Installation Of Garuda Wingbar The IKN Presidential Office Will Be Completed Next Week

Maket Istana Negara and Kantor Presiden di IKN Nusantara. ANTARA/Aji Cakti

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Implementing Task Force for Infrastructure Development of the Capital Nusantara or IKN targets the installation of all Garuda wingers of the Presidential Office in Nusantara, East Kalimantan to be completed next week. "Yesterday, the most difficult Garuda wing was in the head. It was completed 3-4 days ago. Now we just have to finish the wing at the end, namely the left wing and right wing. Hopefully it can be finished. I think it will be finished next week," said the Head of the Archipelago Capital Infrastructure Development Task Force (IKN) Danis Hidayat Sumadilaga in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, July 5. The progress of the construction of the Presidential Office at IKN has now reached around 91-92 percent. He will review the construction of the IKN Presidential Office on Monday, July 8. The challenges in development at IKN, including the Presidential Office project and the installation of Garuda wingbars, are currently facing the weather. However, Danis remains optimistic that the installation of Garuda blades at the Presidential Office can be completed next week. "The problem is it's raining. So hopefully this can be finished next week," he said. For information, the last Garuda winger for the Presidential Palace in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) has been completed sent from the workshop of PT Siluet Nyoman Nuarta in NuArt Sculpture Park Bandung to the new nation's capital in Sepaku, Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. This latest shipment was marked by a joint thanksgiving with PosIND, which has partnered with PT Siluet Nyoman Nuarta in sending Garuda's winged sheath for the construction of the Presidential Palace and other supporting materials to IKN. President Director of PT Siluet Nyoman Nuarta, Nyoman Nuarta, explained that sending Garuda's wingbars was not a light job. He explained that the giant Garuda bird was designed with a wingspan of 177 meters and a height of 77 meters. The wingbar is made of yellow and anti-corrosion steel produced by PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk, which is very heavy and needs to be transported in the right way. The Garuda IKN statue was built with 4,661 sheaths, with one sheath weighing 0.3 tons. The Garuda IKN statue weighs a total of 1,398.3 tons.

Nyoman said that currently, most of the blades that have been installed by the Presidential Palace have formed Garuda's winger which is ready to meet Indonesia's 2045 Golden vision.