Capping of an illegal Landfill at Ardristan in Co. Carlow
Client: Carlow County Council
Contract Term: Jun 2014 – Aug 2014
Contract Value: €0.6 million
Key Project Elements
- Shaping of waste body to design profile
- Placing of 150mm of round stone over shaped waste which acted as a gas layer
- Installation of 110mm gas pipe work
- Deploy & welding of lining layers 2mm lldpe liner, over the entire surface 21,000m2
- Placing of fine screen material 200mm over the liner
- Placing of 500mm of sub soil and 250mm of topsoil
- Reseeded the entire surface with agricultural grasses
- Placing of 3,300m3 of rock armour to the surface area which was sloped
- The rock armour was placed in order to stabilise the sloped areas identified
- Installed drainage layers to the perimeter of the capped area
