HC Deb 21 March 1985 vol 75 cc537-9W
Mr. David Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 20 contractors who have received the largest share of motorway and trunk road construction contracts in each of the last three years, giving for each contractor the value of the contracts received.

Mrs. Chalker

During each of the three yars 1982, 1983 and 1984 motorway and trunk road construction contracts over £100,000 in value were awarded as follows:

1982 £ million
1. A. Monk & Co. Plc 33.4
2. Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Limited* 29.9
3. Tarmac Construction Limited 21.1
4. John Laing Construction Limited 20.1
5. John Mowlem & Co. Limited 18.5
6. Fairclough Civil Engineering Limited* 15.5
7. Balfour Beatty Ltd. 14.1
8. Cementation Construction Ltd. 9.5
9. Norwest Hoist Civil Engineering Ltd. 7.8
10. M. J. Gleeson Group plc 5.9
11. May Gurney & Co. Ltd. 4.6
12. Roadworks (1952) Ltd. 3.9
13. R. M. Douglas Construction Ltd. 3.26
14. Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd. 3.25
15. Peter Birse Ltd. 3.0
16. Galliford & Sons Ltd. 2.6
17. Marples Ridgeway Ltd. 2.2
18. Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. 2.1
19. Eden Construction Ltd. 1.8
20. Droitwich Construction Co. Ltd. 0.9
* In addition, Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. and Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. in consortium were awarded one other contract valued at £19.4 million.

1983 £ million
1. John Laing Construction Ltd. 38.6
2. Balfour Beatty Ltd. 31.3
3. Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd. 28.4
4. Wimpey Construction UK Ltd. 25.3
5. Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. 16.7
6. John Mowlem & Co. Ltd 16.5
7. May Gurney & Co. Ltd. 14.7
8. Edmund Nuttall Ltd. 13.7
9. A. F. Budge Ltd. 10.9
10. Tarmac Construction Ltd. 8.4
11. RDL Contracting Ltd. 7.4
12. Wrekin Construction Ltd. 5.2
13. Amey Roadstone Construction Ltd. 3.4
14. Brims & Co. Ltd. 2.3
15. D & H Contractors (Cambridge) Ltd. 2.0
16. Associated Asphalt Co. Ltd. 1.9
17. C. J. Pearce & Co. Ltd. 1.6
18. Christiani & Nielsen Ltd. 1.6
19. Johnston Construction Ltd. Durham County Council Direct Labour 1.4
20. Organisation 1.0

Cementation Construction Ltd. and Costain Civil Engineering, Ltd. in consortium were awarded one contract valued at £44.5 million.

Bovis Civil Engineering Ltd. and Peter Birse Ltd. in consortium were awarded one contract valued at £14.7 million.

1984 £ million
1. Tarmac Construction Ltd. 64.8
2. Balfour Beatty Ltd. 45.9
3. Edmund Nuttall Ltd. 28.7
4. Cementation Construction Ltd.* 26.5
5. Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd.† 22.8
6. A. F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd. 16.7
7. R. M. Douglas Construction Ltd. 15.3
8. M. J. Gleeson Group plc 8.2
9. John Laing Construction Ltd. 7.8
10. Rush & Tompkins Ltd. 6.3
11. French Kier Construction Ltd. 6.1
12. A. E. Farr Ltd. 5.8
13. Roadworks (1952) Ltd. 5.7
14. Amey Roadstone Construction Ltd. 3.2
15. Henry Boot Civil Engineering Ltd. 2.4
16. Kottler & Heron Construction Ltd. 1.8

1984 £ million
17. A. Monk & Co. plc 1.3
18. Droitwich Construction Co. Limited 1.2
19. C. J. Pearce & Co. Limited 1.1
20. Kimbell Construction Limited 0.6
* In addition, Cementation Construction Ltd. and Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. in consortium were awarded one other contract valued at £5.9 million.
† In addition, Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Limited and Fairclough Civil Engineering Limited in consortium were awarded one other contract valued at £26.9 million.

1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Outturn Forecast Planned
Expenditure £ million (net) Miles completed Expenditure £ million (net) Miles completed Expenditure £ million (net) Miles completed
New construction 514 95 578 73 599 98
Capital maintenance (structural) 130 188 150 227 144 177
Current maintenance (routine) 63 N/A 79 N/A 79 N/A

Notes:

  1. 1. Expenditure figures include payments for work still under way at the end of the year.
  2. 2. Capital maintenance expenditure figures include purchases of vehicles and equipment for winter maintenance as well as structural maintenance work.
  3. 3. Current maintenance expenditure figures include lighting, motorway communications and winter maintenance and other miscellaneous items as well as routine maintenance.
  4. 4. All mileage figures are expressed as route miles completed.

Mr. David Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an estimated breakdown of the trunk road budget into the following components: land acquisition, design, road safety, administration, labour, purchase of materials and other.

Mrs. Chalker

The Supply Estimates in Class VI, 1, Roads etc, England, published 19 March make provision for expenditure of £824 million. A breakdown by components for new construction is as follows:

£ million
Land acquisition 49
Design and Supervision 90
Labour 120
Purchase of materials 251
Plant 109

The component for maintenance and miscellaneous items is £231 million; road safety £5 million. Estimated receipts are some £30 million. There is provision for £25 million administration costs in Class VI, 2.