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Major commercial schemes helped the Top 100 construction companies in London to win a total of £11.6 billion-worth of work last year.
This workload is a rise of 1.4% on 2021 and 15% greater than the top 100 construction companies in London orders for 2020, when the industry was hit by site closures and a slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mace on top
Mace’s focus on London amassed £1.6 billion-worth of work last year to lead the rankings of the top 100 construction companies in London.
Mace bagged a slew of high profile schemes ranging from the £450 million EDGE London Bridge office and retail development for Zurich Insurance (Project ID: 19015864) to the £350 million Justice Quarter on Fleet Street featuring a commercial development plus a new police headquarters (Project ID: 17375364).
This commercial sector haul, which also included the £220 million Panorama St Pauls (Project ID: 20180945) and a £70 million office refurbishment at Paddington Square for Capital International (Project ID: 22282798), pushed Mace’s annual order book for London up from £331 million in 2021.
Lendlease strength
A strengthening in commercial work also propelled Leadlease into second spot of the top 100 construction companies in London. The group won £1.2 billion-worth of work in London last year including the £400 million 72 Upper Ground scheme in Lambeth for joint clients MEC London and Co-Re (Project ID: 09140477) and The Acre, a £150 million office and retail redevelopment at 90 Long Acre for Northwood Investors (Project ID: 20165954).
Ardmore orders
Ardmore’s order book in the capital ballooned by 165% in value to secure third place, courtesy mainly of the £500 million West Cromwell Road residential and commercial development in Chelsea for MB Kensington and Londonewcastle (Project ID: 18370793).
Morgan Sindall – top a year ago – drops to fourth in the latest table but still bagged £524 million-worth of work in the capital last year including a £70 million fit-out of 1 Paddington Square for Capital International (Project ID: 22282798).
Back on course
The latest total shows that the industry is back on course in the capital with a strong order book.
Top 100 construction companies in London
| Position | Contractor | Number of Projects | Value of Projects (£m) | Projects |
| 1 | Mace | 14 | 1,601 | See all projects |
| 2 | Lendlease | 4 | 1,179 | See all projects |
| 3 | Ardmore Group | 4 | 566 | See all projects |
| 4 | Morgan Sindall Group | 106 | 524 | See all projects |
| 5 | Skanska UK | 3 | 377 | See all projects |
| 6 | Henry Construction Projects | 8 | 375 | See all projects |
| 7 | McLaren Construction Group | 8 | 338 | See all projects |
| 8 | Higgins Group | 11 | 337 | See all projects |
| 9 | Willmott Dixon Holdings | 25 | 316 | See all projects |
| 10 | Kier Group | 18 | 304 | See all projects |
| 11 | JRL Group | 5 | 257 | See all projects |
| 12 | ISG | 19 | 245 | See all projects |
| 13 | Vistry Group | 3 | 198 | See all projects |
| 14 | Hill Partnerships | 7 | 195 | See all projects |
| 15 | VolkerWessels | 9 | 195 | See all projects |
| 16 | Sherrygreen Group of Companies | 10 | 178 | See all projects |
| 17 | Wates Group | 6 | 161 | See all projects |
| 18 | Mears Group | 1 | 161 | See all projects |
| 19 | McAleer & Rushe | 1 | 140 | See all projects |
| 20 | Royal BAM Group | 7 | 133 | See all projects |
| 21 | McGee Group | 4 | 131 | See all projects |
| 22 | Graham Construction | 4 | 130 | See all projects |
| 23 | ARJ Construction | 7 | 113 | See all projects |
| 24 | HG Construction | 2 | 105 | See all projects |
| 25 | John Sisk & Son | 2 | 105 | See all projects |
| 26 | Appian Construction | 2 | 104 | See all projects |
| 27 | Elements Europe | 1 | 100 | See all projects |
| 28 | Buckingham Group Contracting | 2 | 95 | See all projects |
| 29 | Balfour Beatty | 4 | 93 | See all projects |
| 30 | Galliford Try | 7 | 90 | See all projects |
| 31 | Quinn (London) | 12 | 86 | See all projects |
| 32 | Neilcott Construction | 11 | 86 | See all projects |
| 33 | CRH | 3 | 83 | See all projects |
| 34 | Byrne Group | 1 | 76 | See all projects |
| 35 | Real Group | 4 | 74 | See all projects |
| 36 | BW Interiors | 11 | 74 | See all projects |
| 37 | Modebest Builders | 1 | 72 | See all projects |
| 38 | Bouygues UK | 8 | 70 | See all projects |
| 39 | United Living Group | 7 | 69 | See all projects |
| 40 | Structuretone | 3 | 68 | See all projects |
| 41 | Collins Construction Projects | 8 | 67 | See all projects |
| 42 | Formation Architectural Design | 5 | 66 | See all projects |
| 43 | Jerram Falkus Construction | 5 | 60 | See all projects |
| 44 | F M Conway | 2 | 58 | See all projects |
| 45 | Claritas Group | 4 | 57 | See all projects |
| 46 | Glencar Construction | 4 | 56 | See all projects |
| 47 | 8Build | 12 | 55 | See all projects |
| 48 | Parkeray | 23 | 54 | See all projects |
| 49 | Galldris Construction | 3 | 52 | See all projects |
| 50 | Winvic Group | 2 | 51 | See all projects |
| 51 | Howard Russell Construction | 1 | 50 | See all projects |
| 52 | Keltbray Group | 4 | 49 | See all projects |
| 53 | Durkan Holdings | 4 | 47 | See all projects |
| 54 | Built Fit Out & Refurbishment | 2 | 43 | See all projects |
| 55 | Canary Wharf Group | 3 | 42 | See all projects |
| 56 | Osborne | 5 | 40 | See all projects |
| 57 | Watkin Jones Group | 1 | 39 | See all projects |
| 58 | Newarthill | 3 | 36 | See all projects |
| 59 | Kenson Contractors | 1 | 36 | See all projects |
| 60 | Bugler Developments | 3 | 35 | See all projects |
| 61 | Costain Group | 1 | 35 | See all projects |
| 62 | Erith Contractors | 8 | 35 | See all projects |
| 63 | Gilmartins | 1 | 34 | See all projects |
| 64 | Borras Group Holdings | 18 | 32 | See all projects |
| 65 | Red Construction Group | 2 | 31 | See all projects |
| 66 | Portview Construction for Thorntons | 2 | 31 | See all projects |
| 67 | Faithdean | 3 | 31 | See all projects |
| 68 | Laing O'Rourke | 2 | 28 | See all projects |
| 69 | Logan Construction South East | 9 | 28 | See all projects |
| 70 | Legendre UK | 1 | 26 | See all projects |
| 71 | Buxton Building Contractors | 6 | 26 | See all projects |
| 72 | Blenheim House Construction | 3 | 26 | See all projects |
| 73 | Kind & Company (Builders) | 3 | 26 | See all projects |
| 74 | Stanmore | 1 | 26 | See all projects |
| 75 | Oktra | 1 | 26 | See all projects |
| 76 | London Projects | 3 | 26 | See all projects |
| 77 | OKeefe Construction | 1 | 25 | See all projects |
| 78 | Ferrovial | 1 | 25 | See all projects |
| 79 | Stack London | 3 | 25 | See all projects |
| 80 | Bowmer & Kirkland | 1 | 25 | See all projects |
| 81 | Guildmore | 4 | 24 | See all projects |
| 82 | Kilhan Construction | 1 | 24 | See all projects |
| 83 | Joseph Homes | 1 | 24 | See all projects |
| 84 | Knight Build | 2 | 24 | See all projects |
| 85 | Gilbert Ash | 2 | 24 | See all projects |
| 86 | Corley + Woolley | 5 | 22 | See all projects |
| 87 | Renew Holdings | 3 | 22 | See all projects |
| 88 | Access Building Contractors | 2 | 21 | See all projects |
| 89 | LIFE Build Solutions | 4 | 21 | See all projects |
| 90 | Thomas Sinden | 3 | 21 | See all projects |
| 91 | Water Lilly | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 92 | M C P | 2 | 20 | See all projects |
| 93 | Vital Energi Utilities | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 94 | Global Rail Construction | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 95 | Aitch Group | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 96 | R I Building Services | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 97 | McLaughlin & Harvey | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 98 | UK Power Networks | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
| 99 | GPF Lewis (Contracts) | 3 | 20 | See all projects |
| 100 | Galliard Homes | 1 | 20 | See all projects |
Source: Glenigan | Last modified January 2023
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