Local contractor undertakes complex project at Haags Bosch

Sep 24, 2017 News

Ongoing works by S. Jagmohan at Haags Bosch.

A complex project at the Haags Bosch landfill, Eccles is underway to prevent dangerous chemicals from waste tainting the ground water.
The $74M project, being handled by S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services, is to be completed this year.
Haags Bosch is the country’s biggest landfill and was opened following the de-commissioning of the reeking Le Repentir in the city. It is located behind the Eccles housing scheme and industrial site.
Haags Bosch is supposed to introduce new systems in waste management to help reduce the long term impact on the environment. With the landfill located near housing schemes and waterways, the haste to ensure that standards are adhered to has taken even more significance.
The contractor, being supervised by engineers of the Ministry of Communities, is using special materials, including HDPE liners and geo-textile materials to prevent the waste from seeping into the ground and into the water below.
The construction of the leachate management, using a high level of engineering, is the first of its kind in Guyana, officials of the company disclosed last week.
Leachate is the liquid that drains or ‘leaches’ from a landfill. It varies widely in composition regarding the age of the landfill and the type of waste that it contains. It usually contains both dissolved and suspended material.
In fact, S. Jagmohan will be the first contractor to execute such a highly complex and large project along with the use of modern technology to install the lining material.
It involves the construction of at least four inter-connected pit-like areas, pumps and about 300 feet of leachate pipes. It will also see the construction of drains and access driveways.
When completed, the Haags Bosch operation will be capable of to safely collect, manage, treat the leachate effluent before it is allowed to be disposed in the environment.
Technical experts from internationally-certified HDPE welding company, Servicios de Ingeniería Geosintética SA – SIGSA, Panamá, have been retained to help with the project.
According to officials of S. Jagmohan, the design and technology adopted under the project can be used in other sector including mining and petroleum.
The project is entirely undertaken by the Government and is scheduled to be completed this year.
Haags Bosch was opened in 2011 with the management contract handed to BK International.
However, that contractor was fired by Government for allegedly failing to deliver. An out-of-court settlement for almost $1B with reached with BK.
Last year, Government hired Puran Bros. to manage the site for a year.
Tenders are being evaluated currently for the hiring of another contractor to manage the site.

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