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Company type | Partnership |
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Industry | Construction |
Founded | 1946 |
Founder | Cornelius Turner and Francis Ing |
Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 125 offices, 48 countries |
Key people | Vincent Clancy (CEO) |
Services | |
Owners | CBRE Group (60%) |
Number of employees | 10,500+ (2023) |
Website | www.turnerandtownsend.com |
Turner & Townsend (officially Turner & Townsend Partners LLP) is a multinational professional services company headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.
The company was founded in 1946, [1] and to date has 125 offices in 48 countries, [2] with a presence in Europe, Middle East & North Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Africa. [ when? ]
The current CEO of Turner & Townsend is Vincent Clancy, who first joined the company in 1989, and has been a member of the Executive Board since 2002. [3]
In July 2021, the US commercial real estate group CBRE paid £960 million for a 60% stake in Turner & Townsend. [4]
The company was founded in 1946 as Turner & Ing, a quantity surveying partnership in Darlington, United Kingdom. In 1956 the company became Turner & Townsend and opened several additional offices in the UK. In 1982 the first international office was opened in Johannesburg. [1] Since then the company has expanded globally and now operates from 125 offices in 48 countries. [5]
In July 2021, the US commercial real estate group CBRE paid £960 million for a 60% stake in Turner & Townsend. [6]
Turner & Townsend is best known for project management and programme management consultancy work in the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. [7] [8] [9] Heathrow Airport appointed them to provide cost management and commercial services for its latest five-year spending programme. [10] The company also project managed the construction of The Shard in London. [11] They were also contracted to provide cost planning services for Sydney’s North West Rail Link [12] and are providing cost estimating, project support and consultancy services for the Eni floating liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique. [13]
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