What AIC Estudios y Proyectos does

AIC Estudios y Proyectos is a privately held professional consultancy founded in 2005 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with 11 employees and operations across Latin America. The firm advises infrastructure developers, government and public institutions, and private investors on transport and logistics projects, delivering studies and projects across the full lifecycle: strategy, planning, basic and preliminary engineering, feasibility analysis, implementation support, and ongoing management. Its stated mission is to "activate corporate investments" by producing independent studies that make transport infrastructure projects simultaneously attractive to private capital and aligned with positive macro-economic and social-environmental outcomes — described as "private-public synergy."

The firm's core IP consists of three proprietary methodological frameworks — Modelo MIEP, Modelo MCCL, and LIDS (Logistics and Infrastructure Development System) — used to structure feasibility work and project implementation. Underlying these models, AIC employs operational, engineering, and economic modeling, statistics, databases, balanced scorecard/dashboard tools, field measurements and studies, online and face-to-face surveys, and workshops. Discipline coverage spans coastal engineering, port engineering, railroad and road engineering, urban-port development, and multi-modal transport (rail, road, river, maritime, airport), along with environment, health, and safety. Recent public project activity includes the official launch and master plan approval of the Puerto Eten multipurpose port terminal in Peru and commentary on key success factors for the Argentine Hidrovía concession.

AIC operates a sales-led, project-based professional services model. Engagements are confidential, direct client relationships — primarily with private companies and public institutions — and pricing is quote-driven and tailored to scope rather than publicly disclosed. Go-to-market relies on a company website, an active LinkedIn presence, newsletter distribution, and earned media through project news. The firm maintains a network of Latin American Representatives and Associate Consultants to support cross-border engagements, but customer logos, revenue figures, and ownership structure are not disclosed in the public record.

Name

AIC Estudios y Proyectos

Legal name

AIC Estudios y Proyectos

Website

https://aiclatam.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AIC Estudios y Proyectos is a Buenos Aires-headquartered consultancy advising infrastructure developers, governments, and private investors on transport and logistics project feasibility and implementation across Latin America, using proprietary methodological frameworks (MIEP, MCCL, LIDS) and project-based professional services engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transport Infrastructure Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Due Diligence (BPAHAJAB), Product Lifecycle, NPI & Industrialization (Design-to-Operate) (BPAHAHAK), Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

Keywords

• Infrastructure consulting
• Transport engineering
• Feasibility studies
• Port engineering
• Project advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy services providing studies, projects, and advisory throughout the project lifecycle: strategy, planning, basic/preliminary engineering, feasibility studies, construction management support, investor search, and financing facilitation. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service engagements with private companies and public institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AIC Estudios y Proyectos is a professional consultancy firm that delivers independent advisory, studies, and engineering services for transport and logistics infrastructure projects across Latin America. The firm supports clients through the full project lifecycle—strategy, planning, basic and preliminary engineering, feasibility analysis, implementation, construction management support, and ongoing management—using its proprietary methodological models (MIEP, MCCL, LIDS). Services cover coastal engineering, port engineering, railroad and road engineering, urban-port development, and multi-modal transport, with the explicit goal of activating corporate investment in projects that are financially attractive and socially/environmentally positive.

Product overview

AIC Estudios y Proyectos is a professional consultancy firm offering infrastructure development and investment feasibility services for the transport sector. Their portfolio consists of proprietary methodological frameworks (Modelo MIEP, Modelo MCCL, and LIDS) that guide clients through strategy, planning, engineering, implementation, and management phases. These models are designed to make projects attractive to private investment while achieving positive macro-economic and social-environmental outcomes. The firm also provides newsletter services. Their approach combines strategic planning, operational and economic modeling, field studies, surveys, and workshops across disciplines including coastal engineering, port engineering, railroad and road engineering, and multi-modal transport systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Modelo MCCL: Methodological model developed by AIC for project evaluation and implementation.
• Modelo MIEP
• Modelo MCCL

Products and services

• Infrastructure Project Consultancy (Strategy, Planning, Engineering, Implementation, Management) End-to-end professional consultancy services for transport and logistics infrastructure projects, covering strategy, planning, basic and preliminary engineering, feasibility studies, implementation support, construction management, and ongoing management. Delivered to private infrastructure developers and government institutions in Latin America.
• Feasibility Studies and Economic-Financial Modeling Independent feasibility studies combining operational, engineering, and economic modeling with statistics, databases, and field studies to enable clients to make investment decisions and approve infrastructure projects.
• Strategic Planning and Business Model Development Strategic planning services including internal/competitive analysis, environmental scanning, project chronogram development, and business model design to help clients define strategic lines and reach implementation.
• Construction Management Support and Audits Technical implementation support including construction management, quality control of execution, and audits during the development phase of infrastructure projects.
• Investor Search and Financing Facilitation Support in the economic-financial phase of projects, including search for investors and private operators, facilitation of financing with multilateral credit organizations and private investors, and capital injection through mergers and acquisitions of companies.
• Engineering Services across Transport Disciplines Specialized engineering disciplines covering coastal engineering, port engineering, railroad and road engineering, urban-port development, and multi-modal transport (rail, road, river, maritime, airport), with environment, health and safety considerations.
• AI Industry Newsletters Newsletter service providing industry updates and company activity to subscribed contacts as part of AIC's ongoing client communication and thought leadership in transport infrastructure.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• TYPSA: Spanish engineering consultancy with deep experience in transport, ports and rail across Latin America. Closely comparable to AIC because both operate as independent engineering advisors on large infrastructure projects, providing feasibility, design and project management services.
• IDOM: Multidisciplinary engineering, architecture and consulting group with transport infrastructure and port experience. Comparable to AIC in offering end-to-end advisory from planning through to implementation for public and private infrastructure clients, though with substantially broader capacity and geographic reach.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: International engineering and consultancy firm with a recognised ports, maritime and coastal engineering practice. Highly comparable to AIC on ports and multi-modal transport engineering advisory, with similar service offerings (feasibility, design, project management) but from a European headquarters.
• Sener: Spanish engineering and technology consultancy with an active ports, transport and urban-development practice in Latin America. Directly comparable to AIC in offering independent engineering studies and project advisory for transport infrastructure, and a more established competitor for the same public-sector and concession clients.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with a sizeable Latin American transport and infrastructure advisory practice. Comparable to AIC because both serve public infrastructure developers and investors, but WSP is a broad incumbent offering many adjacent services beyond transport advisory.
• Técnicas Reunidas: Spanish engineering group with infrastructure, energy and EPC capabilities active across Latin America. Overlaps with AIC on infrastructure feasibility and project development but is a much larger, EPC-integrated incumbent rather than a pure independent advisory firm.
• Egis: International consultancy specialised in transport, urban development and infrastructure operations. Directly relevant peer to AIC because both provide independent advisory on transport infrastructure projects, though Egis operates as a broader global incumbent.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a dedicated mobility and infrastructure practice, including ports and coastal engineering. Overlaps with AIC in environmental, port and transport infrastructure advisory, but as a much larger incumbent serving multinational clients.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with a strong ports, maritime and transport advisory practice serving public-sector and concession clients worldwide. Overlaps with AIC in feasibility, project structuring and infrastructure advisory but operates as a broad incumbent rather than a Latin America transport boutique.
• Tractebel (ENGIE): Engineering and advisory firm with strong water, port and transport infrastructure practices, particularly in emerging markets. Comparable to AIC because both serve infrastructure developers and public clients on feasibility and project advisory, though Tractebel is part of a much larger energy and utilities group.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aic-estudios-y-proyectos

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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