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LEADERS 2015 3 LEADERS 2015 COMMENT TOP 10 Published by Faversham House Windsor Court, Wood Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1UZ T: 01342 332000 WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. Origination by Faversham House and Classi† ed Central media. Printed by Buxton Press, Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AE. Copyright 2015. Faversham House. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publishers. Every e" ort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published in WET News. However, Faversham House will not be liable for any inaccuracies. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers. Text paper is printed on PEFC accredited paper. For more info see www.PEFC.org. License number PEFC/16-33-141. Technical articles of full page, or more appearing in this journal are indexed by British Technical Index © 2015 Faversham House Turnover £M Balfour Beatty 8,745 AMEC 3,974 Kier Group 2,954.3 Morgan Sindall 2,094.9 Amey 1,761.5 Vinci Construction 1,232.3 Mace 1,181.1 Skanska UK 1,120.7 Costain 885.2 Interserve 770.7 Net margin % Peter Du" y 12 Dawson-Wam 9.5 Amec Foster Wheeler 6.4 J Murphy & Sons 5.2 PN Daly 5 MWH UK 4.8 Amey 4.5 Mott MacDonald 4.1 Lewis Civil Eng 4 Skanska UK 3.9 Return on Capital % Mace 125.9 Dyer & Butler 59.2 Imtech 45.1 McNicholas 41 ACWA Services 39.6 Peter Du" y 36.5 Stonbury 36.5 Interserve 33.9 Lewis Civil Eng 33.7 Costain 29.8 Sales per Employee £K Imtech 531.7 Carillion US 457 Interserve 385.7 AECOM Design Build 383.8 Vinci Construction 349.6 Mace 310.3 Skanska UK 257 Bam Nuttall 247.1 Costain 244.5 George Leslie 237.2 Operating Margin % Peter Du" y 12.1 Amec Foster Wheeler 6.1 Amey 5.6 Lewis Civil Eng 4.7 MWH UK 4.6 Dawson-Wam 4.2 PN Daly 4.1 Kirk Environmental 3.9 Laing O'Rourke 3.7 Morrison US 3.7 Maureen Gaines, Editor Editor Maureen Gaines maureen.gaines@fav-house.com Advertisement sales Deborah Lilley deborah.lilley@fav-house.com Classifi ed sales Eva Ellis eva.ellis@fav-house.com Production controller Sharon Miller sharon.miller@fav-house.com Publisher Angela Himus angela.himus@fav-house.com If you wish to make a complaint about the editorial content of this issue please contact the editor. AMP6 has brought a lot of change – AMP7 will see the bene ts Welcome to The Leaders 2015, WET News' annual survey of the leading water industry contractors sent out in the May issue of WET News and the June issue of sister journal Water & Wastewater Treatment. In this special supplement we uncover this year's Top 10 contractors based on turnover, net margin, return on capital, sales per employee and operating margin. The past year has been an interesting time for water sector contractors mainly for one reason – the transition from AMP5 to AMP6 – and we look at whether the work behind the scenes to eliminate the traditional negative impact of the ‚ ve-year cycle has made a di„ erence this time round. Regulator Ofwat said the water companies could bring forward £440M from AMP6 into the ‚ nal year of AMP5. Did that transition investment happen? I would suggest the answer is no. I know of at least one water company that waited for its Final Determination rather than get projects moving early. There has been a lot of early contractor involvement activity in the run-up to AMP6, mostly involving consultants and Tier 1 contractors. Further down the supply chain there have been the traditional lay-o„ s but, hopefully, AMP6 work will materialise a lot sooner than has been the case in previous AMP cycles. The transition to AMP7 is expected to be a lot smoother, thanks to the sector's adoption of the totex approach, which should present opportunities for the supply chain. Then there's BIM, which is also presenting exciting opportunities for lean design and build, so creating greater e' ciencies and cost savings. The use of totex and BIM has placed greater importance on asset management, and whether it is necessary for new builds to meet future demands on the water and wastewater networks. AMP6 is here, and with it a lot of change. Contractors, no matter where they are in the supply chain hierarchy, must get to grips with these if they are not to be le" behind.

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