Firm pips Kier to the post with single Manchester contract, to rival鈥檚 53 individual wins

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John Sisk & Son surged to the top of the contractors鈥 league tables last month, just pipping Kier in both of the rankings. 

The new entrant鈥檚 sole contract, valued at 拢135m, was a deal to build two blocks within the Circle Square project in Manchester. 

Kier took the runners up position in both the excluding civils and including civils league tables, securing 53 projects worth 拢127m and 54 projects worth 拢132m respectively.  

The final podium place was filled by Willmott Dixon, which bagged 16 deals worth a combined 拢88m, the largest of which was a 拢19.4m win with Gateshead council to upgrade the heating system in a high-rise social housing building in the town. 

Galliford Try took fourth position in both tables, securing three contracts worth a combined 拢80m, helped by an agreement with English Cities Fund worth 拢22.9m to build 137 apartments (including infrastructure) on the Millbay Docks in Plymouth. 

North London firm Toureen Mangan was a new entrant last month across the two contractor rankings after winning a 拢60m framework and foundation deal as part of the transformation of the Old War Office 好色先生TV in Westminster into a 125-bedroom hotel and 88 flats. 

Graham Construction was also a new entrant in September and took sixth spot in both tables, boosted by a 拢50m agreement with NHS Grampian to build the Anchor Centre at the hospital鈥檚 Foresterhill Campus.  

Kohn Pedersen Fox once again topped the architects table for the year to September, securing seven projects with a construction value of 拢1.4bn, with Foster + Partners holding onto second position with four projects worth a combined 拢1.1bn. 

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