INCINERATOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS

STATUS: DELIVERY UNDERWAY

Ministry Partner: Ministry of Health and Social Development.

Project Numbers: 186, 187, 188

Project Start Date: November 2019

Projected Completion Date: June 2020

Duration: 7 months

Contractor: C.W. General Maintenance

Funding Source: BVI Government

BACKGROUND

The unprecedented volume of debris generated by the hurricanes put the incinerator at Pockwood Pond under immense pressure and highlighted the need for improved management of the island’s waste. The incinerator had been lacking a scrubber – a device that filters noxious fumes from the exhaust – prior to the hurricane, and with the increase in waste that was being processed in the weeks and months after, residents were feeling the effects of the contaminants in the air.

The old incinerator had been decommissioned since 2011 but was never dismantled and disposed of. As such, the RDA was tasked with dismantling the incinerator through this project, thereby creating space required for additional waste management solutions to be implemented in the Territory.

Incinerator Repairs and Improvements

EVALUATING VALUE FOR MONEY

One of the core roles of the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) is ensuring Value for Money (VfM) in the delivery of programmes and projects aimed toward recovery and development of the Virgin Islands.

Activity

The RDA is supporting the Ministry with improvements and development of the site in three areas:
1) To procure a team to install the new scrubber, which has been purchased by the Ministry.
2) To dismantle the old incinerator and clear the site to facilitate its redevelopment.
3) To provide the mechanical, electrical and plumbing designs necessary to install and operate a new incinerator, should the Ministry’s Waste Management Strategy conclude that a new incinerator is required.

RDA has conducted a series of cleanings to remove mould from the site to improve the working conditions for staff and public accessing services from the building.