FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Property Appraisal, Revenues and Rights is an activity defined as “technical analysis to identify values, costs or economic viability indicators, for a given objective, purpose and date, considering certain assumptions, reservations and limiting conditions” (ABNT NBR 14653- 1).

Based on this foundation and supported by technical concepts and procedures prescribed by studies and standards produced by the most respected national and international technical entities, the team of Contacto Consultores Associados has an outstanding performance in the valuation of:

• Urban properties
• Rural properties
• Machines and equipment
• Real estate-based developments

Studies of market feasibility and risk of developments, analysis of real estate portfolios and wide-ranging studies involving analysis of market values and impacts are also part of the production range.

Based on the rich and diversified professional experience of its partners and associates, which already exceeds forty years of experience in the most important engineering segments, the area of engineering expertise - in the judicial, arbitration and precautionary spheres - has been developed with varied objects ranging from single properties to large construction contracts.

Verification and analysis of the state of conservation and functioning of buildings, their systems and subsystems aiming at the systemic monitoring of the behavior in use throughout their useful life.

Assistance to builders, developers and contractors of engineering work services in the delivery and receipt procedures with the purpose of verifying the fulfillment of contractual obligations and also providing corrections and adjustments for eventual construction anomalies and non-conformities.

Inspection with the purpose of perpetuating memory and identifying important features in buildings and improvements located in areas of influence of Civil Construction works.

With more than fifteen years of experience in arbitration proceedings, the partners of Contacto Consultores Associados have stood out in the Brazilian Arbitration scene as experts, technical assistants, technical witnesses or even preparing technical opinions in disputes involving, among other issues: analysis of causal link; extension of deadlines for the execution of works and services; budgets and economic and financial imbalance of contracts.

The performance of the Contacto Consultores Associados team in this alternative dispute resolution mechanism has a history of success in preventing litigations.

Contacto’s participation in Dispute Prevention and Resolution Committees has been successful in resolving differences that arise during the execution of contracts for the execution of Civil Construction works of various types and sizes.

Work in the area of Workplace Safety covers:

• Expert Assessments
• Consulting
• Environmental Risk Prevention Program (PPRA)
• Working Conditions and Environment Program in the Construction Industry (PCMAT)
• Preliminary Risk Analysis (APR)
• NR-12 Report - Machinery Risk Analysis
• AVCB - Fire Department Inspection Report

Backed by solid experience in the execution of civil construction works, the Contacto Consultores team provides support and consultancy for the formulation of claims, aimed at reestablishing the economic-financial balance of contracts, as well as independent analysis of the consistency of claims already formulated.