About Us

CV. DATA PERSADA was founded in Surabaya, Indonesia in 1981. Since then, CV. Data Persada has constantly provided excellent geotechnical engineering services to the civil engineering society. Despite mainly focused in East Java, our high profile projects ranged from Sumatra, and all the way to Papua.

We have been serving as soil investigators in many prominent government and private infrastructure projects.  In April 2014, CV. Data Persada changed from a limited partnership to a limited company, PT. SARANA DATA PERSADA. This restructuration equips us to work on more prestigious projects. As such, recently we are dealing with several high-rise building projects which require innovative solution for foundations and deep basements.

PT Sarana Data Persada (formerly, CV Data Persada) was established in 1981 by 3 lecturers of the Department of Civil Engineering Petra Christian University, i.e. Sugie Prawono, Johanes Suwono, and Subianto Tjandrawibawa (†). During the late 70s, all the founders went to Bangkok, Thailand to acquire a master degree in Soil Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

CV Data Persada was started from a small soil mechanics laboratory located on the second floor of a blacksmith warehouse at Jalan Pandegiling 240, Surabaya. It specialized in soil investigation and geotechnical design.

The first big project handled by this company was Surabaya – Malang Toll Highway Project. This project was constructed by a Taiwanese contractor, Ret-Ser Engineering Agency (RSEA). During the early stage of the project, the soil tests were jointly carried out by a Taiwanese consultant, Moh & Associates (MAA) and CV Data Persada. Nevertheless, because of the quality of our works, the remaining stages were totally handled by us. In this project, we were also responsible for installing and monitoring of the geotechnical instruments, e.g. pneumatic piezometers and inclinometers.

The second big project was Surabaya Port Harbor Project in 1983. Surabaya Port Harbor is a wharf construction where the wharf is supported by around 550 octagonal piles of ϕ600 mm diameter. All piles were driven using piling barge with an air steam hammer of 15 tons. In this project, CV Data Persada helped a British consultant, Rendel, Palmer, & Tritton (RPT) in designing and supervising the project. This project was constructed by a Japanese contractor, Toa Harbor Works.

Due to the development of the company, CV Data Persada moved its office to a new building at Jalan Margorejo Indah D-507, Surabaya. In April 2014, CV Data Persada changed from a limited partnership to a limited company, PT Sarana Data Persada.

The company was founded by geotechnical engineers who were certified by Indonesian Society for Geotechnical Engineering – ISGE (Himpunan Ahli Teknik Tanah Indonesia - HATTI) and gained valuable experience in various projects in East Java, such as infrastructure project (port development, airports, roadworks and tollway projects); and also commercial and residential projects.

The main objective of the company is to provide a reliable soil data for foundation engineering purposes. However, the scope of the company is not limited to the geotechnical works only, related civil engineering works can be handled when the clients need it.

PT. Sarana Data Persada is one of the leading soil investigation and geotechnical companies. For over 35 years, we have delivered high quality services in soil investigation, geotechnical laboratory testing, and consultancy services to the construction and civil engineering industry.

We have been visited by prominent international geotechnical experts and gained valuable advice from them.

Since the beginning, it is our vision that we want to become the most reputable company in geotechnical consultancy and investigation trusted for its accuracy and reliability.

To ensure the precision of our laboratory testing equipment in Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN), we regularly calibrate our testing equipment in accredited calibration laboratory.

Our services range from soil investigation to geotechnical design. We extend our soil investigation report with appropriate engineering recommendation for the client’s consultant to follow.

Geotechnical engineering design comprises of deep foundation, retaining walls, basements walls, and slope stability.

• Our vision is to be a leader in providing specialist geotechnical and foundation engineering services in the building and construction industry.
• We have a mission to provide economical and sound geotechnical solutions to the industry and at the same time upholding quality and integrity in our business. In helping builders overcome the constraints imposed by nature, we ensure that all projects undertaken are professionally and efficiently executed.