Currie & Brown (Australia)

What Currie & Brown (Australia) does

Currie & Brown is a privately held global construction consultancy delivering project management, cost management and quantity surveying, building surveying, and advisory services across the built environment. The firm serves enterprise clients and public-sector bodies in sectors including technology and data centers, semiconductors, EV and battery manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality and leisure, public infrastructure, rail, logistics, pharmaceuticals, and financial institutions, with named clients such as Amazon, DHL, NHS Scotland, Network Rail, Hongkong Land, the Government of Peru, and confidential major US hyperscale cloud and data center operators.

The company's service portfolio is organised around four core lines — Cost Management and Quantity Surveying, Project and Programme Management, Building Surveying, and Advisory Services — delivered through sector-specialist teams. The firm operates a proprietary carbon and energy modelling platform called ECCOlab and maintains an extensive in-house cost database that underpins published research such as the global construction cost forecast (2.4% rise projected for 2026) and the Asia-Pacific Fit-Out Cost Guide 2026 co-authored with Knight Frank, Platform Consulting Group, and Cova.

Currie & Brown is a subsidiary of the Sidara collaborative and is structured as a holding company (Currie & Brown Holdings Limited) registered in Jersey. It operates from 25+ offices across 20+ countries spanning the UK and Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia Pacific, and the Americas, and runs dedicated regional leadership for each geography. The firm employs 1,001–5,000 people globally, follows a fee-based professional services revenue model with quote-based pricing, and markets to enterprise and government clients through direct engagement, sector thought leadership, and industry events. (Note: a founding year of 1965 is stated in company material, while a separate firmographic source records 1876 — the 1965 date is treated as the primary first-party reference.)

Name

Currie & Brown (Australia)

Legal name

Currie & Brown Holdings Limited

Website

https://curriebrown.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Currie & Brown is a global construction consultancy delivering cost management, quantity surveying, project and programme management, and advisory services to enterprise and public-sector clients across sectors including data centers, healthcare, rail, and logistics, operating from 25+ offices in 20+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Cost Management Consulting

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Supply Chain & Product Carbon Advisory (Scope 3 Procurement, PCF Support) (EUABADAJ)

Keywords

• Construction cost management
• Quantity surveying services
• Project management consultancy
• Building surveying services
• Construction advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices30 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Cost Management and Quantity Surveying: Fee-based professional services for cost management, quantity surveying, and advisory services delivered to enterprise clients across construction and infrastructure projects
2. Project and Programme Management: Project management services provided to clients across various sectors including technology, healthcare, hospitality, and public sector

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Currie & Brown is a global construction and cost management consultancy delivering professional services across the built environment. Its core offerings comprise Project and Programme Management, Cost Management and Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, and Advisory Services. These services are delivered across specialized sector practices including technology (data centres, semiconductors, EV and battery manufacturing), healthcare, hospitality and leisure, logistics, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, financial institutions, and other built environment verticals, combining global expertise with local knowledge through offices in the UK and Europe, Middle East, India, Asia Pacific, and the Americas.

Product overview

Currie & Brown is a global construction and cost management consultancy that provides professional services across the built environment. The firm operates as a unified consultancy with integrated service lines rather than a platform-plus-modules software architecture. Its core offerings comprise Project and Programme Management, Cost Management and Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, and Advisory Services. These services are delivered across specialized sector practices including technology (data centres, semiconductors, EV and battery manufacturing), healthcare, hospitality and leisure, logistics, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, financial institutions, and other sectors. The company combines global expertise with deep local knowledge through its office network spanning the UK and Europe, Middle East, India, Asia Pacific, and the Americas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cost Management and Quantity Surveying Comprehensive cost management, quantity surveying, and financial control services ensuring construction and built environment projects remain within budget from inception to completion. Delivered to enterprise clients, governments, and institutions across all the firm's sectors.
• Project and Programme Management End-to-end project and programme management coordinating complex construction projects across multiple sectors and geographies. Delivered to enterprise and public sector clients.
• Building Surveying Professional surveying services assessing building condition, defects, and compliance with regulatory and quality standards for built environment clients.
• Advisory Services Strategic consulting services providing expert guidance on project decisions, risk management, and value optimization throughout the built environment asset lifecycle.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15+ GW of power capacity delivered across 200+ data center projects in 16 countries
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• Knight FranknotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication of the Asia-Pacific Fit-Out Cost Guide 2026 with Knight Frank and Platform Consulting Group and Cova. The report provides fit-out cost data across 23 cities in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Platform Consulting GroupnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored the Asia-Pacific Fit-Out Cost Guide 2026 providing cost consulting expertise across APAC markets.
• CovanotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored the Asia-Pacific Fit-Out Cost Guide 2026 providing fit-out cost analysis.
• Sidara CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurrie & Brown is a proud member of the Sidara collaborative, a group of companies working in the built environment.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB): Independent global construction cost consultancy and quantity surveying practice with comparable sector coverage and a similar professional-services fee model.
• Faithful+Gould (AtkinsRéalis): Cost management and project management consultancy operating inside AtkinsRéalis, directly competing for the same cost management and programme management mandates Currie & Brown targets.
• Turner & Townsend: Global cost management, project management and advisory consultancy with deep data center, energy and infrastructure practices — the closest like-for-like peer to Currie & Brown across cost management and quantity surveying.
• Gleeds: International management and construction consultancy with a core cost management and quantity surveying practice, frequently bidding against Currie & Brown on commercial and infrastructure projects.
• Arcadis: Design and consultancy firm with significant cost management and project management service lines, competing directly for cost management mandates in real estate, infrastructure and industrial builds.
• Linesight: Specialist cost consultancy and project management firm with strong data center and life sciences practices, directly comparable to Currie & Brown's hyperscaler-facing franchise.

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with significant programme management and cost advisory capabilities in infrastructure, water and advanced facilities, competing on large public-sector and industrial mandates.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a much broader design/engineering portfolio, but with overlapping cost management, programme management and advisory services that compete on mega-programmes.
• WSP: Large multi-disciplinary engineering and advisory firm; while broader than Currie & Brown, it increasingly bundles cost and project management into integrated property and infrastructure bids.

Emerging players

• Mace Group: International consultancy and construction group with a growing cost consultancy and programme management offering; comparable in project and programme management, though less cost-management-led than Currie & Brown.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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