VAZ DE MELLO CONSULTORIA EM AVALIAÇÕES E PERÍCIAS

We are a multidisciplinary company operating in Brazil and abroad, specializing in advisory and consulting services in the most diverse areas of engineering.

We serve business sectors, individuals, banks, financial institutions, pension funds, law firms, state courts and others.

We have been in the market for 32 years, recognized for our serenity, quality and efficiency.

Mission

Work with excellence to settle conflicts and satisfy our customers.

Vision

Consolidate itself as a benchmark company in the market, developing personnel with skills and knowledge to guide the projects of its customers in line with current legislation and standards, focusing on best practices and technologies.

Values

Technical: Trained employees with up-to-date knowledge.

Ethical: Conduct based on professionalism and good practices.

Respect: Maintaining good relationship with customers and suppliers.

Planning: Work focused on quality and meeting deadlines.

Investigations

A multidisciplinary team is responsible for conducting investigations in different areas across the country and abroad.

We have modern equipment, with state-of-the-art technology, to accurately meet the most varied demands.

Technical assistance in legal forensics investigation is wide, ranging from suggestions for the formulation of questions, monitoring of forensics, issuing of technical opinions to suggestions for clarification requests.

Claims and Arbitrations

Our multidisciplinary team is composed of professionals with accredited experience. It is responsible for preparing claims and acting in arbitration proceedings.

We prepare technical documents for the most diverse segments that may involve corporate litigation, engineering, construction and mining projects, as well as contracts for the provision of services and purchase and sale of equipment.

Claims

We analyze the feasibility of the claim from the initial diagnosis to the claim process.

We prepare a reasoned document, with the purpose of identifying the causes of a possible financial and economic imbalance, eliminating risk arguments with the proper technical justification, resulting in a request for contractual realignment and/or reimbursement of additional costs.

Arbitrations

The arbitration mechanism represents a quick solution to disputes involving available property rights, allowing the parties to have the conflict resolved by people with specialized knowledge.

The work steps involve:

• Technical risk analysis;
• Development and execution of a reasoned technical opinion;
• Monitoring and practice throughout the arbitration process.

Evaluations

The evaluation work serves several purposes, such as leasing, buying and selling, guarantee for financing, spin-off/consolidation of companies, reorganizations, bankruptcies, separation of couples, indemnities, feasibility study of projects, evaluation of brands and patents, fund trade, among others.

Vaz de Mello specializes in the evaluation of:

• Urban (residential and commercial) and rural properties;
• Industrial complexes;
• Malls;
• Hospitals;
• Schools;
• Hydroelectric plants.

Land Management

By strengthening the relationship between the company and the community, Vaz de Mello Consultoria offers the following services:

• Social-economic survey;
• Registration and document analysis;
• Topography;
• Georeferencing;
• Survey and valuation of real estate;
• Regularization of acquisitions;
• Monitoring at the work site;
• Technical support in negotiations.

Surveys

The main purpose of the survey is to reproduce the memory of the conservation conditions of a building, while envisaging its future.

Survey reports are also used to identify pathological manifestations, structural risks, as well as to ensure technical support in making decisions involving conflicts of interest.

Moreover, the survey assists in contracting renovations and in potential negotiations regarding insurance policies.

• Civil Engineer

• Business Administrator

• Environmental Engineer

• Architect

• Production Engineer

• Agricultural Engineer

• Geographer

• Accountant

Eduardo T. P. Vaz de Mello - CEO

Civil Engineer graduated in 1982 from Faculdade Kennedy;

Master’s student in Asset Valuation Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València – Spain;

Founder (in 1989) and Director of Vaz de Mello Consultoria, formed by a multidisciplinary technical team operating in Brazil and abroad providing services of valuation, investigation, arbitrations, management and inspection of works, analysis and preparation of claims, in addition to large land management projects. 

Has served as Federal and State of Minas Gerais Official Investigator since 1988;

Technical assistant in legal investigations and arbitrations, assisting the main law firms in Brazil;

Technical manager for the construction of buildings, dams and other large works;

Professor of the Legal Investigation Program at IBAPE-MG – 2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 and 2021; 

President of IBAPE-MG 2019/2020 and Chairman of the IBAPE-MG Advisory Board.

Antônio Cláudio Brum​​ - Evaluation Officer

Civil Engineer graduated in 1993 from the Federal University of Minas Gerais;

Graduate Degree in Environmental Engineering from UFMG;

Master’s student in Asset Valuation Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València – Spain;

Civil Engineer and Coordinator at Vaz de Mello Consultoria since 2003– Responsible for several evaluation works, coordinating the teams involved in different projects.

Eduardo Almeida Veneroso - Investigation Officer

Civil Engineer graduated in 1992 from the Federal University of Minas Gerais;

Graduate Degree in Financial Administration;

Graduate Degree in Construction Pathologies from Instituto IDD.

Civil Engineer at Vaz de Mello Consultoria since 1997 – Responsible for several survey and investigation works, coordinating the teams involved in different projects.

Efigênia Guariento Palhares Ferreira​ - Arbitrations and Claims Office

Production/Civil Engineer, graduated from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG);

Master Degree in Structures from CEFET-MG;

Graduate Degree in Valuation and Investigation Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG);

Technician in Industrial Chemistry by CEFET / MG.

Production/Civil Engineer at Vaz de Mello Consultoria since 2013– Responsible for several arbitrations, claims and investigation works, coordinating the teams involved in different projects.

Igor Almeida Fassarella - Technical and Commercial Office

Production/Civil Engineer, graduated from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG);

Graduate Degree in Valuation and Investigation from IEC PUC-MG (Institute of Continuing Education);

Certificate in Valuation Engineering from IBAPE at AAA level;

Master’s student in Asset Valuation Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València – Spain.

Production/civil engineer at Vaz de Mello Consultoria since 2011 – Responsible for several evaluation and land management works, coordinating the teams involved in different projects.