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Geotechnical Engineering · Since 1980

Quality, safety and innovation.

With a team of qualified professionals meeting the most rigorous occupational health and safety requirements, Damasco Penna can serve every type of geotechnical, geoenvironmental and mineral exploration project.

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The company

Risk reduction backed by reliable data.

Damasco Penna is a 100% Brazilian company with more than 40 years in geological, geotechnical and geoenvironmental services for the construction, mining, energy and oil and gas industries, across the entire national territory.

We operate a modern equipment fleet with a multidisciplinary team ready to overcome complex challenges with quality and safety.

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What we do

Excellence from beginning to the end

We perform diverse geological and geotechnical services throughout the Brazilian territory.

Geotechnical Site Investigation

Open the borehole, measure strength and stiffness and collect the subsurface sample.

Piezocone CPTuSPT DrillingDMT DilatometerSeismic Dilatometer SDMTShelby SamplingDiamond Core DrillingRotary DrillingVane TestMénard Pressuremeter PMTDrilling and Sampling
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Piezocone CPTu

Environmental Site Investigation

Soil and groundwater suspected of contamination (contaminated land management).

Monitoring WellsDirect Push SamplingDual Tube SamplingContaminated Land (CLM)
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Direct Push Sampling

Mineral Exploration

Deep and inclined diamond drilling for exploration.

Inclined Diamond DrillingBorehole LoggingDeviation SurveysCore Orientation
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Diamond Core Drilling

Soil Laboratory

The sample becomes a design parameter: characterization and special tests.

Triaxial TestCharacterization TestsConsolidation TestDirect Shear and DSSProctor Compaction
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Triaxial Test

Geotechnical Instrumentation

Pore pressure, displacement and settlement over time.

PiezometersInclinometersSurface MonumentsSettlement Plates
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Piezometers

Geophysics

Dynamic stiffness and wave velocity in the ground, without excavation.

Crosshole TestDownhole TestMASW
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Crosshole Test

Design and Consultancy

From investigation to solution: foundations, retaining structures and slopes.

Foundation DesignAssessments and OpinionsWalls and Retaining StructuresSlope StabilizationEarthworks
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Foundation Design
Our working standard

What we deliver

ISO Certification

Integrated Management System

Our processes have been certified to ISO-9.001, ISO-14.001 and ISO-45.001 since 2013, ensuring standardization and reliability in every delivery.

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Operational sites

High demand

We are qualified to work in highly demanding areas, mining, industry and ports, with safe and standardized sites.

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QA / QC

Reliable data

Calibrated and controlled measuring equipment, with data traceability in the field and laboratory.

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Sustainability

Environmental commitment

Environmental management certified to ISO-14.001 and the One Tree program: one native Atlantic Forest seedling planted for every boring or test.

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Sectors served

Where we operate

Construction

Foundations, retaining structures and earthworks for buildings and urban infrastructure.

Mining

Tailings dams, waste rock piles and deep mineral exploration.

Energy

Transmission lines, wind farms and substations across the country.

Ports and Oil and Gas

Soft soils, nearshore testing and waterfront structures.