24 contracts worth a total of £526.3m.

7 Nov 17: The Builders’ Conference BCLive league table recorded an unexpected rally in October, with the monthly total of new construction contracts signed topping £4.6bn.

5 Sep 17: The BCLive contracts league table for August 2017 was totally dominated by the award of £6.6bn of civil engineering contracts for the HS2 rail project.

10 May 17: The BCLive contracts league table topped the £4bn mark for April 2017 thanks to a £700m deal for Persimmon right at the end of the month.

3 Feb 17: Kier has topped The Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table for January with a haul of 14 contracts during the month worth an aggregate £282.4m.

8 Nov 16: A single contract brought some colour to the cheeks of the recently pale-looking Builders’ Conference BCLive contracts league table in October.

22 Jul 16: With the post-Brexit machinations still being played out in the halls of Westminster and Brussels, what does life outside the EU mean for the UK construction sector? In the absence of facts, Neil Edwards looks at the figures