Sectors

Education

Schools, colleges, and universities are under pressure to do more with less.

We partner with education clients to deliver a full-suite of project, program, cost, and construction management services for learning environments—optimizing projects, minimizing client risks, and driving long-term value in the delivery of exceptional outcomes.

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Rob Chomiak

Executive VP Turner & Townsend Heery, Government & Public Sector Lead, USA

How do you create campuses ready for the future when funding never keeps pace?

Across the U.S., school districts, colleges, and universities are under pressure to do more with limited capital. Aging facilities, deferred maintenance, shifting enrollment, and new expectations around digital learning are stretching budgets and making it harder to provide environments where students and educators can thrive.

Institutions need to make difficult decisions about where to invest, what to modernize, and how to sequence capital programs to deliver the greatest benefit for students, faculty, and communities. Turning those decisions into successful projects requires disciplined planning, strong governance, and effective delivery.

For more than 70 years, we've partnered with education institutions across the U.S. to plan and deliver capital programs that create high-performing learning environments. From district-wide PK–12 programs to major public universities, we help clients make smarter, informed investment decisions and deliver projects with confidence. The long-term relationships we've built have earned us one of the highest levels of repeat business in the education sector.

How we help

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National expertise, local delivery

Our depth of experience in education projects, proven process and market knowledge span the country—but our teams are local to your community. We provide the best of both worlds: national expertise with local delivery.

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Transparent partnership

Our industry-leading processes and tools provide the transparency, control, and governance needed for clients to make informed decisions, enable stakeholder consultation, and manage organizational change.

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Customized approach

We protect your interests from financial, contract, and risk perspectives while creating lasting value through informed decisions at all project phases. We lead teams and create cost savings to deliver progressive learning environments.

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Delivering your vision

Project management is at the core of what we do—managing schedules, budgets and the construction process on behalf of our clients.

PK-12 education: Delivering learning environments for the next generation

We help school districts deliver learning environments that support students, educators, and communities. Whether delivering new schools, modernizing campuses, restoring historic buildings, or providing temporary swing-space solutions, we bring the leadership and expertise to keep projects on track through planning, delivery, and occupancy.

Our PK–12 project management teams help districts create high-quality learning environments that stand the test of time, honor the communities they serve, and support the next generation of teaching and learning.

Higher education: Creating lasting value on busy campuses

From community colleges to leading research universities, we help institutions plan and deliver campuses that support teaching, research, and student life. Our experience spans everything from academic buildings, laboratories, and auditoriums to student housing, athletics facilities, and public spaces.

We help institutions move confidently from strategy to completion, keeping projects on schedule and investments on track. Delivering on busy, occupied campuses requires careful planning, disciplined logistics, and close coordination. Our teams phase construction to minimize disruption, manage interfaces between contractors and campus operations, and keep students and staff safe and productive throughout.

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