Secretary General Of DPR: Archipelago Building Roof Waterproofing Budgeted At IDR 4.5 Billion

Secretary General of the DPR Indra Iskandar. BETWEEN PHOTOS/Akbar Nugroho Gumay/wsj.

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the House of Representatives Indra Iskandar said the allocation of painting (waterproofing) the roof of the Nusantara Building was Rp. 4.5 billion because many had been damaged.

"Actually, it's not painting, what's more appropriate is waterproofing. We've done this on the dom at the Nusantara Building last year in 2015," said Indra at the DPR building as reported by Antara, Tuesday, May 17.

Indra explained that the Nusantara building is a cultural heritage building that needs maintenance because many parts of it are swollen and peeling off.

In addition, according to him, many of the structures are cracked and many parts have mold, including the concrete structure.

Therefore, his party carried out waterproofing again in preparation for a state event on August 16, then on October 5-6 there was a P-20 meeting attended by 20 heads of parliament members of the G20 plus invitations from 20 heads of world parliaments.

He explained that the roof that needed waterproofing was 5,208 meters wide, all of which were concrete roofs using environmentally friendly materials and referring to the certificate of environmentally property coating.

According to him, there are several steps before waterproofing, such as stripping the layer with lots of bubbles and cracks in which the condition has leaked at several points.

"After that, repair the concrete roof by tracing the cracks on the surface of the concrete roof and thoroughly repairing the damaged parts," he said.

At the next stage waterproofing waterproofing. At this time, he continued, the Secretariat General of the DPR is in the stage of selecting a waterproofing service provider through a public auction as of May 17, carrying out document explanations.