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Kier won 103 deals worth a combined \u00a32.57bn since September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Sindall rose two places to third, with \u00a32.41bn from 265 jobs \u2013 more deals than all the other top 10 contractors combined.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-placed Royal Bam also climbed two places while Mace dropped from third to fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Re-entrants included Sir Robert McAlpine in sixth position with \u00a32.03bn from 10 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Graham climbed from 10<sup>th<\/sup> to seventh place, ahead of Bowmer &amp; Kirkland.<\/p>\n<p>Multiplex and McLaren returned to the rolling annual table in ninth and 10<sup>th<\/sup> position respectively.<\/p>\n<table width=\"414\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"414\">Top 10 contractors &#8211; October 2024 to September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Contractor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Total (\u00a3m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strabag<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,938.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kier<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">103<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,565.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morgan Sindall<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">265<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,413.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Royal BAM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">36<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,160.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mace<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">16<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,057.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sir Robert McAlpine<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2,030.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graham<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">28<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">1,516.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bowmer &amp; Kirkland<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">32<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">1,489.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Multiplex Construction Europe<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">1,404.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McLaren<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">22<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">1,369.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a3450.8m wellbeing resort job in Manchester has propelled Sir Robert McAlpine to the top of the monthly contractor league table for the first time since October 2018. 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