Consultancy Turner & Townsend, London, continues its geographic expansion with the acquisition of Ferzan Robbins & Associates, a N.Y.-based project management and services firm that will be merged with Turner & Townsend’s New York office. Terms were not disclosed. Turner & Townsend says the deal is part of its previously announced strategy to boost its U.S. presence and will provide the critical mass needed to support U.S. clients.

Ferzan Robbins & Associates provides “a team with deep experience, an outstanding reputation, and a client list boasting many Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of sectors including banking, media/communications and hotels/hospitality,” says Vincent Clancy, Turner & Townsend CEO.

Turner & Townsend’s other acquisitions in the last 18 months include consultancies Lawler Riik in Frankfurt, and cm2r in Toronto, and it has opened new offices in several locations worldwide including in Peru and Brazil.