Editing Paramarbo

{{Infobox company
| name = Paramarbo
| industry = Construction
| founded = 1 October 1990
| founder = [[Henk van Hetten]]
| era = [[Vriend Era]]
}}

'''Paramarbo''' is a Surinamese construction company founded by [[Henk van Hetten]] in [[Paramaribo]] on 1 October 1990. The company began with private housing projects that required pile foundations and later took contracts for small commercial buildings. Since 10 April 2026, the former Van Hetten family dump site has served as Paramarbo's construction yard.<ref name="henk-career"/>

== History ==

Van Hetten returned to Paramaribo in March 1990 after six years in [[Rotterdam]] and began arranging contracts for a construction company. [[Wijnand van Hetten]] and [[Ewald van Hetten]] lent him machinery from the Van Hetten family dump site while he prepared the business. Paramarbo was founded on 1 October 1990. Its first major project was a group of private houses in Paramaribo that required pile foundations.<ref name="henk-career"/>

Paramarbo later took contracts for small commercial buildings. The company developed a permanent workforce of 12 employees.<ref name="henk-career"/>

During its first years, Paramarbo relied partly on machinery borrowed from the family dump site. In 1996, it bought a used Sumitomo LS-118RH-5 crawler crane configured for pile driving. It was the first major machine owned outright by the company.<ref name="henk-career"/>

Before 2026, Paramarbo also obtained reusable building material from the dump site. On 10 April 2026, Wijnand transferred the property to Henk, who incorporated it into Paramarbo as its construction yard. The yard continues to accept household waste and construction debris. Paramarbo uses part of the property for its machinery and recovered building material.<ref name="henk-career"/>

== Equipment ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Model
! Acquired
! Notes
|-
| Sumitomo LS-118RH-5
| 1996
| Crawler crane configured for pile driving. It was the first major machine owned outright by Paramarbo.<ref name="henk-career"/>
|-
| Kobelco CKE800
| 2006
| Crawler crane acquired for the company's construction work.<ref name="henk-career"/>
|-
| Kobelco BM700HD-2
| 2012
| Crawler crane operated by [[Henk van Hetten]] on selected projects.<ref name="henk-career"/>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Henk van Hetten]]
* [[Van Hetten family]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="henk-career">"[[Henk van Hetten#Career|Career]]". ''Henk van Hetten''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Van Hetten family]]
[[Category:Vriend Era]]