A mixed-use-tower job near Londons British Museum has sent Bovis Construction soaring to the summit of the latest monthly contractor league table.
The firm won a �220m contract from clients Lab Selkirk House and LabTech Investments to build a 19-storey tower at One Museum Street, according to data intelligence provider Glenigan.
The work includes the redevelopment of Selkirk House at 166 High Holborn and 1 Museum Street, following the demolition of the existing NCP car park and former Travelodge Hotel. Subcontractors on the job include demolition contractor John F Hunt.
Bovis formerly Lendlease until new owner Atlas Holdings rebranded it in March did not even feature in the top 50 in June, but finished ninth in May.
The last time Bovis topped the monthly table was under its previous name in September 2019.
Since the acquisition and rebrand, Bovis has also won a �100m deal to revamp Crystal Palace FCs Selhurst Park stadium.
Top 10 contractors July 2025
After Mace missed out on the top 10 in June, another mixed-use job in London propelled it back into the reckoning, courtesy of a �200m contract to build Edge Liverpool Street at 4 Christopher Street for developer Mitsui Fudosan.
Third-placed Graham picked up three jobs worth a combined �161.3m, including a �110m residential development (pictured) on the former Boddingtons Brewery site in central Manchester for Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group.
The 1.25-acre brownfield plot on Great Ducie Street will be transformed into 505 homes, 60 per cent of which will be classed as affordable. This includes 115 homes for social rent, 171 for shared ownership and 17 for affordable rent.
Graham is due to begin construction this summer, with completion expected in autumn 2028.
Fellow tier ones Sisk and Morgan Sindall finished fourth and fifth respectively the former landing a �110m contract to redevelop the former John Lewis building in Victoria, London, and the latter picking up 27 jobs in July, more than the rest of the top 10 combined.
Newcomer Castle arrived in sixth place with a single �95m project in South Shields for Tyne Coast College, to be completed in late 2027. The job involves the conversion of a vacant office building to provide student accommodation.
Goldbeck was another new entrant in Julys top 10, picking up two deals with a combined value of �90.8m. It was just ahead of Gilbert Ash, with its single �90m contract to build student accommodation at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Ninth-placed Caddick won a �79.9m deal to build 98 flats and 67 houses for Placefirst, as part of the broader �800m Riverside Sunderland mixed-use scheme.
And the top 10 was rounded off by Bowmer & Kirkland the previous months silver medallist which picked up four jobs worth a combined �72.7m.
Bowmer & Kirkland was the only survivor from Junes top 10, with heavyweights such as Balfour Beatty, Kier, Wates and Laing ORourke all absent this time around.
But these familiar names maintained their stranglehold on the rolling annual league table. Kier has won �2.62bn worth of jobs since last August, landing 112 contracts to lead the table for a fifth consecutive month.
In fact, the top seven from Junes rolling table remained unchanged in July.
Once again, Morgan Sindall took second place and has signed more deals than any of its rivals 257 contracts worth a combined �2.4bn.
But Laing ORourke was just �80m behind, having won only 10 jobs, with a total value of �2.32bn, to remain third ahead of Royal Bam, Mace, Ferrovial and Winvic.
Graham entered the rolling annual table in eighth position with �1.49bn worth of contracts. Bowmer & Kirkland rose to ninth, swapping places with Galliford Try.
