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黑洞社区 services group T Clarke has announced it has already secured more than half of this year鈥檚 required forward orders.

In a trading update released today ahead of its preliminary results for the year released in March, T Clarke said that 鈥渄espite continued challenges鈥�, trading for the year remains in line with the board鈥檚 expectations.

The firm said that its forward order book stood at 拢190m at the end of 2011, up from 拢187m in November.

One of T Clarke鈥檚 biggest wins last year was the Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group-developed Walkie Talkie tower, the 160m-high central London skyscraper designed by Rafael Vinoly.

Last August, T Clarke talked of the 鈥渋mmense pressure鈥� on margins despite its project wins and announced that pre-tax profit had more than halved despite rising turnover in the first half of the year.

Back then, the firm reported pre-tax profit of 拢1.4m, down from 拢3.2m for the same period last year, on revenue up 8% to 拢92.6m.

Other significant wins for T Clarke in recent months include 17-storey London Bridge building The Place and landmark building in Redcar, the Vertical Pier.