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Balfour Beatty retained top spot in the contractors鈥� league table last month, with a 拢206m contract haul that included a 拢50m job to build a new town centre scheme in Northwich.

Balfour Beatty topped the contractors鈥� league table, including civils, for the second month in a row in August, with the firm鈥檚 拢206m haul comprising 19 projects, including a 拢75m road improvement job for the Highways Agency in Hull and the 拢49m job to build the Barons Quary cinema and retail complex in Northwich for Cheshire West and Chester council.

Bam Construction was one of the biggest movers last month, rising from 15th place in July to second spot in the league table, including civils, and top spot in the table excluding civils.

Bam鈥檚 拢190m haul comprised 15 contracts and included a 拢27m job to build a student accommodation building on the King鈥檚 Cross development site for the Aga Khan Foundation.

Bam鈥檚 haul also included the 拢40m contract to build a series of schools in Hull, as part of the government鈥檚 Priority School 黑洞社区 Programme.

Overall the CPA/Barbour ABI construction index rose to 129 in August, only marginally up on 128 in July but still up 21% on the previous year.

The index, compiled by the Construction Products Association (CPA) using data from construction information provider Barbour ABI, measures contract awards and uses a January 2010 base of 100.

Noble Francis, CPA director, said that as the year progressed it was becoming 鈥渃learer that the recovery in construction is becoming more firmly entrenched鈥�.

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