Be Proud! FTUI Wins Bridge Design Competition At Nanyang Technology University

The FTUI Henka team is designing the bridge at Choa Chu Kang North 6 and Woodlands Road. (photo: doc. between)

JAKARTA – Human Resources, especially Indonesian students, have again shown their achievements in the international arena. The Henka Team from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia (FTUI) won first place at the Bridge Design Competition at Nanyang Technology University (NTU), Singapore, after eliminating 94 teams that took part in the competition.

The NTU Bridge Design Competition is a bridge design competition based on a case study determined by the committee, followed by Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Egypt, and India.

"The case study faced by the FTUI Henka Team is to design a bridge at Choa Chu Kang North 6 and Woodlands Road," said the Head of the FTUI Henka Team, Peter Hartono Halim, in a statement quoted by Antara, Saturday, April 23.

Peter said this location has its own difficulties where the land contour of the area is not uniform and there are pedestrian paths and drainage that should not be damaged.

"In addition, another difficulty factor is the condition of the existence of buildings around the construction site, so it is necessary to consider construction methods that do not interfere with these buildings," said Peter.

They devised appropriate designs and methods to meet the construction challenges of the site. The bridge designed has a length of 224,775 meters with a Spiral-Circle-Spiral (SCS) curve with a radius of 95 meters.

Later, the bridge will consist of road connections, one beam bridge, and a single multi-span bridge. The two lanes of the bridge walkway will have a width of 3.5 m each and a width of 1.8 m on both sides for pedestrian paths.

The Henka team consisted of three students of the Civil Engineering Department class 2019, namely Peter Hartono Halim, Ruben Agustinus Chesin, and Antonio Novandy.

Meanwhile, the Dean of FTUI Prof. Dr. Heri Hermansyah said that this achievement proves that FTUI students are capable and able to compete at the international level. These three FTUI students bring pride to the nation and state, because they are able to compete in international arenas, on a par with other nations.

He hopes that the innovation and design of student bridges will be implemented in various development projects that are currently being intensively implemented by the government and private industry in various parts of the country.

"Technology and problem solving by the nation's children need full attention and support from all parties so that they can continue to be developed in order to provide benefits to the community, nation and state," said Herry.