AECOM Japan
An established Tokyo presence of the global AECOM group, with project and cost services among its core offer per its published materials.
Japan's consultancy market is distinctive: much project delivery sits in-house with general contractors and domestic design houses, so the independent field open to international asset owners is compact. This guide from COVA names the seven firms genuinely worth considering.
This guide is published by COVA Group and includes COVA. Every statement about another firm comes from that firm's own published materials, reviewed in August 2026, and firms are listed alphabetically.
How firms were selected
Firms are included when they hold an established Japanese office, offer project management or quantity surveying as core consultancy services to asset owners, and have a publicly verifiable Japanese track record.
The firms
CBRE Japan
The project management practice of CBRE's Japanese business, established in Tokyo and Osaka per its published materials.
COVA JapanOur firm
COVA's Tokyo office was established in 2023 in Ginza, Chuo-ku. Work in Japan centres on real estate due diligence for institutional clients, with project and cost management support drawn from COVA's teams across Asia and Australia.
JLL Japan
The Tokyo project and development services practice of JLL, spanning project and cost consultancy per its published materials.
Linesight Japan
The Japanese practice of the global Linesight group, with an established Tokyo cost management team per its published materials.
Turner & Townsend Japan
The Japanese practice of the global Turner & Townsend consultancy, with published Japanese project work including Expo 2025 Osaka and cost management among core services.
WT Asia
The Asian network of WT, an Australian-origin quantity surveying and cost management practice, with Japan among its markets per its published materials.