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Turner & Townsend, the global professional services company, has been appointed by Shell Real Estate as its sole global provider of program management office (PMO), project management and cost and commercial management services for the next five years.
Turner & Townsend will support Shell Real Estate to manage and deliver a capital program across its real estate portfolio, spanning more than 11 million sqm (figures from Shell’s annual data, correct as of 2024) of offices, laboratories, accommodation and industrial facilities at energy-related sites in more than 60 countries.
This includes delivering world-class workplaces at flagship assets in Shell Centre London, Shell Woodcreek Houston, The Hague Campus and Shell Business Operations Bangalore.
This re-appointment deepens a 30-year relationship between the two firms and reflects Shell’s desire to build strategic, long-term, global collaborations with key suppliers.
Through the renewed relationship, Turner & Townsend will continue to bring its market-leading capital program and portfolio expertise capabilities and innovative solutions, such as its Hive digital delivery platform—which provides benchmarking, project and cost and commercial management tools—and expert advisory services, such sustainability, procurement, and health and safety.
Turner & Townsend brings extensive experience in global real estate into this role, as the firm currently works with 50 percent of the top 20 financial holdings companies in the world and has delivered many of the world’s largest real estate programs.
“We're delighted to be deepening our relationship with Shell Real Estate and are exceptionally proud to be appointed as its sole global provider for PMO, project and cost and commercial management services.
We have a bold vision to bring the very best of Turner & Townsend, leveraging our scale and expertise to deliver solutions and exceptional outcomes that will help transform Shell's performance and deliver the best project, carbon and safety outcomes across its global portfolio.”
Nadia de Klerk
Global Sector Sponsor and Head of UK Occupier & Portfolios
Turner & Townsend is a global program management company with over 23,000 people in 64 countries.
Working with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, Turner & Townsend specializes in major programs, project, cost and commercial management, project controls and performance, net zero and digital solutions, in markets around the world.
Turner & Townsend is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm and a premier provider of critical infrastructure services, with its partners holding a significant non-controlling interest.
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