Dover Harbour Board contract worth 拢400m sees firm with nearly double contract haul of nearest rival Skanska

Port of Dover, Western Docks

VolkerWessels UK took top spot in the overall contractors table for February after securing a huge 拢400m contract to develop Terminal 2 at the Port of Dover for the Dover Harbour Board.

Skanska鈥檚 second place was solely down to it securing a seven-year highways deal worth 拢210m with Hampshire council.

Willmott Dixon placed third overall and topped the non civils table with 41 contracts, worth 拢181m, including a 拢20.6m refit job at the House of Commons and a 拢32.3m contract on mixed-use development Finzels Reach in Bristol.

Kier landed fourth spot overall thanks to 50 contracts worth 拢150.4m and second place without civils with 拢148.3m, while Balfour Beatty鈥檚 37 deals, worth 拢128m, saw it placed fifth overall.

ISG鈥檚 20 deals secured it sixth place overall and third place on the excluding civils table, with deals worth 拢91.2m.

Carillion made eighth spot overall, courtesy of three contracts worth 拢79m, including work on the A40 Llanddewi Velfrey to Penblewin scheme, worth 拢55m.

Durkan came 10th overall, with its single contract worth 拢66.2m to design and build 262 units at Manor Place in South-east London 鈥 which also placed it sixth on the without civils chart. SDC鈥檚 拢60m contract for redevelopment work on the Botley Centre, West Way, and Mace鈥檚 拢50m deal for the extension of the East Stand at the Twickenham rugby stadium placed these firms seventh and ninth on the table excluding civils respectively.

Morrison Construction also made the excluding civils top 10, thanks to its 拢50m contract to develop Knockroon Learning and Enterprise campus for East Ayrshire council.

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