Kier Is Top Of The Class As Industry Workload Plummets

摘要

The total value of work won in November was almost half the figure for the same month last year. As the country slips further into recession, the top 30 companies won 276 deals worth ￡1.2bn compared with 303 worth ￡2.1bn in 2007: a 44% drop. Sir Robert McAlpine, last month's number one, did not feature in this table; neither did Bovis Lend Lease, Skanska or Costain.rnOnly Kier made it over the ￡100m hurdle, sealing 40 deals worth ￡202m and breaking the ￡200m mark for the second consecutive month. Its biggest wins were in education, highlighting the buoyancy of that sector. Contracts included a ￡31m student accommodation scheme in Luton and a ￡27m project for the University of Bedfordshire. Despite the gloom, the year's rolling total increased from ￡27.1bn in November 2007 to ￡30.1bn in November 2008.