Increasing Rate of Work Accidents, PUPR Admit Lack of Experts
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Girder pole on the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road collapse in Jakarta, Feb, 20, 2018. Tempo/Fakhri Hermansyah
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Public Works and Public Housing Ministry’s (PUPR) Structure and Construction Expert Team Priyo Susilo admitted shortage of experts in infrastructure projects. "We are having such an issue in the ministry because the government imposed moratorium of civil servants. We do not have enough experts," Priyo said inJakarta on Saturday (24/2).
The lack of experts is alleged to contribute to accidents in a number of recent infrastructure projects, one of which is the collapse of bekisting pier head in the project Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung-Melayu (Becakayu) Toll Road taking place on Tuesday (20/2).
In addition, massive construction volume seems to pose an impact. Priyo explained that state-owned companies (BUMN) in construction sector has not made sufficient preparations in terms of experts.
Priyo went on by saying continuous training is required to forge experts in the construction sector. He believes such a measure is of crucial importance in order to keep up with the rapid development of infrastructure construction.
