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Road paving works under construction supervision in Champasak Province, Lao PDR
Vientiane Capital · Lao PDR

International standards.
Delivered on the ground.

Specity Solutions Consulting is a multidisciplinary firm providing advisory, engineering and project management services across the development and infrastructure spectrum — for multilateral programmes, bilateral donors, government institutions, international prime consultants, impact investors and private companies.

2019
Established in Vientiane Capital, consolidating a practice active since 2010
USD 300m+
Combined value of the programmes and investments our teams have supported
20+
Reference assignments for ADB, KfW, GIZ, EU, UNODC and Government of Lao PDR
17+1
Provinces and Vientiane Capital reached by our field and survey teams
Who we are

A multidisciplinary consulting firm, rooted in Lao PDR

Specity Solutions Consulting Co., Ltd. (SSC) is headquartered in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR, delivering international-standard advisory, engineering and project management services across the development and infrastructure spectrum.

While firmly rooted in Lao PDR, SSC positions itself as a regional consulting partner of choice — operating with globally aligned quality assurance systems, robust project governance, and management practices aligned with international consultancy standards.

That combination is deliberate. Development programmes succeed or fail on the quality of local delivery: on whether survey data is reliable, whether safeguards are genuinely implemented, whether a counterpart ministry is left able to operate what has been built. We provide the national capability that makes international designs work, and the management discipline that keeps them accountable.

Project signboard for the Second GMS Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project, naming Ramboll Danmark A/S in association with Specity Solutions Consulting Co., Ltd.
Second GMS Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project (TIIGP2-LAO-W01) — Nakasang and Don Det–Don Khone access improvements, Khong District, Champasak Province.
What we do

Eleven service lines, one integrated team

We are engaged as sole consultant, as the national partner within an international consortium, or directly by companies and investors — and in every case we carry the work from first analysis to final handover.

Project management & construction supervision

Full FIDIC-modality supervision, contract administration, quality assurance and handover for civil works and industrial investments.

Engineering design & infrastructure planning

Conceptual through detailed engineering design, climate-sensitive urban design, bills of quantities and cost estimates.

Feasibility studies & project design

Feasibility and options analysis integrating technical, financial, economic, environmental and institutional assessment — and project design built on it.

Due diligence

Acquisitions and mergers, investment project appraisal, company valuation and organisational assessment — plus full financier due-diligence packages.

Business development

Business planning, financing and market entry through to organisational restructuring and refinancing.

Management consulting & interim management

Strategy paired with hands-on execution — and experienced interim managers placed directly into the organisation when that is what the situation needs.

Environmental & social safeguards

ADB ESF and SPS packages, IEE, involuntary resettlement, indigenous peoples, gender action plans, poverty and social analysis.

Institutional strengthening & capacity development

Regulatory and legal drafting, corporate business planning, tariff and cost-recovery modelling, training programmes for ministries and utilities.

Surveys, baseline & market studies

Topographic, geotechnical and hydrological investigation to the accuracy detailed design requires — plus baseline, socio-economic impact and market studies.

ICT, communications & security systems

Nationwide system rollouts — design, site survey, tendering, installation supervision, commissioning, operator training and handover.

Expert sourcing & consortium support

International and national key and non-key experts, mobilised with the contracting, logistics and back-office support a prime consultant needs.

Why clients appoint us

The national partner international teams can build on

Prime consultants and financiers come to SSC because the hard part of a programme in Lao PDR is not the concept — it is mobilising qualified national experts, getting reliable field data, navigating ministries, and holding contractors to the standard the design assumed.

We have done that on road and riverbank works, on wastewater and solid waste systems, on a nationwide police communications rollout, and on an industrial plant commissioned from bare ground to 400 staff.

One accountable team

Design, survey, safeguards and supervision sit under a single project manager, so issues are resolved rather than handed between firms.

Donor-grade governance

Reporting, documentation and compliance built to ADB, KfW, GIZ and EU requirements from day one — not retrofitted at audit.

Depth across disciplines

Hydrologists, civil and environmental engineers, urban planners, GIS specialists, economists, safeguards and gender specialists in one roster.

Continuity after handover

Operation and maintenance manuals, operator training and institutional support, so assets keep working once the consultant leaves.

Trusted by

Clients, financiers and prime consultants

  • Asian Development Bank
  • United Nations
  • UNODC
  • Ramboll
  • NIRAS IP Consult
  • Hatfield Consultants
  • Hytera
  • CMEC
  • CAMC
  • Burapha Agro-Forestry
  • Mekong Timber Plantations
  • Lanxang Furniture for Nature

Engaged directly, in joint venture or through consortium arrangements. We have also delivered under programmes financed by KfW, GIZ, the European Union, FMO and Finnfund. Full list on the partners page.

Get in touch

Preparing a bid, mobilising a team, or planning an investment in Lao PDR?

Tell us what you are working on. We will tell you candidly whether we are the right partner, what we would bring, and who would lead it.