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lectricallectrical times Growth in profits Shepherd Engineering Services and Life J Smith & Sons eclipse everyone in the Growth Top 50 Contracting Latest Previous Growthgrowth in in electrical profits table, reporting in profit rank company electrical electrical electrical1,400 and 1,203% growth respectively. goes on rank profit profitHowever, both firms were building on a 1 16 Shepherd Engineering Services 1,500 100 1400.00%low profits base from last year, which puts 2 48 J Smith & Sons 150 12 1202.61%their results into perspective. Fluctuating stock markets, the 3 14 Hills Electrical & Mechanical 2,504 771 224.74%While only five firms reported growth ongoing Euro debate and 4 37 D H Morris Group 505 193 161.85%greater than 100% in 2002, 12 insecurity following the Gulf conflict 5 38 = Goodmarriott & Hursthouse 1,300 502 159.18%companies do so this year. have contributed to mixed results 6 45 Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) 930 379 145.17% in this year’s survey – but ultimately 7 44 RTT Engineering Services 476 200 138.00%Note: This table is based solely on 8 30 little has changed. Watson Norie 1,040 438 137.22%those companies in the Top 50 for 9 46 Vallectric 551 239 130.55% which data was available – achieving at The stuttering economy has 10 40 Elequip Projects 891 399 123.31% Growth in turnover least 1% return on sales in their affected everyone in the 11 17 Dudley Bower Services 1,682 807 108.43% previous financial year and recording a contracting industry, but most of Growth in Top 50 Contracting Latest Previous Growth 12 29 Dodd Group 2,835 1,376 106.04% those in our Top 50 have turnover rank company electrical electrical in 13 24 EIC 1,210 648 86.73%positive year-on-year profit growth. maintained their positions and are rank turnover turnover turnover 14 41 = The Giffen Group 550 342 60.82% reporting similar results to last year. 15 11 Planned Maintenance Engineering 2,600 1,700 52.94% 1 38= Goodmarriott & Hursthouse 24,000 10,752 123.22% Electrical Times’ annual 16 32 Longcross Engineering 1,100 720 52.78% 2 14 Hills Electrical & Mechanical 93,491 65,489 42.76% 17 7 Southern Electrical Contracting 13,500 9,400 43.62% supplement – sponsored by 3 45 Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) 16,665 11,910 39.93% 18 2 Emcor Drake & Scull 5,657 4,017 40.83% Schneider Electric – shows the 4 44 RTT Engineering Services 16,950 12,500 35.60% 19 50 R F Webb & Son 161 119 35.58% success stories of the past year 5 30 Watson Norie 36,194 27,139 33.36% 20 3 Lorne Stewart 4,802 3,621 32.62% 21 10 T Clarke 10,796 8,425 28.15% and highlights the problems 6 13 Axima Building Services 97,130 76,552 26.88% = 22 35 Parkersell 3,193 2,664 19.83% experienced by firms throughout 7 38 Project Solutions 24,000 19,000 26.32% 2002. 23 43 PIP Electrics 513 437 17.39% 8 48 J Smith & Sons 13,805 11,100 24.37% 24 38 = Project Solutions 1,400 1,200 16.67% Again, it has been difficult for 9 3 Lorne Stewart 234,649 192,146 22.12% 25 1 N G Bailey & Co 2,651 2,425 9.32% firms involved in mechanical, 10 34 Murphy 32,834 27,000 21.61% electrical and IT sectors to 11 25 MEB Contracting 47,000 40,000 17.50% Profit per employee separate their profits and turnover 12 29 Dodd Group 40,143 34,463 16.48% Profit per Top 50 Contracting Latest Total Profit per – with many of the multi- 13 40 Elequip Projects 18,575 16,112 15.29% disciplinary businesses finding it employee rank company electrical electrical employee 14 21 Rosser & Russell Building Services 51,100 44,700 14.32% rank profit employees (£s) hard to gauge their performance in 15 24 EIC 48,970 43,110 13.59% electrical contracting alone. 1 41 = Farebrother 2,070 90 23,000 16 15 MJN Colston, EI/WHS 85,000 75,000 13.33% 2 4 Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil 9,885 867 11,401 NG Bailey heads the Top 50 17 32 Longcross Engineering 34,000 30,000 13.33% 3 10 T Clarke 10,796 1,213 8,901 chart for the fourth consecutive 18 43 PIP Electrics 17,591 15,570 12.98% 4 6 Haden Young 11,160 1,611 6,927 year, although while group turnover 19 47 Wingate Electrical 14,079 12,496 12.67% 5 40 Elequip Projects 891 132 6,750 6 38 = Goodmarriott & Hursthouse 1,300 205 6,341 has risen by around £30m, profit 20 28 W T Parker 40,299 35,994 11.96% 7 31 Phoenix Electrical Co 1,349 222 6,077 remains similar to 2002 figures. 21 2 Emcor Drake & Scull 329,971 295,692 11.59% 8 29 Dodd Group 2,835 492 5,762 The top 10 firms have been 22 37 D H Morris Group 26,100 23,664 10.29% jostling for position but there are no 9 18 Forth Electrical Services (FES) 3,960 690 5,739 23 33 Boulting Group 33,000 30,000 10.00% 10 7 Southern Electrical Contracting 13,500 2,387 5,656 new entries. Skanska Rashleigh 24 4 Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil 201,601 183,410 9.92% 11 35 Parkersell 3,193 649 4,919 Weatherfoil shows the greatest 25 10 T Clarke 143,990 131,795 9.25% 12 34 Murphy 2,162 466 4,638 improvement, moving up two 26 46 Vallectric 14,100 12,924 9.10% 13 45 Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) 930 204 4,560 14 47 Wingate Electrical 757 177 4,275 places to four. 27 1 N G Bailey & Co 381,868 351,419 8.66% Farebrother keeps the top spot for profit per employee, building on last year’s 15 32 Longcross Engineering 1,100 270 4,074 Planned Maintenance 28 27 David Webster/Weblight 44,868 43,002 4.34% £15,857. Electrical profit is down slightly 16 38 = Project Solutions 1,400 400 3,500 Engineering is this year’s highest 29 11 Planned Maintenance Engineering 133,600 128,500 3.97% new entry at 11 while Shepherd although it has shed 50 staff in the past 17 19 Seeboard Contracting Services 2,200 640 3,438 30 8 Balfour Kilpatrick 172,000 167,000 2.99% 12 months – and has only half the 18 43 PIP Electrics 513 152 3,375 Engineering Services is highest 31 23 Eastern Contracting 49,064 47,926 2.37% number of employees it boasted two 19 44 RTT Engineering Services 476 154 3,091 climber – moving 15 places up the 20 16 Shepherd Engineering Services 1,500 550 2,727 table to 16. years ago. Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil remains 21 36 GTIE 1,303 483 2,698 Thanks to all the companies that Goodmarriott & Hursthouse grabs the headlines this 22 41 = The Giffen Group 550 205 2,683 in second place, with exactly the same year, announcing a 123% growth in turnover – nearly 23 46 Vallectric 551 225 2,449 returned the questionnaire and profit per employee as last year (£11,401) three times greater than Hills Electrical in second place. 24 24 EIC 1,210 517 2,340 took part in the survey. While every despite recruiting 25 staff. effort has been made to Its performance has helped the company climb the Top 25 14 Hills Electrical & Mechanical 2,504 1,087 2,303 50 table by seven positions, taking it to 38th place. 26 30 Watson Norie 1,040 575 1,809 ensure the accuracy of 27 21 Rosser & Russell Building Services 730 427 1,710 the results, Electrical 28 2 Emcor Drake & Scull 5,657 3,775 1,499 Times accepts no 29 27 David Webster/Weblight 837 604 1,386 responsibility for any 30 11 Planned Maintenance Engineering 2,600 1,979 1,314 errors or omissions. Note: this table is based solely on those Note: This table is based solely on 31 50 R F Webb & Son 161 145 1,112 companies in the Top 50 for which data was those Top 50 companies for which 32 37 D H Morris Group 505 455 1,110 available (excluding estimates) recording a positive figures were available. 33 49 Harry Carr 200 194 1,031 34 1 N G Bailey & Co 2,651 2,928 905 growth in turnover. All financial figures are £000s. All financial figures are £000s. 35 48 J Smith & Sons 150 260 576

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1 1 N G Bailey & Co The N G Bailey Organisation Ltd 448,894 7,268 4,558 381,868 2,651 2,928 Feb-02 416,235 7,532 4,479 351,419 2,425 3,191 1 2 2 Emcor Drake & Scull Emcor Drake & Scull Group Plc n/a n/a n/a 329,971 5,657 3,775 Dec-01 n/a n/a n/a 295,692 4,017 3,376 2 3 3 Lorne Stewart Lorne Stewart Plc 234,649 4,802 n/a 234,649 4,802 n/a Dec-02 192,146 3,621 2,537 192,146 3,621 2,537 3 4 6 Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Skanska Construction Group 1,350,000 39,400 n/a 201,601 9,885 867 Dec-02 1,350,000 27,700 n/a 183,410 11,730 842 4 5 5 Interserve (Facilities Services) Interserve Plc 1,129,000 49,100 11,585 200,000 (e) n/a n/a Dec-02 1,273,300 53,600 13,263 n/a n/a n/a 5 6 4 Haden Young Haden Young Ltd 196,990 11,160 1,611 196,990 11,160 1,611 Dec-02 204,730 11,090 1,578 204,730 11,090 1,578 6 7 7 Southern Electrical Contracting Scottish & Southern Energy Plc 4,065,300 616,000 9,474 173,500 13,500 2,387 Mar-03 4,005,600 585,700 9,354 176,400 9,400 2,342 7 8 9 Balfour Kilpatrick Balfour Beatty Group Ltd 1,709,300 70,700 12,360 172,000 n/a 1,848 Dec-02 1,534,700 34,000 11,855 167,000 n/a 2,147 8 9 8 ABB Building Systems ABB Group n/a n/a n/a 150,000 (e) n/a n/a Dec-02 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 10 10 T Clarke T Clarke Plc 143,990 10,796 1,213 143,990 10,796 1,213 Dec-02 131,795 8,425 1,075 131,795 8,425 1,075 10 11 - Planned Maintenance Engineering Planned Maintenance Engineering 133,600 2,600 1,979 133,600 2,600 1,979 Dec-02 128,500 1,700 1,855 128,500 1,700 1,855 11 12 12 MITIE MITIE Group Plc 518,852 30,357 24,267 125,000 (e) n/a n/a Mar-02 415,375 25,075 22,068 n/a n/a n/a 12 13 n/a Axima Building Services Groupe Fabricom s.a. n/a n/a n/a 97,130 -361 667 Dec-01 n/a n/a n/a 76,552 1,517 543 13 14 16 Hills Electrical & Mechanical Hills Electrical & Mechanical Plc 93,491 2,504 1,087 93,491 2,504 1,087 Jun-02 65,489 771 958 65,489 771 958 14 15 11 MJN Colston, EI/WHS Staveley Industries Plc 239,318 4,225 2,620 85,000 n/a 900 Dec-02 207,198 3,346 2,377 75,000 n/a 880 15 16 31 Shepherd Engineering Services Shepherd Building Group Ltd n/a n/a n/a 75,000 1,500 550 Jun-03 557,000 8,000 4,046 84,000 100 576 16 17 14 Dudley Bower Services Mowlem Plc 1,930,000 36,500 25,010 70,763 1,682 n/a Dec-01 1,698,000 31,300 16,587 81,593 807 n/a 17 18 17 Forth Electrical Services (FES) Forth Holdings Ltd 61,547 3,960 690 61,547 3,960 690 Aug-02 61,613 4,954 637 61,613 4,954 637 18 19 18 Seeboard Contracting Services Seeboard Trading Ltd n/a n/a n/a 60,030 2,200 640 Dec-02 n/a n/a n/a 61,600 2,800 620 19 20 19 Inframan Inframan Ltd 58,500 n/a n/a 58,500 n/a 1,100 Jan-02 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 20 21 21 Rosser & Russell Building Services Rosser & Russell Building Services n/a n/a n/a 51,100 730 427 Dec-01 n/a n/a n/a 44,700 1,100 391 21 22 22 Crown House Engineering Carillion Plc 1,974,400 47,500 n/a 50,000 (e) n/a 725 Dec-02 1,889,800 44,800 n/a 48,000 -1,000 723 22 23 23 Eastern Contracting Poweronline Ltd 49,064 -5,128 605 49,064 -1,560 605 Mar-02 58,857 -539 823 47,926 2,660 681 23

24 26 EIC EIC Holdings Ltd 48,970 1,210 517 48,970(e) 1,210 517 Dec-02 43,110 648 464 43,110 648 464 24 25 24 MEB Contracting Midlands Electricity Plc n/a n/a n/a 47,000 n/a 650 Dec-01 n/a n/a n/a 40,000 n/a 600 25 26 15 Gratte Brothers Gratte Brothers Group Ltd 71,128 2,219 567 45,386 1,099 n/a Sep-02 86,027 1,730 580 60,207 1,492 n/a 26 27 27 David Webster/Weblight David Webster Group Ltd 51,209 639 672 44,868 837 604 Sep-02 45,796 1,071 610 43,002 934 539 27 28 29 W T Parker W T Parker Ltd 40,299 80 638 40,299 80 638 Sep-01 35,994 309 590 35,994 309 590 28 29 32 Dodd Group Dodd Group Ltd 40,143 2,835 492 40,143 2,835 492 Mar-02 34,463 1,376 464 34,463 1,376 464 29 30 34 Watson Norie Watson Norie Ltd 36,194 1,040 575 36,194 1,040 575 Apr-02 27,139 438 477 27,139 438 477 30 31 20 Phoenix Electrical Co Phoenix Electrical (Holdings) Ltd 36,008 1,226 222 36,008 1,349 222 Mar-03 53,754 2,309 234 53,754 2,442 234 31 32 38 Longcross Engineering Longcross Group Ltd 70,000 3,000 590 34,000 1,100 270 Sep-02 55,000 1,400 432 30,000 720 229 32 33 28 Boulting Group Boulting Group Plc 33,000 n/a 410 33,000 n/a 410 Oct-02 30,000 n/a 390 30,000 n/a 390 33 34 35 Murphy JMCC Holdings Ltd n/a n/a n/a 32,834 2,162 466 May-02 n/a n/a n/a 27,000 2,666 410 34 35 30 Parkersell Dalkia Plc n/a n/a n/a 32,736 3,193 649 Dec-02 n/a n/a n/a 35,777 2,664 658 35 36 39 GTIE GTIE UK Plc 29,469 1,303 483 29,469 1,303 483 Dec-01 34,839 1,430 633 34,839 1,430 633 36 37 36 D H Morris Group D H Morris Group Ltd 27,360 505 480 26,100 505 455 Jun-03 25,247 208 466 23,664 193 441 37 38 = 13 Project Solutions Stiell Facilities Ltd/McAlpine 86,400 5,200 1,200 24,000 1,400 400 Dec-02 60,000 3,800 1,200 19,000= 1,200 400 38 38 = 45 Goodmarriott & Hursthouse Goodmarriott & Hursthouse Ltd 24,000 1,300 205 24,000 1,300 205 Mar-03 10,752 502 187 10,752= 502 187 38 40 40 Elequip Projects Elequip Holdings Ltd 38,900 1,975 455 18,575 891 132 Dec-01 26,400 1,125 308 16,112 399 103 40 = 41 = 48 The Giffen Group The Giffen Group Plc 18,000 550 205 18,000 (e) 550 205 Mar-03 12,824 342 178 12,824= 342 178 41 41 = 37 Farebrother Farebrother Group Ltd 18,000 2,070 90 18,000 2,070 90 Jan-02 24,500 2,220 115 24,500 2,220 115 41 43 43 PIP Electrics PIP Electrics Ltd 17,591 513 152 17,591 513 152 Dec-02 15,570 437 135 15,570 437 135 43 44 42 RTT Engineering Services RTT Group Plc 33,337 713 307 16,950 476 154 Dec-02 23,133 578 287 12,500 200 140 44 45 - Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) Wessex Group Ltd n/a n/a n/a 16,665 930 204 Mar-03 n/a n/a n/a 11,910 379 159 45 46 47 Vallectric Vallectric Ltd 14,100 551 225 14,100 551 225 Mar-03 12,924 239 210 12,924 239 210 46 47 49 Wingate Electrical Wingate Ltd 14,079 757 177 14,079 757 177 Sep-02 12,496 723 171 12,496 723 171 47 48 41 J Smith & Sons Smith Group UK Ltd 24,500 140 188 13,805 150 260 Mar-03 19,735 37 200 11,100 12 280 48 49 46 Harry Carr MPJ Engineering Ltd n/a n/a n/a 13,400 200 194 Dec-01 n/a n/a n/a 15,200 430 189 49 50 44 R F Webb & Son R F Webb & Son Ltd 12,858 161 145 12,858 161 145 Dec-02 15,529 119 152 15,529 119 800 50

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ElectricalIV Times • August 2003 Sponsored by Schneider Electric Sponsored by Schneider Electric Electrical Times • August 2003 V Operational review The Top 50 survey is aimed at electrical contractors but Contracting Electrical Mechanical IT Other Industrial Commercial Other New Maintenance/ Largest inevitably with all the multi- Company % % % % % % % Build Refurbishment Contract disciplinary firms it is %% increasingly difficult to separate Allan J Smith (Electrical Services) 94 5 1 0 20 10 70 80 20 £429,942their electrical and combined Balfour Kilpatrick 53 3 44 0 70 20 10 60 40 £28.3m turnovers or profits. The Boulting Group 70 10 5 15 85 15 0 60 40 £1.5m operational review table Chelmsford Electrical 100 0 0 0 5 30 65 60 40 £1.06m therefore aims to establish the D H Morris Group 86 10 4 0 40 60 0 35 65 £2.3m sectors that constitute each David Webster/Weblight 100 0 0 0 80 10 10 15 85 £4m firm’s business with an Eastern Contracting 80 10 5 5 30 50 20 70 30 £13m approximate breakdown of its EIC 87 13 0 0 3 72 25 31 69 £2m electrical, mechanical and IT Elequip Projects 50 40 5 5 25 60 15 70 30 n/a work. Farebrother 50 40 10 0 n/a n/a n/a 40 60 £3.5m Forth Electrical Services (FES) 95 2 2 1 5 15 80 70 30 £12m The economic doldrums have taken their toll in the past year and the Goodmarriott & Hursthouse 70 20 5 5 20 40 40 60 40 £5m electrical, £5m mechanicalNote: this table lack of companies in double figures is expected. Gratte Brothers 63 21 2 14 5 70 25 35 65 £6m features all Top 50 Last year’s leader Murphy drops five places and is replaced by Haden Young 41 59 inc 0 30 70 0 60 40 n/a companies – and J Smith & Sons 65 25 5 5 10 80 10 80 20 £3.5m Farebrother with an 11.5% return on sales – the only company to other companies L J Monks 100 0 0 0 56 44 0 85 15 £2.4m exceed 10%. just outside the Top Longcross Engineering 62 20 11 7 20 60 20 30 70 £4m 50 – for which data .Note: this table is based solely on those Top 50 companies Lorne Stewart n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 23 70 90 10 £10m for which figures were available (excluding estimates). MEB Contracting n/a n/a n/a n/a 30 20 50 25 75 n/a was available. MJN Colston, EI/WHS 36 37 0 27 50 50 0 40 60 £2.5m N G Bailey & Co 58 42 0 0 4.3 44.2 51.5 n/a n/a n/a Phoenix Electrical Co 100 0 0 0 5 85 10 90 10 n/a Return on sales PIP Electrics 97 1 1 1 10 87 3 65 35 £7.4m Planned Maintenance Engineering n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 100 0 0 100 n/a Return Top 50 Contracting Latest Latest Return Project Solutions 65 25 10 0 30 70 0 50 50 £8m on sales rank company electrical electrical on R F Webb & Son 100 0 0 0 10 60 30 60 40 £4m rank turnover profit sales Rosser & Russell Building Services 25 55 0 20 0 60 40 80 20 n/a RTT Engineering Services 50 50 inc 0 10 30 60 60 40 £12.5m of which £6m is electrical.1 41 = Farebrother 18,000 2,070 11.50% Seeboard Contracting Services 96 2 0 2 20 60 20 30 70 n/a 2 35 Parkersell 32,736 3,193 9.75% Shepherd Engineering Services 42 58 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 88 12 £7.3m 3 7 Southern Electrical Contracting 173,500 13,500 7.78% Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil 36 43 4 17 10 60 30 70 30 n/a 4 10 T Clarke 143,990 10,796 7.50% Southern Electrical Contracting 85 9 3 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 29 Dodd Group 40,143 2,835 7.06% The Giffen Group 65 0 0 35 0 0 100 0 100 n/a 6 34 Murphy 32,834 2,162 6.58% Watson Norie 100 0 0 0 85 15 0 90 10 n/a 7 18 Forth Electrical Services (FES) 61,547 3,960 6.43% Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) 50 10 5 35 30 50 20 65 35 £1.3m 8 38 = Project Solutions 24,000 1,400 5.83% Wingate Electrical 100 0 0 0 30 60 10 75 25 n/a 9 6 Haden Young 196,990 11,160 5.67% 10 45 Wessex Electricals (Shaftsbury) 16,665 930 5.58% 11 38 = Goodmarriott & Hursthouse 24,000 1,300 5.42% 12 47 Wingate Electrical 14,079 757 5.37% Notes 13 4 Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil 201,601 9,885 4.90% 14 40 Elequip Projects 18,575 891 4.80% * ABB Group declared in its 2002 33 in the Top 50, was in * Gratte Brothers Group Ltd latest showed a turnover of £396m and build/maintenance percentages 15 36 GTIE 29,469 1,303 4.42% annual report that its Building administrative receivership at the year figures are unaudited. operating profits of £15.8m. relate to the whole Skanska 16 46 Vallectric 14,100 551 3.91% Systems business was a non-core time this edition went to press. Construction Group. 17 31 Phoenix Electrical Co 36,008 1,349 3.75% activity following a strategic review. * GTIE UK Plc was formerly called * J Smith & Sons previous Top 50 18 19 Seeboard Contracting Services 60,030 2,200 3.66% * David Webster/Weblight 80% Lee Beesley Plc. Figures comprise ranking was based on a latest * Southern Electrical Contracting’s 19 32 Longcross Engineering 34,000 1,100 3.24% actual pre-tax profit in its previous * Axima Building Services is the industrial sector operations include M&E operations. financial year ending March 2001. 20 43 PIP Electrics 17,591 513 2.92% financial year was £17.6m. This former Sulzer Infra (UK) business 5% Local Authority business. Latest and previous rankings in this 21 30 Watson Norie 36,194 1,040 2.87% acquired by Groupe Fabricon in * Haden Young is a multi- edition are therefore not directly included an abnormal dividend 22 44 August 2001. Turnover was * Dudley Bower Services’ profits disciplinary building engineering comparable. payment from a former subsidiary RTT Engineering Services 16,950 476 2.81% estimated for the electrical are operating profit. Previous services company and does not company of £8.2m. Therefore to 23 14 Hills Electrical & Mechanical 93,491 2,504 2.68% contracting business only in the figures are for the year ending operate a separate electrical * Parkersell sold its Highway provide information for both years 24 24 EIC 48,970 1,210 2.47% previous edition of the Top 50. In March 2000. division. Lighting Services business to on a comparable basis, pre-tax 25 26 Gratte Brothers 45,386 1,099 2.42% this edition, audited figures are for David Webster in February 2002. profit for 2001/2002 has been 26 17 Dudley Bower Services 70,763 1,682 2.38% the combined M&E business. * Eastern Contracting was * Hills Electrical & Mechanical The business had a turnover of restated from £17.6m to £9.4m (a 27 3 Lorne Stewart 234,649 4,802 2.05% Therefore no comparable ranking acquired by Alfred McAlpine Group figures are for combined M&E £5.2m in the 2001 financial year. reduction of £8.2m). 28 16 Shepherd Engineering Services 75,000 1,500 2.00% is applicable. in September 2002 and now activities. 29 11 Planned Maintenance Engineering 133,600 2,600 1.95% * The Giffen Group latest year trades as Alfred McAlpine Utility * Planned Maintenance 30 37 D H Morris Group 26,100 505 1.93% * Balfour Kilpatrick profit figures are Services SE Ltd. * Inframan was acquired by Alfred Engineering does not separate figures are estimates supplied by 31 27 David Webster/Weblight 44,868 837 1.87% consolidated within group McAlpine in December 2002. The electrical contracting business and the company. accounts. IT sector share of 44% * Emcor Drake & Scull Group Plc’s business was subsequently has no specific electrical division. 32 2 Emcor Drake & Scull 329,971 5,657 1.71% comprises combined M&E 2002 results were unavailable at integrated into McAlpine’s Stiell * Vallectric latest year figures are 33 49 Harry Carr 13,400 200 1.49% business. 70%, 20%, 10% the time of going to press. Facilities division. * Shepherd Building Group Ltd unaudited. 34 21 Rosser & Russell Building Services 51,100 730 1.43% industry sector operations relate to says its latest figures are not 35 50 R F Webb & Son 12,858 161 1.25% Private, Public & PFI business * Goodmarriott & Hursthouse latest * Interserve (Facilities Services) available until November 2003. * Watson Norie latest and previous 36 48 J Smith & Sons 13,805 150 1.09% respectively. figures are unaudited. Previous electrical contracting revenues year profit figures are operating 37 1 N G Bailey & Co 381,868 2,651 0.69% ranking related to the financial year have been estimated. Audited * Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil profit excluding investment 38 28 W T Parker 40,299 80 0.20% * Colmic EMS, previously ranked at ending March 2001. 2002 results for the entire division industry sector and new income.

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