Abdur Rohim Boy Berawi

Improving toll road feasibility: Route development and cost estimation

Infrastructure is a significant element in an effort to improve nation’s competitiveness at the global scale. As a developing country, Indonesia currently attempts to improve the quality and expand the quantity of its infrastructure by initiating mega project infrastructure, e.g. Trans–Sumatera Toll Road. The project located in the western part of Indonesia, in Sumatera Island. It connects Lampung province to Aceh province for about 2,788 km. Although the project will substantially increase the economic activities of people, the amount of investment is relatively huge. It requires approximately 340 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Improving building performance using smart building concept: Benefit cost ratio comparison

24.29 billion only for the construction. Thus, route planning in the initial stage shall be comprehensively investigated to produce higher benefits over cost. The purpose of this research is to develop alternative route planning for Trans–Sumatera Toll Road by taking into account the southern part of Sumatera as the case study. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were to achieve project objectives through in-depth interview and financial analysis. This findings show that the southern part of Sumatera has potential contribution to the regional economic activities and national growth. The result also generates potential featured sectors for each province such as mining and quarrying, agriculture, fishery, and so on. Initial cost for the alternative route in the southern part of Sumatera is estimated about 120.85 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Modeling track access charge to enhance railway industry performance

8.95 billion.Infrastructure is a significant element in an effort to improve nation’s competitiveness at the global scale. As a developing country, Indonesia currently attempts to improve the quality and expand the quantity of its infrastructure by initiating mega project infrastructure, e.g. Trans–Sumatera Toll Road. The project located in the western part of Indonesia, in Sumatera Island. It connects Lampung province to Aceh province for about 2,788 km. Although the project will substantially increase the economic activities of people, the amount of investment is relatively huge. It requires approximately 340 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Delay Mitigation in the Malaysian Construction Industry

24.29 billion only for the construction. Thus, route planning in the initial stage shall be comprehensively investigated to produce higher benefits over cost. The purpose of this research is to develop alternative route planning for Trans–Sumatera Toll Road by taking into account the southern part of Sumatera as the case study. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were to ach...

Enhancing Value for Money of Mega Infrastructure Projects Development Using Value Engineering Method

Smart building concept is an implementation of technology developed in the construction industry throughout the world. However, the implementation of this concept is still below expectations due to various obstacles such as higher initial cost than a conventional concept and existing regulation siding with the lowest cost in the tender process. This research aims to develop intelligent building concept using value engineering approach to obtain added value regarding quality, efficiency, and innovation. The research combined quantitative and qualitative approach using questionnaire survey and value engineering method to achieve the research objectives. The research output will show additional functions regarding technology innovation that may increase the value of a building. This study shows that smart building concept requires higher initial cost, but produces lower operational and maintenance costs. Furthermore, it also confirms that benefit-cost ratio on the smart building was much higher than a conventional building, that is 1.99 to 0.88.Smart building concept is an implementation of technology developed in the construction industry throughout the world. However, the implementation of this concept is still below expectations due to various obstacles such as higher initial cost than a conventional concept and existing regulation siding with the lowest cost in the tender process. This research aims to develop intelligent building concept using value engineering approach to obtain added value regarding quality, efficiency, and innovation. The research combined quantitative and qualitative approach using questionnaire survey and value engineering method to achieve the research objectives. The research output will show additional functions regarding technology innovation that may increase the value of a building. This study shows that smart building concept requires higher initial cost, but produces lower operational and maintenance costs. Furthermore, it also confirms that benefit-cost ratio on the smart building was much higher than a conven...

Towards Self-sufficient Demand in 2030: Analysis of Life-cycle Cost for Indonesian Energy Infrastructure

Indonesia attempts to improve nation’s competitiveness by increasing the quality and the availability of railway network. However, the infrastructure improperly managed by the operator in terms of the technical issue. One of the reasons for this problem is an unbalanced value of infrastructure charge. In 2000’s track access charge and infrastructure maintenance and operation for Indonesia railways are equal and despite current formula of the infrastructure charge, issues of transparency and accountability still in question. This research aims to produce an alternative scheme of track access charge by considering marginal cost plus markup (MC+) approach. The research combines qualitative and quantitative method through an in-depth interview and financial analysis. The result will generate alternative formula of infrastructure charge in Indonesia’s railway industry. The simulation also conducted to estimate track access charge for the operator and to forecast government support in terms of subsidy. The resu...