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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, infrastructure 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, safety and respect for the environment.

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What we do

Excellence from beginning to the end

We perform geotechnical, geological and geoenvironmental 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 SamplingMixed drillingVane TestMénard Pressuremeter PMTDrilling and Sampling
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Geotechnical Site Investigation

Environmental Site Investigation

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

Monitoring WellsDirect Push SamplingDual Tube SamplingContaminated Land (CLM)
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Environmental Site Investigation

Mineral Exploration

Deep diamond core drilling for mineral exploration.

Diamond Core DrillingBorehole LoggingDeviation SurveysCore Orientation
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Mineral Exploration

Soil Laboratory

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

Triaxial TestCharacterization TestsConsolidation TestDirect Shear and DSSProctor Compaction
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Soil Laboratory

Geotechnical Instrumentation

Pore pressure, displacement and settlement over time.

PiezometersInclinometersSurface MonumentsSettlement Plates
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Geotechnical Instrumentation

Geophysics

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

Crosshole TestDownhole TestMASW
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Geophysics

Design and Consultancy

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

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

What we deliver

ISO Certification

The same procedure on every site

Quality, environment, occupational health and safety run in a single management system, ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified since 2013 and audited every year by an external body.

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Operational sites

Ready for critical environments

We work in mining, industry and ports, with mobilization, site induction and camps within each client's health and safety standard.

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QA / QC

Reliable data

Controlled processes and equipment with traceable calibration certificates. Data is checked from the field to the final report.

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Sustainability

One tree per borehole

For every boring or test performed, we plant a native Atlantic Forest seedling. Planting keeps pace with field production.

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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.