The global top 200
Chinese contractors have increased their
dominance at the top of the
iC
ranking
of the world’s 200 largest construction
companies.
Chris Sleight
reports.
The
global
top 200
T
his year’s ranking of the world’s 200 largest construction
companies not only sees China’s five largest players
cement their positions inside the global top ten, but it
has also seen the emergence of the world’s first US$ 100 billion+
per year contractor – China State Construction & Engineering
(CECEC).
As in last year’s rankings, the top three places are occupied
by Chinese state-controlled companies in the shape of CSCEC
and the two major rail construction groups, China Railway
Construction (2) and China Railway Group (3). All three saw
significant growth in 2013, the year the rankings are based on,
with the gap to fourth-paced Vinci widening. Last year there
was a US$ 25 billion gulf between the third and fourth placed
companies. This year that stands at nearly US$ 35 billion.
Elsewhere in the top ten, the only change from last year has
been China Communications Construction (5) swapping places
with Spain’s ACS (6). If the company’s growth continues, it
will leapfrog Vinci in next year’s rankings and put four Chinese
companies in the top four places in the league table.
Further down the rankings, there is other evidence of the
strength of China’s large construction groups, with significant
gains for Sinohydro (15), Shanghai Construction Group (21)
China Railway Erju (28) and China Gezhouba (41). As our
analysis on p.18 shows, this has seen Chinese construction
companies claim an unprecedented slice of the Top 200’s
revenues.
But it has not just been the Chinese that have seen gains over
the last 12 months. Another clear trend has been the resurgence
of US construction companies, particularly the residential
construction fraternity. A number of companies like Hovnanian
Enterprises (181) and Meritage Homes (182) have re-entered
the Top 200 towards the foot of the table after a few years’
absence, while other larger house builders such as D R Horton
(60), Lennar (64) and Pulte (66) have made significant strides in
the middle of the rankings.
international
construction
july-august 2014
NEWS REPORT
14
Sales
(US$ million)
Company
Country 2013 Change Website
1
107765
China State
Construction &
Engineering (CSCEC)*
China 1
Â
2
93084
China Railway
Construction
Corporation
China 2
Â
3
88741
China Railway Group
China 3
Â
4
54098
Vinci
France 4
Â
5
52867
China Communications
Construction
China 6
1
6
50954
ACS
Spain 5
1
7
39400
Bechtel
US
7
Â
8
34890
Bouygues’ Construction
Divisions
France 8
Â
9
34117
Hochtief
Germany 9
Â
10
31517
China Metallurgical
Group (MCC)*
China 10
Â
11
27657
Daiwa House
Japan 12
1
12
27351
Fluor
US
11
1
13
21707
Leighton Holdings
Australia 14
1
14
20944
Skanska
Sweden 15
1
15
20117
Sinohydro*
China 24
9
16
18952
Eiffage
France 19
3
17
18488
Sekisui House
Japan 13
4
18
17882
Doosan Heavy
Industries &
Construction
South
Korea
16
2
19
16566
Strabag
Austria 23
4
20
16518
Obayashi
Japan 18
2
21
16303
Shanghai Construction
Group
China 29
8
22
16274
Saipem
Italy
22
Â
23
15706
Taisei Corporation
Japan 20
3
24
15580
Kajima Corporation
Japan 17
7
25
15338
Shimizu Corporation
Japan 21
4
26
13639
Balfour Beatty
UK
25
1
27
12976
Hyundai Engineering &
Construction
South
Korea
28
1
28
12700
China Railway Erju
China 44
16
29
12397
Technip
France 34
5
30
12118
Construtora Norberto
Odebrecht
Brazil
32
2
31
11888
Lend Lease
Australia 27
4
32
11818
Jacobs Engineering
US
33
1
33
11800
Peter Kiewit*
US
35
2
34
11174
Bilfinger
Germany 31
3
35
11095
Chicago Bridge & Iron
US
68
33
36
10991
URS Corporation
US
30
6
37
10843
Ferrovial
Spain 39
2
38
10504
Larsen & Toubro E&C
India 36
2
39
10447
Takenaka Corporation
Japan 26
13
40
9769
Abengoa
Spain 38
2
41
9489
China Gezhouba
China 55
14
42
9350
Bam Group
Netherlands 41
1
43
9167
Daelim
South
Korea
42
1
44
9129
Samsung Engineering
South
Korea
37
7
-
ing.co.kr
45
8932
FCC
Spain 40
5
46
8905
GS Engineering &
Construction
South
Korea
46
Â
47
8873
NCC Group
Sweden 45
2
48
8773
Acciona
Spain 43
5
49
8176
Daewoo Engineering &
Construction
South
Korea
51
2
50
7683
SNC-Lavalin
Canada 47
3
51
7283
KBR
US
48
3
52
7282
PCL Construction Group
Canada 62
10
53
7271
Aker Solutions
Norway 50
3
54
6922
JGC
Japan 49
5
55
6882
Laing O’Rourke
UK
58
3
56
6613
Peab
Sweden 54
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