WORLD’S TOP 50: Civil Contractors 2008

RANK	FIRM
2008	2007
1	1	VINCI, Rueil-Malmaison, France
2	2	BOUYGUES, Paris, France
3	3	China Railway Group Ltd., Beijing, China
4	6	China Railway Construction Corp., Beijing, China
5	4	HOCHTIEF AG, Essen, Germany
6	5	Grupo ACS, Madrid, Spain
7	7	China State Construction Eng’g Corp., Beijing, China
8	10	China Communications Construction Grp., Beijing, China
9	17	FCC, Fomento de Constr. y Contratas SA, Madrid, Spain
10	8	Skanska AB, Solna, Sweden
11	9	Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.
12	18	China Metallurgical Group Corp., Beijing, China
13	12	Kajima Corp., Tokyo, Japan
14	16	Obayashi Corp., Tokyo, Japan
15	14	STRABAG SE, Vienna, Austria
16	11	Taisei Corp., Tokyo, Japan
17	23	Balfour Beatty plc, London, U.K.
18	20	Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, U.S.A.
19	22	Bilfinger Berger AG, Mannheim, Germany
20	15	Shimizu Corp., Tokyo, Japan
21	**	Acciona SA, Madrid, Spain
22	21	Royal BAM Group nv, Bunnik, The Netherlands
23	**	Saipem, San Donato Milanese, Italy
24	19	Takenaka Corp., Osaka, Japan
25	27	Leighton Holdings Ltd., St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
26	25	TECHNIP, Paris la Defense, France
27	24	Bovis Lend Lease, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
28	28	SACYR Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain
29	30	Shanghai Constr. (Group) General Co., Shanghai, China
30	26	KBR, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
31	29	Ferrovial Agroman SA, Madrid, Spain
32	35	Sinohydro Corp., Beijing, China
33	31	GS Engineering & Construction, Seoul, S. Korea
34	32	Daewoo E&C Co. Ltd., Seoul, S. Korea
35	34	Hyundai Engineering & Constr. Co. Ltd., Seoul, S. Korea
36	33	Samsung C&T Corp., Seoul, S. Korea
37	36	Kiewit Corp., Omaha, Neb., U.S.A.
38	37	OHL SA (Obrascon Huarte Lain SA), Madrid, Spain
39	41	Consolidated Contractors Group, Athens, Greece
40	47	Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, India
41	48	Chiyoda Corp., Yokohama, Japan
42	**	Kinden Corp., Tokyo, Japan
43	38	PCL Construction Enterprises, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
44	49	Construtora Odebrecht, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45	42	CEGELEC, Nanterre Cedex, France
46	59	Perini Corp., Framingham, Mass., U.S.A.
47	39	Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
48	58	McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
49	64	Dongfang Electric Corp., Chengdu, Sichuan, China
50	44	Toda Corp., Tokyo, Japan