Turner & Townsend
multinational professional services company
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. It is one of the world’s largest construction consultancies.
The company was founded in 1946, and in 2018 operated 125 offices in 48 countries, with a presence in Europe, Middle East & North Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Africa. It is 70% owned by US-based CBRE Group.
History
The company was founded in 1946 as Turner & Ing, a quantity surveying partnership based in Darlington, United Kingdom. During 1956, the company was rebranded as Turner & Townsend and opened several additional offices across the UK. During 1982, the company opened its first international office in Johannesburg. In 1996, the firm was restructured into Turner & Townsend Group; the subsidiary Turner & Townsend Management Solutions was also created around this time. Throughout the 1990s, it set up operations in Asia as well as opened a further five offices across Africa.
During the 2000s, the company expanded into the Americas and Australia; expansion within the UK also continued, often involving the recruitment of whole teams from rival companies. During 2009, the company underwent senior management changes as well as restructuring; within two years, almost 50 per cent of the company's undertakings were originating from outside the British market, a trend that company's management anticipated to continue over time.
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