Construction of Drehid Waste Management Facility in Co. Kildare

Client: Bord Na Mona

Contract Term:  August 2006 - Feb 2008

Contract Value:  €11.5 million

Key Project Elements

• Construction of 5,400m of paved road through a raised bog 

• Excavation of peat 175,000m³ & soft material 78,000m³ 

• Construction of haul road around the site 

• Drainage & diversion of deep drainage ditches 

• Construction of 5 lined cells 50,000m² 

• Batch & placing of 13,000m³ of BES 

• Installation of leachate management system & leachate pumping infrastructure 

• Construction of Groundwater Pumping Station 

• Installation of ducting for services c.4,800m 

• Erected fencing in order to secure the site 

• Construction of Administration Building & Accommodation facilities

• Installation of weighbridges & the weighbridge kiosk 

• Construction of ESB Substation, Surface Water Lagoons & Waste Water Treatment Plant

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