COMPLETED CONTRACTS
MECHEM has been conducting commercial demining operations since 1991. MECHEM has successfully, safely and cost effectively cleared millions of square meters of land in the execution of the following contracts:
PROJECT NAME & COUNTRY |
CLIENT |
TASK |
FOCUS |
AREA CLEARED |
DURATION |
|
Empressa Desminagen Mozambique (EDM)
|
|
Mechanical (steel wheels)
|
96 000 m² (12 000 mines cleared)
|
3 months |
 |
Mozambique
MPVs
1991/92 |
Empressa
Desminagen
Mozambique
(EDM) |
Mine protected vehicles to EDM |
Mechanical |
4 000 mines cleared |
6 months |
 |
Mozambique
Murray & Roberts
1994 |
Murray & Roberts |
Road clearance |
Mechanical (rippers) |
133 km |
3 months |
 |
| Mozambique
Basil Read
1994 |
Basil Read |
Road and area clearance |
Mechanical (rippers) and MEDDS |
102 km |
3 months |
 |
| UNOMOZ
Mozambique
1995 |
United Nations |
Road and area clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical and Manual |
20 million m² |
6 months |
 |
| MOLISV
Mozambique
1995 |
Molisv - Italian NGO |
Road and area clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical and Manual |
800 000 m² |
2 months |
 |
| UNAVEM III Angola 1996/97 |
United Nations |
Road Clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
37,5 million m² |
6 months |
 |
| CAHORA BASSA Mozambique 1996 |
Consorzia Italia 2000 |
QA and verification |
Dogs and Mechanical |
52 million m² |
6 months |
 |
| Uganda 1996 |
Government of Uganda |
Clearance and training |
Mechanical |
1,12 million m² |
5 months |
 |
| Terra Limpa Mozambique 1997 |
Government of South Africa |
Area clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical, Manual and Dogs |
1,74 million m² |
6 months |
 |
| Swiss Aid Angola 1997 |
Government of Switzerland |
Road and area clearance |
Mechanical and manual |
160 000 m² |
3 months |
 |
| Maputo Corridor Mozambique 1997 |
SBB |
Level 2 Survey |
MEDDS, Mechanical and Manual |
1,7 million m² |
2 months |
 |
| Actel Mozambique 1997 |
Actel |
Area Clearance |
Mechanical, Manual & MDDTs |
25 000m² |
2 months |
 |
| UNOPS Croatia 1997 - 2000 |
Unops |
Verification with Dogs |
MDDTs |
1,3 millio nm² |
3 years |
 |
| MOZAL Mozambique 1998 |
MOZAL |
Area verification |
MDDTs |
9 million m² |
7 months |
 |
| Bosnia 1998 - 2001 |
SFOR, USAID |
Area clearance and verification Q&A |
Manual, Mechanical & MDDTs |
2 million m² |
3 years |
 |
| IRAQ Northern Iraq |
Unops |
Area reduction and QA |
MDDTs |
103 021 m² |
10 months |
 |
| RAILWAY LINE LIKA Croatia 1999 |
CROMAC,
World Bank |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3 and steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
668 725 m² |
4 months |
 |
| Iraq Phase I Northern Iraq 1999 |
Unops |
Area reduction and QA |
MDDTs |
1 106 534 m² |
10 months |
 |
AGRIC LAND Croatia
1999 - 2000 |
UNOPS,
CROMAC |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3 and steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
341 980 m² |
4 months |
 |
RAILWAY LINE SUNJA
Croatia
2000 |
CROMAC,
World Bank |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3 and Scanjack 3500), MDDTs and Manual |
541 454 m² |
8 months |
 |
ADOPT A MINEFIELD
Croatia
2000 |
CROMAC,
UNOPS |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3 and steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
72 344 m² |
3 months |
 |
IRAQ PHASE 2 Northern Iraq
2000 |
UNOPS |
Area reduction, Verification and QA |
MDDTs |
2 400 393 m² |
12 months |
 |
SENNA RAIL Mozanbique
2001 |
RONCO |
Vegetation Clearance |
Mechanical (Steel wheels,
Armoured bull-dozer) |
1 million m² (+) |
12 months |
 |
Xai-Xai
Mozambique 2001 |
IND |
Road verification |
MEDDS |
30 000 m² |
1 month |
 |
Basil Reid
Mozambique 2001 |
Basil Reid |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (Steel wheels) |
30 000 m² |
1 month |
 |
MASSINGIR
Mozambique 2001 |
Government of Japan |
Area clearance |
MEDDS, Steel wheels, Dogs and Manual |
500 000 m² (+) |
3 months |
 |
| IRAQ PHASE 3 Northern Iraq
2001 |
UNOPS |
Area reduction, Verification and QA |
Dogs |
4 885 625 m² |
12 months |
 |
HIGHWAY LIKA
Croatia
2001 |
ABC/ABCD
World Bank
CROMAC
(Sub-contr) |
Area clearance |
Mechanical |
249 238 m² |
4 months |
 |
MOZAL 1
Mozambique 2002 |
SNC Lavalin,
Murray & Roberts |
Area verification |
Mechanical (Steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
67 000 m² |
2 weeks |
 |
MOZAL 2
Mozambique 2002 |
SNC Lavalin,
Murray & Roberts |
Area verification |
Mechanical (Steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
127 000 m² |
4 weeks |
 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Kindu and Kisangani) 2002 |
MONUC |
Area clearance around airports |
Mechanical (Steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
180 000 m² |
2 months |
 |
OSTROVO
Croatia
2002 |
CROMAC
ITF (joint venture with DOK-ING) |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (Mini-flail, MV3) and Manual |
120 000 m² (764 mines cleared) |
1 month |
 |
| IRAQ PHASE 5 Northern Iraq
2002 |
UNOPS |
Area reduction, Verification and QA |
MDDTs and Manual |
1 880 395 m² |
12 months |
 |
GOSPIC
Croatia
2002 |
ITF
CROMAC
Scanjack (sub-contractor)
|
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3) |
108 288 m² |
2 months |
 |
Democratic Republic of Congo (La Forestiere and Manono)
2003 |
UNOPS |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (Mini flail, Steel wheels), MDDTs and Manual |
187 880 m² |
6 weeks |
 |
Croatia
2003 |
CROMAC
Arka Servis (sub-contractor) |
Area clearance |
Mechanical (MV3) |
16 288 m² |
5 days |
 |
| IRAQ PHASE 6 Northern Iraq
2003 |
UNOPS |
Area reduction, Verification and QA |
Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
1 800 000 m² |
12 months |
 |
National Roads Verification
Afghanistan
2003-2006 |
UNOPS |
Road clearance |
MEDDS |
1 800 km |
33 months |
 |
Rapid Deployment
Democratic Republic of Congo
2003-2004 |
UNOPS |
Area Clearance and Rapid Reaction |
Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
560 km and 634 000 m² |
9 months |
 |
| Angola (Soyo) 2003 |
Texaco |
Rapid Survey and Verification of Oil Wells |
Manual and MDDTs |
25 000 m² |
2 months |
 |
Ronco Afghanistan I
Afghanistan
2003 |
RONCO |
Supply EOD Specialists and CASSPIRS |
Mechanical (CASSPIRS with steel wheels) and EOD |
600 000 m² |
9 months |
 |
Route Clearance I
Eritrea
2003-2004 |
UNOPS |
Road Clearance |
Mechanical (MVMMDS), Manual and MDDTs |
2 500 km and 60 000 m² |
11 months |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003;
Contract No. ITF-045/03-GER |
International Trust Fund Slovenia - ITF |
Area Clearance |
Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
44 209 m² |
1 month |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003;
Contract No. ITF-043/03-GER |
International Trust Fund Slovenia - ITF |
Area Clearance |
Manual and MDDTs |
38 849 m² |
1 month |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003;
Contract No. ITF-054/03-GER |
International Trust Fund Slovenia - ITF |
Area Clearance |
Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
50 242 m² |
2 months |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003;
Contract No. ITF-062/03-GER |
International Trust Fund Slovenia - ITF |
Area Clearance |
Manual and MDDTs |
19 994 m² |
3 weeks |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004;
Contract No. ITF-07/04-USA |
International Trust Fund Slovenia - ITF |
Area Clearance, old Austro-Hungarian Railway/Tunnels |
Manual |
58 077 m² |
3 months |
 |
Maleoskop
South Africa
2004 |
SA Police Service |
Clearing of Training Area for Land Redistribution |
Manual and Dogs |
48,5 million sq meters |
12 months |
 |
Route Clearance II
Eritrea
2004-2005 |
UNOPS |
Road Clearance |
Mechanical (MVMMDS), Manual and MDDTs |
2 700 km and 75 000 m² |
12 months |
 |
Sudan MEDDS
Sudan
2004-2005 |
UNOPS |
Road Clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical (MVMMDS), Manual and MDDTs |
840 km and 220 000 m² |
16 months |
 |
Azerbaijan
2004-2005 |
RONCO/ANAAMA |
Training and advisory services |
Mechanical advisory service for implementation of a mechanical program, Bozena 4 |
N/A |
16 months |
 |
Integrated Demining Capacity I
Eritrea
2004-2005 |
UNOPS |
Integrated demining capacity |
Mechanical demining, MDDTs, Manual and Training |
2,1 million m² |
9 months |
 |
EOD Training
Somalia
2004 |
UNOPS |
EOD Training |
Training of Somali-land and Puntland Police Forces in EOD |
N/A |
5 months |
 |
Rapid Deployment
Democratic Republic of Congo
2004-2005 |
UNOPS |
Area Clearance and Rapid Reaction |
MEDDS, Mechanical, Manual and MDDTs |
230 km and 3,5 million m² |
12 months |
 |
RONCO Afghanistan II
Afghanistan
2004 |
RONCO |
Supply EOD Specialists and CASSPIRS |
Mechanical
(CASSPIRS with steel wheels) and EOD |
720 000 m² |
9 months |
 |
Route Clearance III
Eritrea
2005-2006 |
UNOPS |
Road Clearance |
Mechanical (MVMMDS), Manual and MDDTs |
3 100 km and 35 000 m² |
12 months |
 |
Sudan MEDDS II
Sudan
2005-2006 |
UNOPS |
Road Clearance |
MEDDS, Mechanical (MVMMDS), Manual and MDDTs |
1 050 km and 20 000 m² |
12 months |
 |
Integrated Demining Capacity II
Eritrea
2005-2006 |
UNOPS |
Integrated demining capacity |
Mechanical demining, MDDTs, Manual and Training |
4,6 million m² |
12 months |
 |
RONCO Afghanistan III
Afghanistan
2005 |
RONCO |
Supply EOD Specialists and CASSPIRS |
Mechanical (CASSPIRS with steel wheels) and EOD |
2,3 million m² |
9 months |
 |
RONCO Sudan
Sudan
2005-2006 |
Sub-contract to RONCO on UNOPS Contract |
Supply specialist personnel for Surveys, Training, MRE, EOD and Vegetation Clearance |
Survey, Vegetation Clearance, EOD, BAC, MRE and Training |
N/A |
12 months |
 |
| Mozambique 2006 |
Rio Doce |
Verification of railway line and geological inspection sites |
MEDDS, dogs and manual |
700 000 m² |
8 months |
 |
ESKOM Afrifoot
Angola
2006 |
ESKOM |
Victim Assistance |
Fitting of prosthetics |
N/A |
10 months |
 |
OMEGA Soyo I
Angola
2006 |
Omega Risk Solutions |
Project Management Services and supply of MDDTs |
Demining Management and supply of MDDTs |
1,2 million m² |
9 months |
 |
RONCO Afghanistan IV
Afghanistan
2006 |
RONCO |
Supply EOD Specialists and CASSPIRS |
Mechanical (CASSPIRS with steel wheels) and EOD |
1,8 million m² |
9 months |
 |
Kinmen Training Taiwan
2006 |
National Ministry of Defence |
Training and supervision of manual clearance |
Training Military Engineers in demining ad supervising manual demining on Kinmen Island |
120 000 m² |
3 months |
 |
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