Presidential Secretariat Office Construction at IKN Reaches 40 Percent

Nusantara Capital City prototype, East Kalimantan (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The construction project for the Presidential Secretariat (Setpres) office in the Archipelago Capital (IKN) has only reached 40 percent as of Sunday 19 November. It is claimed that the continuous rain has become an obstacle to the process of distributing ready mix concrete for the construction of the office.

Infrastructure projects at IKN continue to be accelerated towards the end of 2023, including the Presidential Secretariat office construction project. PT Waskita Karya carried out this project using ready mix concrete supplies from PT Waskita Beton Precast, with a project value of IDR 500 billion.

Batching Plant Manager of IKN Sepaku PT Waskita Beton Precast, Rusdiansyah, explained that their contract includes the supply of ready mix concrete not only for the Presidential Secretariat office, but also for other supporting buildings such as workers' mess, parking buildings and electrical substations.

"Waskita Beton Precast supplies full ready mix concrete for this press project with a contract value of IDR 500 billion. "This is only for ready mix concrete, while the entire project is handled by Waskita parent," said Rudiansyah.

“Progress is currently around 40 percent. "The obstacles are like in other places, rain and weather like this have more or less hampered work," he added.

To achieve the completion target in June 2024, his party has deployed at least 100 workers at the IKN Sepaku batching plant. This step was taken to speed up concrete production and ensure the project goes according to plan.

"The number of workers at the batching plant is around 100 people, with 30 percent of them being local workers," he concluded.