Higher-margin deals and emerging markets growth have helped Balfour Beatty top its sector for a remarkable sixth year running. In October it won a £724m rail contract in Hong Kong, and it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata in India. Carillion boss John McDonagh is set to step down next year – he crowned his decade in charge with the acquisition of insulation firm Eaga in February for £306m, one of Carillion’s biggest ever deals. Profits up 25% this year to £2.2bn is good news for Kier, which is planning a move into outsourced council provisions to escape the moribund UK building market. The firm which laid the foundations for the 2012 Olympic stadium – Keller – is down one to fifth.
BMAC 2011 by sector: Heavy construction
| QMan | Rank | FS | Rank | QG&S | Rank | AAT | Rank | |
| Balfour Beatty | 8.0 | 1 | 8.2 | 1 | 7.2 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 |
| Boot (Henry) | 5.5 | 9 | 5.7 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 5.1 | 10 |
| Carillion | 6.6 | 3 | 7.1 | 2 | 6.8 | 2 | 5.8 | 4 |
| Costain Group | 6.3 | 4 | 5.8 | 4 | 6.7 | 4 | 5.7 | 5 |
| Galliford Try | 6.2 | 5 | 5.8 | 5 | 6.1 | 7 | 5.2 | 9 |
| Keller Group | 6.1 | 6 | 5.5 | 9 | 6.4 | 6 | 5.8 | 3 |
| Kier Group | 7.2 | 2 | 7.0 | 3 | 6.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 2 |
| Laing O’Rourke | 5.8 | 7 | 5.1 | 10 | 5.8 | 9 | 5.4 | 7 |
| Morgan Sindall | 5.4 | 10 | 5.5 | 8 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.3 | 8 |
| Sir Robert McAlpine | 5.8 | 7 | 5.6 | 7 | 6.4 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
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| VLTI | Rank | CI | Rank | QMar | Rank | C&ER | Rank | UCA | Rank | TOTAL | Rank | |
| Balfour Beatty | 7.9 | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 6.4 | 4 | 6.5 | 1 | 65.2 | 1 |
| Boot (Henry) | 5.4 | 9 | 4.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 10 | 5.9 | 6 | 5.8 | 7 | 48.3 | 10 |
| Carillion | 7.0 | 2 | 5.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 59.2 | 2 |
| Costain Group | 5.8 | 6 | 5.8 | 3 | 6.2 | 3 | 6.5 | 2 | 6.3 | 4 | 55.2 | 4 |
| Galliford Try | 5.9 | 5 | 4.7 | 9 | 5.0 | 9 | 5.6 | 8 | 6.0 | 5 | 50.5 | 7 |
| Keller Group | 6.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 4 | 5.6 | 6 | 6.1 | 5 | 5.5 | 10 | 52.8 | 5 |
| Kier Group | 7.0 | 3 | 5.3 | 6 | 5.7 | 4 | 6.4 | 3 | 6.3 | 3 | 57.9 | 3 |
| Laing O’Rourke | 5.3 | 10 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 5.6 | 8 | 5.8 | 8 | 50.0 | 8 |
| Morgan Sindall | 5.5 | 8 | 4.8 | 8 | 5.1 | 8 | 5.6 | 8 | 6.0 | 6 | 48.7 | 9 |
| Sir Robert McAlpine | 5.8 | 7 | 5.0 | 7 | 5.3 | 7 | 5.9 | 7 | 5.8 | 8 | 50.9 | 6 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 538.7 |
Key |
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| QMan FS QG&S AAT VLTI CI Q Mar C&ER UCA |
Quality of Management Financial Soundness Quality of Goods & Services Ability to Attract, Develop and Retain Top Talent Value as a Long Term Investment Capacity to Innovate Quality of Marketing Community and Environmental Responsibility Use of Corporate Assets |
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