AECOM South Africa
An established South African presence of the global AECOM group per its published materials.
South Africa's consultancy market combines global groups — consolidated further by Turner & Townsend's 2026 acquisition of Profica — with established South African quantity surveying practices. This guide from COVA names the ten firms an asset owner should genuinely consider.
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 South African office, offer project management or quantity surveying as core consultancy services to asset owners, and have a publicly verifiable South African track record.
The firms
AeQuim Quantity Surveyors
A Johannesburg-based quantity surveying and construction cost management practice per its published materials.
Arcadis South Africa
The South African offices of the global Arcadis group — Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban — active in programme and project management per its published materials.
COVA South AfricaOur firm
COVA's Centurion office, in Gauteng, is part of the group's growing presence in Africa, supporting project management, commercial management (quantity surveying) and real estate due diligence for clients and institutional programmes in the region.
Currie & Brown South Africa
The South African presence of Currie & Brown, a global cost management and quantity surveying specialist, per its published materials.
KMA Quantity Surveyors
An established Gauteng quantity surveying practice; its published materials cite a track record of more than 50 years across the full spectrum of QS services.
MDA Project Managers
A South African project management and quantity surveying consultancy active on major South African developments per its published materials.
Quanticost
A Johannesburg quantity surveying, cost control and project management firm operating for more than 25 years, with multiple industry awards cited since 2005 per its published materials.
Turner & Townsend Profica
Johannesburg-headquartered and trading as Turner & Townsend Profica following Turner & Townsend's 2026 acquisition of Profica, with cost management and quantity surveying among the combined entity's core services per published announcements.
WSP South Africa
The South African practice of the global WSP group, with established offices and infrastructure and project services per its published materials.