Editing Henk van Hetten (section)

== Career ==

Van Hetten returned to Paramaribo in March 1990 with the intention of establishing his own construction company. He borrowed machinery from Wijnand and Ewald's dump site while arranging his first contracts. Wijnand and Ewald continued running the dump site separately and did not join the new company.

Van Hetten formally founded Paramarbo on 1 October 1990. Its first major project was a group of private houses in Paramaribo that required pile foundations. The company later began constructing small commercial buildings and developed a permanent workforce of 12 employees.

In 1996, Paramarbo purchased a used Sumitomo LS-118RH-5 crawler crane configured for pile-driving work. It was the first major machine owned outright by the company. Paramarbo acquired a Kobelco CKE800 crawler crane in 2006. The CKE800 became the crane most associated with Van Hetten's work.

In 2012, the company acquired a Kobelco BM700HD-2. Van Hetten still operates the BM700HD-2 on selected Paramarbo projects. [[Patrick van Hetten (UFO mechanic)]] has occasionally assisted him on construction jobs, particularly when machinery required field repairs.<ref name="patrick-construction"/>

Before 2026, Paramarbo obtained reusable building materials from Wijnand's dump site. Corrugated metal sheets and structural steel were retained when suitable for construction. Timber and concrete components were also recovered when they remained structurally usable. Van Hetten summarizes this practice with the phrase "afval is ook goud" ("trash is also gold").

On 10 April 2026, Wijnand retired from management of the dump site and transferred the property to Van Hetten.<ref name="wijnand-transfer"/> Van Hetten incorporated it into Paramarbo as the company's construction yard. The yard continues to accept household waste and construction debris and is used to store machinery, structural steel, timber and other recovered building materials.

Van Hetten's cousin, [[Rinaldo van Hetten]], remained at the property after the transfer. Rinaldo continues to operate the Hitachi WS100 wheel loader on selected days and carries out its maintenance and repairs himself.<ref name="rinaldo-career"/>