Cost & Project Management Consultancy
Turner & Townsend alinea
Turner & Townsend alinea is a specialist cost and project management consultancy operating across the UK, Ireland and internationally — formed when alinea joined forces with Turner & Townsend to create a uniquely data-driven, digital practice at the forefront of real estate delivery. Focused on cost consultancy and project management, their senior-led, partner-backed model delivers commercial certainty across complex residential, commercial, mixed-use and tall building schemes. With unrivalled expertise in façades, engineering services and BIM, and a client roster spanning the world's leading developers, investors and funds, Turner & Townsend alinea brings exceptional knowledge and personal accountability to every commission.
From early feasibility through to final account, Turner & Townsend alinea embeds senior expertise at every stage of the development lifecycle. Their data-driven, partner-backed model delivers commercial certainty and programme control across cost management, project management and specialist technical advisory — with a single-minded focus on successful project outcomes for developers, investors and funds.
· Engineering Consultants
Turner & Townsend alinea's specialist engineering services team delivers unparalleled cost management across façades, MEP, utilities and asset upgrades — with £10bn+ of engineering services procured over the past decade. Their in-house BIM capability and dedicated façades team provide added value from initial cost modelling through to procurement, ensuring technical complexity never becomes a commercial risk.
· Quantity Surveyors / Cost Managers
· Project Managers
Hamptons' Residential Investment and Acquisitions team advises and executes transactions across off-plan block deals, income-generating portfolios, build-to-rent and PRS assets. Clients include institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms and high-net-worth individuals. Services cover acquisition agency, disposal agency, deal sourcing, portfolio management and data-driven research.
One Bishopsgate Plaza, London
Civil engineering, strategic infrastructure. 2,500-home mixed-use development for Eastleigh Borough Council, delivering an Infrastructure First strategy — securing planning approvals and designing roads, drainage, utilities, cycleways and green spaces ahead of residential delivery to ensure community amenities were in place from day one.
The Whiteley, Bayswater
Residential-led, mixed-use reinvention
Cost management for the landmark redevelopment of the former Whiteleys department store — delivering 330,000 sqft of luxury residential, boutique hotel, cinema, gym and retail across a 950,000 sqft retained façade scheme for MARK and CC Land Holdings.
Slough Central
Mixed-use, masterplanning
Cost consultancy for a 1m+ sqft residential-led town centre transformation for British Land and ADIA — delivering 1,000+ residential units, 530,000 sqft of retail and leisure and 1,200 basement car parking spaces.
What we do
Services
- Cost management
- Quantity surveying
- Project management
- Façades
- Engineering services
- BIM
- Utilities
- Asset upgrades
Typical project size
- £500k–£700m+
Project type
- Residential
- Commercial
- Mixed-use
- Tall buildings
- Retail
- Life sciences
- Masterplanning
- Reinvention
Geographic comfort
- UK-wide
- Ireland
- International
Stage of involvement
- Feasibility
- Design
- Procurement
- Construction
- Final account
Open to connecting with
- Developers
- Investors
- Architects
- Contractors
- Funds
- Occupiers
What we deliver
Senior-led cost and project management with partner-backed oversight on every commission, delivering budget certainty, procurement clarity and programme control from feasibility through to final account.
Unrivalled specialist expertise across façades, engineering services and tall buildings, with over 15 million sqft of high-rise experience and £10bn+ of engineering services procured over the past decade.
A truly data-driven, digital practice with in-house BIM capability and a dedicated research team tracking market movements weekly, providing clients with the clearest possible commercial picture at every stage.
How we like to work
Turner & Townsend alinea operates as a genuine project partner — embedding senior people into every commission from day one with the backing of a Shadow Partner on every project. Their culture is built around immediacy, influence and focus — responding fast, challenging constructively and staying relentlessly focused on the project. Known for setting projects up for success through their Aligned for Success workshops, they combine deep technical knowledge with a collaborative, open approach that earns long-term client relationships across some of the UK's most ambitious schemes.
KEY CONTACTS
Alex Hyams
Director, Head of Residential
Leads Turner & Townsend alinea's residential practice, working with developers and investors across London's new build, mixed-use and high-end residential schemes.
Tommy Sharman
Director
Leads cost consultancy for developer and investor clients across central London, specialising in commercial offices and complex cut-and-carve schemes from feasibility through to delivery.
Richard Powell
Director
Trusted advisor to some of London's most prominent developers and investors including The Crown Estate, Lipton Rogers, Brookfield and Blackstone, specialising in complex new build, cut-and-carve and masterplan schemes.
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