JCB machines tackle devastation in Port-au-Prince
Small fleet of JCB machines playing a big role in paving the way for rebuilding on earthquake-hit Haiti
A SMALL fleet of JCB machines is playing a big role in paving the way for rebuilding in part of earthquake-devastated Caribbean island of Haiti.
Two JCB excavators and a JCB wheel loader have been bought by the international charity Oxfam and donated to the not-for-profit organization Disaster Waste Recovery (DWR), which is clearing damaged houses and recycling the resulting debris in one of the poorest areas of the island’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
The JCB JS220XD and JS145W excavators, and JCB 426ZX wheel loader, are working in partnership demolishing damaged properties and loading a crushing and screening plant. The resulting debris is then being recycled and reused in the reconstruction of buildings, roads and pavements.
The Oxfam order also included a JCB HM1560Q Hammermaster breaker and a JCB MP200U multi-processor attachment, for use on the JS220XD, and an HM860Q Hammermaster breaker for the JS145W. JCB also provided seven days’ on-site operator training in Haiti.
Oxfam’s logistic co-ordinator on the island, Hubert Ballaman, said: ‘The location where the JCB machines are working is in the town and often in between houses, and the decision on which houses are demolished is often down to local residents who request their plot to be cleared. This particular part of the project should see 162,000 tonnes of rubble cleared, allowing 16,200 people to be re-housed in 4,500 properties.’
The demolition and clear-up operation follows the earthquake on 12 January 2010, which measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale and killed around 230,000 people. More than a year on, 800,000 people are still living in camps.
Immediately after the earthquake, JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford donated two JCB 3CX backhoe loaders, worth $150,000, to help with the relief effort. They are currently working for not-for-profit organization Food for the Poor and have so far been deployed to help clear rubble, excavate sewage pits, dig out foundations, reconstruct walls and build schools and sanitation facilities.
A SMALL fleet of JCB machines is playing a big role in paving the way for rebuilding in part of earthquake-devastated Caribbean island of Haiti.
Two JCB excavators and a JCB wheel loader have been bought by the international charity Oxfam and donated to the not-for-profit organization Disaster Waste Recovery (DWR), which is clearing damaged houses and recycling the resulting debris in one of the poorest areas of the island’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
The JCB JS220XD and JS145W excavators, and JCB 426ZX wheel loader, are working in partnership demolishing damaged properties and loading a crushing and screening plant. The resulting debris is then being recycled and reused in the reconstruction of buildings, roads and pavements.
The Oxfam order also included a JCB HM1560Q Hammermaster breaker and a JCB MP200U multi-processor attachment, for use on the JS220XD, and an HM860Q Hammermaster breaker for the JS145W. JCB also provided seven days’ on-site operator training in Haiti.
Oxfam’s logistic co-ordinator on the island, Hubert Ballaman, said: ‘The location where the JCB machines are working is in the town and often in between houses, and the decision on which houses are demolished is often down to local residents who request their plot to be cleared. This particular part of the project should see 162,000 tonnes of rubble cleared, allowing 16,200 people to be re-housed in 4,500 properties.’
The demolition and clear-up operation follows the earthquake on 12 January 2010, which measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale and killed around 230,000 people. More than a year on, 800,000 people are still living in camps.
Immediately after the earthquake, JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford donated two JCB 3CX backhoe loaders, worth $150,000, to help with the relief effort. They are currently working for not-for-profit organization Food for the Poor and have so far been deployed to help clear rubble, excavate sewage pits, dig out foundations, reconstruct walls and build schools and sanitation facilities.
