Turner & Townsend

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Turner & Townsend Partners LLP
Company type Partnership
Industry Construction
Founded1946
FounderCornelius Turner and Francis Ing
Headquarters
Leeds
,
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.

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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]

History

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]

Notable projects

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]

Partial list of additional key projects

Awards and recognition

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References

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  2. ↑ "Our approach". www.turnerandtownsend.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Vincent Clancy: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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  5. ↑ Annual Review 2017–2018. Retrieved: 27 July 2021.
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  14. ↑ "Turner & Townsend win new runway contract for Hong kong Airport". builderandengineer.co.uk.
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