Ac&A

What Ac&A does

AC&A S.A. is a Buenos Aires-headquartered, privately-held infrastructure consulting firm founded in 1999 that delivers engineering, architectural, transportation planning, and project management services to government agencies, multilateral development banks, and private clients across Latin America and the Caribbean. The firm has completed over 400 projects in 40 countries and operates from five offices—Buenos Aires (headquarters), Miami, Santo Domingo, Bogotá, and an El Salvador PMO opened in 2023—with engagements typically awarded through competitive tendering from entities such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.

The company's service portfolio spans infrastructure economics and planning, transportation engineering (highways, metros, BRT, rail), engineering and architecture design, construction supervision, infrastructure asset management, and social/environmental services. AC&A has built proprietary technology around this practice, including the Intelligent Pavement Vision (IPV) AI-based pavement evaluation system launched in 2019, the Works Dashboard online project-monitoring platform launched in 2020, the ON STREET mobile field-survey application, and an Advanced Road Inventory System combining HD video, GPS, and analysis software. An INPI-granted patent (2008) covers a method for determining circulation patterns in transport planning, and the firm holds triple ISO certifications (9001/14001/45001).

AC&A generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts priced on a per-project basis via competitive bidding or direct engagement with development financiers and government ministries. Distribution is direct: a sales-led motion targeting tenders from multilateral banks (IDB, World Bank, UNASUR) and national/provincial/municipal governments. Select private-sector and academic partnerships (INECO, Gensler, HR&A, Torcuato Di Tella University, CONAE) extend delivery capacity on integrated mandates such as the Paseo del Bajo in Buenos Aires and urban corridor projects in Haiti.

Name

Ac&A

Legal name

AC&A S.A.

Website

https://acyaglobal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AC&A S.A. is a Buenos Aires-headquartered, privately-held infrastructure consulting firm founded in 1999 that delivers engineering, transportation planning, and project management services to government agencies and multilateral development banks across Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond, with 400+ projects in 40 countries and five offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Consulting Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Infrastructure consulting
• Transportation engineering
• Construction supervision
• Infrastructure planning
• Engineering design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Architecture Consulting Services: Professional consulting services providing engineering design, transportation planning, construction supervision, and infrastructure management. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts with government agencies, multilateral development banks, and private sector clients. Projects range from feasibility studies and conceptual design to detailed engineering and construction oversight.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AC&A is a multidisciplinary infrastructure consulting firm providing engineering design, transportation planning, construction supervision, and infrastructure management services to government agencies, multilateral development banks, and private sector clients across Latin America and the Caribbean. The firm supplements its consulting practice with proprietary technology products including the Intelligent Pavement Vision (IPV) AI-powered pavement evaluation software, the ON STREET mobile field-survey application, and the Works Dashboard online project monitoring platform.

Product overview

AC&A offers a portfolio of infrastructure consulting services across engineering, architecture, transportation, and planning. Their technology products include the Intelligent Pavement Vision (IPV) AI-powered pavement evaluation software, the ON STREET mobile field surveying application, and the Works Dashboard online monitoring system. These software tools complement their core consulting offerings in transportation engineering, infrastructure design, construction management, and asset management across sectors including railways, highways, BRT systems, and airports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering and Architecture Consulting Services Multidisciplinary professional consulting services covering feasibility studies, conceptual and detailed engineering design, transportation planning, architectural design, construction supervision, and project management across railways, highways, BRT systems, airports, ports, and urban infrastructure.
• Intelligent Pavement Vision (IPV) Software system that uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to evaluate integrated pavement condition, geometry, and structure from video recordings, for use by infrastructure engineers and road asset managers.
• ON STREET Mobile Application Mobile application enabling field surveyors to record events and situations through electronic tablets connected to a central server via mobile phone modem, for field data collection during infrastructure surveys.
• Works Dashboard Online information system for control and monitoring of infrastructure works, providing customers with updated project progress data, indicators, and communications throughout project implementation.
• Advanced Road Inventory System Integrated technology system combining high-definition video camera circuits, high-precision differential GPS systems, analysis software, and data registration/interpretation capabilities for comprehensive road network assessment.
• Social and Environmental Services Comprehensive provision of social and environmental studies and plans within infrastructure projects, including environmental and social impact assessment for infrastructure developments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400 projects completed in 40 countries since 1999
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Torcuato Di Tella UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Groundbreaking agreement signed for collaboration in public policy issues through research, teaching, and dissemination.
• INECO (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Joint supervision of works in Section B of the trench tunnel in the Paseo del Bajo connection corridor in Buenos Aires City (2017-2020).
• UNASUR (Union of South American Nations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016UNASUR hired AC&A to design an action plan intended to facilitate railway integration in the region and to expand and improve the participation of the multimodal freight transport system.
• Gensler (USA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Collaboration on urbanistic project in three communities in Haiti's North Corridor, with AC&A providing transportation planning expertise alongside Gensler's architectural services.
• HR&A (USA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Collaboration on urbanistic project in three communities in Haiti's North Corridor, with AC&A providing economic planning expertise alongside HR&A's economic advisory services.
• National Commission of Space Activities (CONAE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Collaboration on projects and works supervision related to the development of the Manuel Belgrano Space Center in Buenos Aires.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: UK-headquartered engineering and design consultancy with established Latin American transport and urban development engagements, often competing on the same multilateral-funded tenders as AC&A.
• Stantec: North American-based engineering, architecture and environmental consulting firm with growing LATAM presence in transport, urban infrastructure and environmental services overlapping with AC&A's offering.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy active in transportation, urban development and infrastructure advisory, frequently a counter-bidder to AC&A on IDB and World Bank infrastructure programs in the region.
• WSP Global: International engineering consultancy with a strong transportation and urban planning practice that regularly bids against AC&A on multilateral-funded infrastructure projects in Latin America.
• Egis: French-headquartered engineering and operations group with a sizable Latin American transport infrastructure practice that competes for multilateral-funded road, rail and urban mobility mandates similar to AC&A's.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm that competes with AC&A on IDB/World Bank-funded transport and urban development tenders across Latin America, offering a much broader multidisciplinary service portfolio.

Direct peers

• INECO: Spanish transport engineering consultancy and an existing AC&A partner (Paseo del Bajo), competing in railway, metro and highway supervision across LATAM with a comparable end-to-end project delivery model.
• IDOM: Spain-headquartered engineering and architecture consultancy with deep LATAM presence and a similar multidisciplinary (engineering, economics, architecture, planning) delivery model for transport and infrastructure projects.
• TYPSA: Spanish engineering group with significant operations in Latin America providing transport, railway, highway and urban infrastructure consulting — closely comparable to AC&A's service mix and client base.

Others

• CAF (Development Bank of Latin America): Multilateral lender that funds many of the same transport and urban infrastructure projects AC&A consults on (alongside IDB and World Bank); included as an ecosystem counterpart shaping AC&A's addressable pipeline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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