Turner & Townsend has acquired Suiko.

Suiko is a pioneer in lean management and has helped a range of global retail, manufacturing and construction companies to cut waste and boost efficiency.

The acquisition will broaden the company's programme management expertise, and help its clients to embed lean thinking in both the delivery of their capital projects and their ongoing operations.

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Vincent Clancy, Chief Executive Officer of Turner & Townsend, said: "The acquisition of Suiko is a step change for both Turner & Townsend and the construction industry. The integration of lean expertise into our business strengthens and differentiates our offering, and will also drive progress in how capital programmes are delivered.

"With UK Government figures revealing in April that levels of productivity in construction have improved by just 1.4 percent in the past two decades, best practice has taken the industry only so far. We believe now is the time to embed lean techniques into the way things are done in construction."

(CD/JP)