Material IKN Infrastructure Project 100 Percent Environmentally Friendly

IKN illustration (Photo: Doc. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The Directorate General of Construction Development of the Ministry of PUPR guarantees that the Nusantara Capital (IKN) infrastructure project will use 100 percent environmentally friendly materials.

"We are trying to be fully sustainable. Everything is sustainable," said Director General of Construction Development Rachman Arief Dienaputra in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, on Tuesday, June 20.

Rachman said, a number of efforts are being tried to ensure that they use environmentally friendly materials. One of them is by using precasts and free cement emissions. "The Minister also said don't just cut trees," he said.

He added that cutting trees at IKN should also not be carried out carelessly or should only be cut if used for the construction of roads or buildings.

Previously, the Directorate General of Housing of the Ministry of PUPR would soon build vertical housing or flats (rusun) for State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and defense and security officers (Hankam) in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan.

The Director General of Housing at the Ministry of PUPR, Iwan Suprijanto, said that the construction of ASN and Hankam flats would implement modular and volumetric preprinting technology. With modular preprinting technology, the time needed for construction completion can be faster.

The technology was previously used to build permanent housing (huntap) after the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java.

"We will use the hybrid system for the construction of ASN and Hankam Flats at IKN. (Now) it is still a tender and is expected to be contracted in early July 2023," said Iwan at a Hearing Meeting (RDP) at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 13.

The construction of 47 ASN flat towers for the government portion will cost a budget ceiling of up to Rp9.4 trillion in Multi Years Contract (MYC) 2023-2024.