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Pimenta de Ávila Consultoria is a consulting company specialized in designing dams and earthworks for power generation, water supply projects and tailings disposal systems for mining and industry.

The company offers engineering and consulting services for the following areas:

• Hydraulic Structures
  The Company has extensive experience in the layout and planning of conceptual stages of projects. The historical extensive staff involvement in hydroelectric projects, water supply projects and tailings disposal systems for mining and industry, provides a solid base for conceptual project development.

• Tailings Disposal Systems
  

Company expertise covers planning and the engineering of tailings systems in a wide range of situations, from conceptual to detailed design. Based on the production plan of the mine, a long term plan can be developed considering the tailings, waste materials and water balance for the systems.

• Earth Dams, Embankments and Slopes
  For tailings disposal systems the company offers the following services:
  • Studies of tailings characterization and geotechnical behaviour;
  • Studies of alternative disposal processes;
  • Studies of tailings systems configurations;
  • Design of dams and associated structures;
  • Design of tailings desiccation;
  • Design of drained stacking of tailings;
  • Water balances studies and water recycling;
  • Emergency Response Plans;
  • Closure Plans.

• Dam Safety and Risk Management
  The company has the capability to provide all services related to the management of dam safety and waste dumps.

• Construction Supervision and Quality Control
  The technical staff has the capability to provide construction inspection and quality control of earth/rock works.

• Emergency Response Plans
  The recent accidents involving important tailings dams have demonstrated the need for an improvement on the organization of staff for emergency and pre-emergency actions. In addition, the current regulations require the preparation of emergency response plans. The preparation of such plans is based on risk analyses for identification of the pre-failure situations to ensure their mitigation.

• Closure Plans
  Closure plans for tailings systems are essential for the characterization of the design, construction and operational practices that shall govern the actions to provide long term stability and sustainability.

• Power Generation
  In the field of power generation the company provides consulting services for feasibility studies, tender and construction documents preparation. The layout planning, selection of dam type and civil structure’s design, are studies provided by the company.