Network Rail was biggest spending client during the month, according to Glenigan data

Clients handed out nearly £4.6bn worth of work in November – an increase of almost £800m from the previous month, according to the latest data from Glenigan.

The figures (see below) reveal that the most work was awarded in the infrastructure sector, with firms here inking deals worth just under £1.2bn – or around 25% of all work awarded in the month.

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Network Rail was the top spending client last month

The top client in this sector was Network Rail, which handed out 13 deals worth £801m, just over two-thirds of the total value of civils deals.

The next most prolific sector was social housing, with clients here awarding firms £1.04bn of work.

This was followed by those in the utilities sector, at £389m, and industrial clients awarding £387m worth of work.

Meanwhile, the data has also revealed that £8.62bn worth of projects were approved in November, up from the near £6bn rubber-stamped the previous month.

The private housing sector was the market with the most approvals, securing permission for 354 schemes worth £2.8bn.

In private housing, Barratt secured approval for the most schemes, with the firm given the go-ahead on six projects.

It was followed by Vistry and Persimmon who got approval to push ahead with five developments each. This does not include projects that are being developed as joint ventures.

After private residential, civil infrastructure achieved the second-highest value of approvals at £2.2bn.

Top spending clients - November 2020

The tables below show contract awards by sector for August put together by Glenigan. They are just a small part of the client information that is accessible through the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom Network. 

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Social housing

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Drakar 1 £470³¾
University of Bristol 1 £50³¾
London Borough of Hounslow 3 £42³¾
Thames Valley Housing Association 1 £40³¾
Curo 1 £36³¾

Retail

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Co-operative Group 24 £14³¾
Lidl UK GMBH 5 £12.3³¾
House Of Fraser (Stores) Ltd 1 £10³¾
Consolidated Developments Ltd 1 £9³¾
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc 2 £6.6³¾

Private housing

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Inspired Villages 1 £32³¾
Elevate Design Build/Trent Bridge Quays 1 £30³¾
PG Developments 1 £28³¾
River Oaks Homes 1 £26³¾
Citylife Developments 1 £26³¾

Offices

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Cannon Kirk  1 £68.2³¾
Albion Land  1 £58.5³¾
Facebook 1 £26.1³¾
British Telecom Group 1 £19.6³¾
Bio Med Realty 1 £15³¾

Medical & scientific

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Department of Health 36 £107.5³¾
The University of Southampton Science Park Ltd 1 £8³¾
Wiltshire Council 1 £7³¾
Akzo Nobel International Coatings Ltd 1 £7³¾
Yorkake Homes Ltd 1 £5³¾

Industrial

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
St Modwen Properties 4 £42.9³¾
Wykeland Group 1 £30³¾
Chancerygate 1 £30³¾
Leonardo Marconi Westland 1 £25³¾
The University Of Sheffield 1 £21³¾

Hotel & leisure

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
National Portrait Gallery 1 £60³¾
Ark WeWork 1 £30³¾
Reading Football Club/The Forest School 1 £15.7³¾
South Essex College/Southend On Sea Borough Council 1 £14³¾
Elephant & Castle Projects 1 £13.21³¾

Education

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Buckinghamshire County Council 2 £41.03³¾
Department for Education 4 £36³¾
University of Hull 1 £30³¾
University of Northampton 1 £29.9³¾
Elmbridge Borough Council 1 £19.45³¾

Civil (infrastructure)

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Network Rail 13 £801.5³¾
Devon County Council 1 £70³¾
Olympus Property 1 £50³¾
Birmingham City Council 1 £27.1³¾
Newlands UK 1 £23.3³¾

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* private housing awards data refers to external contracts only and does not include frameworks

** projects awarded by a joint venture are listed independently to both single party clients