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Kier shrugged off the pain of an 拢18m Office of Fair Trading fine in September with 拢665m worth of new work.

It is unlikely that the wins have eased the pain completely, however: chief executive John Dodds is understood to be fuming at the level of Kier鈥檚 fine, particularly as others (who sang like canaries) got away with far less. Of course Kier could pay the fine tomorrow but that, as Dodds would point out, is hardly the point. Will it appeal? Watch this space.

Its big win was a 拢600m 10-year deal to repair and maintain 16,000 council homes for North Tyneside council, no doubt pleasingly close to home for the Durham-born Dodds.

In second place was BAM Construct. The Dutch-owned outfit picked up 13 contracts that included the 拢95m Co-op headquarters in Manchester and a 拢30m deal for North West Kent college in Dartford.

Balfour Beatty, which picked off Parsons Brinckerhoff last month, also picked up 50 contracts worth 拢220.4m, including a 拢57m deal for Exeter university and a 拢29m education win for Liverpool council.

The huge Kier win skews the figures slightly but the top 30 contractors won a total of 拢2bn in September, which compares with 拢1.4bn in the same month last year. Unsurprisingly, only 拢265m of last month鈥檚 haul came from the commercial sector.

Miller finished in fourth spot after several months out of the top five with five wins that included a 拢34m deal for a college in Barnsley and a 拢26.3m win for Stoke-on-Trent sixth form college.

The top five was completed by Laing O鈥橰ourke with seven deals worth 拢107.5m including a 拢25m deal for Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS.

The country鈥檚 largest private contractor spent another month in third spot in the annual rolling leader board of work won. It cannot please boss Ray O鈥橰ourke, whose growth ambitions are a secret to nobody. And after the Parsons deal, Balfour Beatty will truly take some beating.