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Balfour Beatty has powered its way to the top of the contractors鈥� league table for March with a raft of contracts worth a combined 拢406m.

Balfour clocked up 38 project wins during the month, including the high profile 拢80m Warwick University National Automative Innovation Campus scheme, as well as a number of jobs in the energy sector including a 拢23m National Grid project in South Yorkshire and a 拢19.8m scheme for Scottish Power. The company also received a boost via its Connect Roads consortium - a joint venture between Balfour and fellow contractors Carillion and Galliford Try - which secured the 拢530m Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project from Transport Scotland.

Carillion re-entered the top ten in second spot with six contracts worth 拢300m, with the Connect Roads consortium鈥檚 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route scheme also boosting its ranking.

Laing O鈥橰ourke took third, down from the top spot in February, after securing a contracts haul worth 拢258m, including a 拢200m 350-bed hospital for NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Sir Robert McAlpine rose three places to fourth with six contract wins worth 拢257m, including two major schemes for Capital and Counties - the 拢145m first phase of Lillie Square in Earls Court and the 拢65m King鈥檚 Court project in Covent Garden.

Interserve secured sixth place with 拢212m of orders, including the contract to build seven secondary schools for HLR Schools for 拢135m. Brookfield Multiplex climbed to fifth from ninth on the back of the 拢150m scheme to revamp Saatchi & Saatchi鈥檚 offices in Fitzrovia, west London for developer Derwent.

In total the top ten contractors secured 拢1.9bn of work in March, down 19% from 拢2.3bn in February.

You鈥檒l find interactive, sortable league tables of contract wins here: