PTPP Groundbreaking For The BSI Tower Project, Green Building, Which Becomes An Islamic Financial Icon In Jakarta

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir together with the President Director of PTPP, Novel Arsyad. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT PP (Persero) Tbk (PTPP) as one of the state-owned construction and investment companies conducted a groundbreaking or laying of the first stone for the BSI (Bank Syariah Indonesia) Tower project, Thursday 9 November.

The Grondbreaking was attended by the Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir and his staff, President Director of PT PP Novel Arsyad and his staff, President Director of BSI Hery Gunardi and his staff, President Director of Bank Mandiri Darmawan Junaidi, President Director of Danareksa Yadi Jaya Ruchandi, and several Directors of Bank Himbara.

BSI Tower has a strategic location not far from the National Monument (Monas). Moreover, the location of the BSI Tower is also adjacent to the Danareksa Tower, both of which are office buildings built by PTPP. Erick Thohir said that the Monas area is a green area which is also a business area and investment.

Danareksa Tower and BSI Tower will later become one of the new icons near the Monas area.

"The Monas area will become one of the city centers for Jakarta's economic growth in the future, we will start by building two twin buildings, namely Danareksa Tower and BSI Tower, which will later become financial centers," said Erick.

President Director of PTPP Novel Arsyad said that the project with an investment value of IDR 1.1 trillion was built with a Build Scheme, Operate & Transfer (BOT) between PT Bank Syariah Indonesia (Persero) Tbk and PT PP (Persero) Tbk which is a tangible manifestation of solid and sustainable SOE synergy.

BSI Tower carries the concept of a green building for Gold certification. BSI Tower will have 22 floors of office areas, 1 Ballroom, 1 basement floor, and 9 parking Podium floors. The building will also be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations, elevators with a 24-hour security, control control and control control system in public areas, as well as adequate bicycle, car and motorbike parking capacity to improve the safety and comfort of building users.

"Today together we will start a new history from Bank Syariah Indonesia with a groundbreaking procession as a starting sign of an extraordinary collaboration in the construction of BSI Tower. This project was built with 18 months of construction technology such as the use of a bore pile system with dry boring, and a design that uses Building Information Modelling (BIM)," said PT PP President Director Novel Arsyad.

Furthermore, in the implementation of the latest and environmentally friendly technology, BSI Tower will be equipped with solar panels on the rooftop, use of the Building Automation System as an energy-efficient device, and use the DGU Fasad glass design (Double Glass Unit) with an air cavity between the double glass that can reduce solar heat.

In order to realize a seamless integrated Financial Center Complex with the Ministry of SOEs, later this BSI Tower will be equipped with a connecting bridge connecting Danareksa Tower with BSI Tower.

Novel said that in the project work, PTPP is committed to sending the best team so that the construction of the BSI Tower can be completed with the best quality, on time, zero accidents and still paying attention to the surrounding environment.

"For us, the trust given to carry out the Development and development of the BSI Tower is a matter of pride, where PTPP will participate and contribute to the progress of the sharia economy in Indonesia. For this reason, we will certainly maintain and carry out this mandate as well as possible," explained Novel.

Finally, his party asks for blessings and support from all parties, especially from Bank Syariah Indonesia and stakeholders for the smooth construction of the BSI Tower project.

"Hopefully this synergy will be able to create blessings and provide benefits for the people of Indonesia," said Novel.