{"id":33861,"date":"2026-01-10T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mace-crowned-annual-contracts-league-champion\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:25:31","slug":"mace-crowned-annual-contracts-league-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mace-crowned-annual-contracts-league-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mace crowned annual contracts league champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-504668\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The London-focused contractor emerged as 2025\u2019s biggest work winner after banking \u00a33.18bn of secured orders, powered by a hoard of projects including the \u00a31.1bn British Library extension and a string of heavyweight office schemes in the Capital.<\/p>\n<p>The haul came in the same year Mace offloaded its profitable consultancy arm to concentrate on contracting.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian contractor Strabag\u2019s UK business ran Mace close, finishing second after a transformative year anchored by the 110km Haweswater aqueduct upgrade for United Utilities, a programme valued at around \u00a33bn in total.<\/p>\n<p>Third place went to Sir Robert McAlpine on \u00a32.26bn, with major wins including the new electric furnace steelworks at Port Talbot and the Therme Spa scheme at Trafford Park.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 league table also marked a changing of the guard, with McLaren, McLaughlin &amp; Harvey and Graham all breaking into the top 10 as they stepped up to land bigger, more complex jobs.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-01-09-at-07.08.34.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-504675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-01-09-at-07.08.34.png\" alt=\"-\" width=\"1050\" height=\"920\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/contract-leagues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click for full interactive tables of contractor and client rankings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top 100 firms together bagged over \u00a347.3bn of work \u2013 up 22% on last year.<\/p>\n<p>The big 10 firms saw their share of total new orders secured by the 100 leading contractors edge up to 42% from 39% in the prior year, according to data collected by information specialist Barbour ABI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/01\/09\/mace-crowned-annual-contracts-league-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The London-focused contractor emerged as 2025\u2019s biggest work winner after banking \u00a33.18bn of secured orders, powered by a hoard &#8230; 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