{"id":82126,"date":"2020-09-08T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82126"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T12:22:43","slug":"contractor-league-table-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/contractor-league-table-august\/82126\/","title":{"rendered":"Costain lands top spot in August&#8217;s contractor league table"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.costain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costain<\/a> has landed the top spot in the contractor league table for August, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandk.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bowmer &amp; Kirkland<\/a> narrowly misses out<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to two major road projects, Costain has secured the top position in the August\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/contractor-league-table-2\/80761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contractor league table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The road projects include a new SMART motorway on the M62 at Brighouse and widening works on the A1 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a combined value of \u00a3575m.<\/p>\n<p>Bowmer &amp; Kirkland took the runners up spot with eight awards totalling \u00a3138m, including a new primary and secondary academy in Enfield worth \u00a345m.<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of the Top 50 League Tables published by industry analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbour-abi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barbour ABI<\/a>, highlights the number and value of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-contracts-covid-19\/75060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction contracts<\/a> awarded during August.<\/p>\n<p>This month shows that the combined value of contracts awarded to the Top 50 was just over \u00a32.6bn with a total of 130 projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-82130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-1024x763.png\" alt=\"contractor league table,\" width=\"696\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-265x198.png 265w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-696x518.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-1068x796.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-564x420.png 564w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league-610x454.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/contractor-league.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For August, Kier Construction was the busiest contractor with a total of 14 contract awards at a combined value of \u00a3108m.<\/p>\n<p>BAM Construction sat at the top of the rolling 12-month league table with 51 projects at a total value of \u00a31.9bn.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Hall, chief economist at Barbour ABI &amp; 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