Final Capping Works at Ballydonagh Landfill Site in Co. Westmeath
Client: Westmeath County Council
Contract Term: Jul 2012 – Jan 2013
Contract Value: €0.5 million
Key Project Elements
- Shaping of waste body to design profile
- Removal of temporary cover & regrading infill of existing formation
- Dead rolling of the existing formation to form the profile of the final cap
- Installation of a gas collection layer, LLDPE layer, a sub surface drainage layer & a subsoil/topsoil layer 13,000m2
- Installation of water supplies to drip legs & outfalls from same
- Installation of gas & leachate extraction wells along with associated pipework & chambers
- Modifications to existing manifold system at the flare compound
- Construction of surface water swales around the perimeter & over the capped area
- Installation of subsurface drainage infrastructure
