Despiau Associates (DA) - Consulting Geotechnical Engineers and Despiau Associates Corp. were founded in 1986. Our primary purpose is to provide consulting engineering services in all phases of the geotechnical and related civil engineering fields while providing our clients with quality services that exceed their expectations to satisfy their project goals.

Since 1986, we have been setting the industry standard for performance and technical innovation in geotechnical engineering field. Since the beginning, we have been directly involved in the supervision, analysis, and design of foundation solutions for over 3,000 projects in Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra. Our experience in the Field of Geotechnical Engineering includes private and public projects dealing with roads; bridges; schools; parking facilities; residential, industrial, and multi-story buildings; and pharmaceutical plants, among others.

Overall, our personnel with 40+ years of experience in the Construction Industry have provided geotechnical consulting services, testing materials, and inspection services in over 6,500 projects in the public and private sector. Some of the industries we provide services to are pharmaceutical, commercial, waste management, manufacturing, and retail companies. Our clients also include state, federal, and municipal governments.

Mission
Despiau Associates Corp. is committed to deliver excellent and innovative professional and geotechnical engineering services to public and private clients by staying current with new technologies and codes of practice. Our staff provides value to each of our clients by being responsive, proactively working with the project team to solve problems.

Customer Satisfaction
We have built our reputation by performing the highest quality work and providing the most innovative solutions on the widest range of demanding and high profile projects.

Client-received value is the true measure of the worth of our services. We strive to provide the highest quality and level of work that our clients value like personalized attention, cost-effective solutions, and extensive client involvement in decision-making processes. We try to exceed customer expectations through continuous improvement in quality, service, productivity and punctuality.

Integrity
Operating with integrity is fundamental to DA’s philosophy. We are committed to conducting all aspects of our practice with integrity. This includes internal operations with employees, as well as external operations with our clients. To our employees, clients, and vendors, we strive to bestow honesty, reliability, and respect. Honesty and fairness are essentials to the way we do business. We do what we say we will do, and we will conduct ourselves in accordance with our code of ethics.

Insurance Capabilities
Despiau Associates Corp. is fully insured with worker’s compensation, auto insurance on all our vehicles, general liability insurance, and professional liability insurance, which satisfies all insurance requirements. Our insurance capabilities are as follows:

General Liability: $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 aggregate
Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit
Professional Liability: $1,000,000 Per Claim and Aggregate
Worker’s Compensation:

Our Employees
Despiau Associates Corp. values focuses first on its people. We understand that by tailoring growth paths to meet each person’s professional and lifestyle objectives, we develop a strong foundation for building solutions that will bring our company success.

We provide employees with tools, training and support to achieve excellence in customer satisfaction. We seek improvement and innovation in every element of our business. We strived to give my employees and co-workers a working environment focused on good ethics, integrity, health and safety.

Affirmative Action Statement
Despiau Associates Corp. is a small, service-oriented business. Our objective is to employ qualified, competent persons regardless of their age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, medical condition, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.


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