Reclamation project

JAKARTA (JP): Belgian-based Dredging International has won the contract for reclamation of a 55-hectare area at Ancol Barat in North Jakarta.

The area to be reclaimed is located west of the port at Tanjung Priok and is allotted for residential and industrial development.

The project will be jointly undertaken by Dredging International and two local contractors, PT Jaya Konstruksi and PT Sac Nusantara. The project's client is PT Pembangunan Jaya.

Dredging operations will begin later this year after preliminary works, including the construction of breakwaters and dikes by the local contractors.

Some two cubic meters of sand will be pumped ashore for the reclamation.

Drainage systems will be established by the local contractors after dredging operations are completed, according to Dredging International. (sur)