"The value of the contracts won by ADHI grew 17.8 percent compared with the same period last year," Corporate Secretary of the state owned company Ki Syahgolang Permata said here on Friday.
Syahgolang said among the new contracts include renovation of the Bung Karno Stadium of Jakarta valued at Rp699.7 billion and Apartment of Cinere Resort in Jakarta worth Rp317.2 billion.
He said construction projects dominated the new contracts accounting for 87.5 percent of the total value of the new contracts.
Around 43 percent of the contracts in value belong to a number of other state companies and 33.4 percent are owned by the government including regional administrations and the rest belonged to private companies.
Building construction accounted for 46 percent of the projects in value, roads and bridges account for 27.3 percent and quays and other infrastructure account for 26.7 percent.
Adhi Karya is the contractors of Jakartas Light Rail Transit (LRT). It is building the countrys first precast factory to produce the U-Shape Girder in Sentul, West Java to support the LRT project.
U-Shape Girder has a friendlier esthetic for urban architecture such as Jakarta as it could reduce voice pollution from LRT.
The LRT project, which was previously in limbo, has resurfaced, with the city administration submitting a proposal to the Transport Ministry regarding its plan to use a different standard of rolling stock from that previously envisaged.
Jakarta Development Planning Board (Bappeda) head Tuty Kusumawati has said that the administration planned to use a gauge with different specifications to those set by the ministry.
"We prefer to use international standard rolling stock. There are some differences in the specifications, including the estimation of manufacturing time," Tuty said.
The Jakarta LRT is a branch of a wider central government LRT project, and is intended to be integrated with the capitals other public transportation networks, including the Transjakarta bus and the under-construction Mass Rapid Transit (MRT).
Separately, Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) said that the administration would prioritize the construction of LRT routes that connect Asian Games venues, such as the Velodrome Sports complex in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, the Britama basketball court at Kelapa Gading Sports Mall in North Jakarta and the athletes village in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.
Ahok said that to accelerate the construction, the administration would allow city-owned developer PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro), which was appointed to develop the citys LRT, to work with other parties including private and foreign companies.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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