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LEADERS 2016 3 LEADERS 2016 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 2016. 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 © 2016 Faversham House Turnover £M Balfour Beatty 7,264.0 Amec 3,993.0 Kier Group 3,275.9 Morgan Sindall 2,219.8 Amey 2,167.9 Vinci Construction 1,232.3 Mace 1,486.5 Skanska UK 1,260.5 Costain 1,071.8 Laing O'Rourke 1,024.3 Vinci Construction 999.0 Return on Capital % Stonbury 212.8 Public Sewer Services 81.8 Kirk Environmental 77.9 Mace 74.4 Acwa Services 69.6 Claret 59.0 Lewis Civil Engineering 53.3 Dyer & Butler 44.9 J Browne Construction 39.7 Galliford Try Infrastructure 33.2 Operating margin % Galliford Try Infrastructure 39.5 Dawson-Wam 30.0 Stonbury 11.6 J Browne Construction 8.2 Peter Du" y 7.7 Amey 6.3 PN Daly 6.3 MWH UK 6.3 Lewis Civil Engineering 5.4 Claret 4.9 Net margin % Galliford Try Infrastructure 42.2 Dawson-Wam 27.8 Stonbury 11.5 J Browne Construction 8.1 Mott MacDonald 8.0 Peter Du" y 7.7 MWH UK 7.3 PN Daly 6.7 Lewis Civil Engineering 5.2 Amey 4.9 Sales/employee £k Interserve Construction 434.9 Doosan Enpure 399.6 Carillion Utility Services 391.6 Mace 357.3 Volkerstevin 305.9 Aecom Design Build 297.7 Vinci Construction 291.0 Costain 274.2 Bam Nuttall 247.9 Black & Veatch 243.7 Maureen Gaines, Editor Editor Maureen Gaines maureengaines@fav-house.com Advertisement sales Deborah Lilley deborahlilley@fav-house.com Classifi ed sales Danielle Mason daniellemason@fav-house.com Production controller Sharon Miller sharonmiller@fav-house.com Publisher Angela Himus angelahimus@fav-house.com If you wish to make a complaint about the editorial content of this issue please contact the editor. 'Despite e orts to smooth the peaks and troughs, it's the same old story' W elcome to The Leaders 2016, WET News' annual survey of the leading water industry contractors sent out in the May issue of WET News and the June edition 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, operating margin and sales percentage change. The past year has been an interesting one for water sector contractors – but not for the right reasons. Despite all the best e• orts and hard work that went on behind the scenes to smooth out the peaks and troughs of the AMP cycle, for many it's been the same old story. Strangely, no-one is able to identify what went wrong because so many factors – totex adoption, ODIs, water company restructures, changes in business models to name a few – have all played their part in what is being described as "the worst start to an AMP cycle since privatisation". Some contractors are starting to see improvement as AMP6 progresses into year two but there is a feeling they now have to cram a ‰ ve-year capital delivery programme into four years – or less. As a result, greater importance is being placed on one-o• projects. There is some good news, though, especially for those companies who missed out on frameworks for AMP6. Severn Trent Water, South West Water and Yorkshire Water will be coming to market with their AMP7 capital delivery programmes. It seems that MEICA (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls and Automation) is becoming a useful string to contractors' bows. With delivery programmes including more capital maintenance, MEICA services are growing in demand. Some contractors are already jumping on the MEICA services bandwagon. Others may wish to do the same – if they are not to be le' behind. Sales change % Doosan Enpure 391.7 Public Sewer Services 58.0 Seymour Civil Engineering 34.8 PN Daly 33.3 Mace 25.8 Trant Engineering 25.3 Amey 23.1 Interserve Construction 22.1 Costain 21.1 Dyer & Butler 17.9

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