scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF INDONESIA'S NEW CAPITAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT USING SCENARIO ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Heru Akhmadi ◽  
Audra Rizki Himawan
Keyword(s):  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Capital City ◽  
National Budget ◽  
Concession Period ◽  
Funding Scheme ◽  
The Government

The plan to relocate the Indonesian capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan Province in 2024 requires a significant amount of 442 trillion Rupiah to construct various new capital infrastructure such as roads for transportation. This study aims to analyze the funding scheme for new capital road construction projects in Indonesia using two alternative financing, namely the National Budget and Public-Private Partnership (PPP). This study used quantitative methods with a scenario analysis approach to determine the best funding scheme based on regional economic growth and financial viability. This study did not consider the project management factors during the construction period and the quality factors of the roads built during the concession period. The results showed that road construction projects in the new capital city can be implemented using two financing schemes. The National Budget financing scheme will increase the percentage of the budget deficit to GDP in the first five years of development. The financing scheme through PPP can help the government overcome the budget deficit but requires the resilience of the government's budget during the project concession period.

scholarly journals Assessment of delay and cost-overrun in federal road construction project in Abuja

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1184
Author(s):  
Ashem Emmanuel Egila ◽  
Oluwaseun Abdulakeem Balogun ◽  
Saheed Olanrewaji Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
The Government

Poor road infrastructure in Nigeria is a significant challenge, just like poverty, insecurity, and unemployment. The construction of road in the country is characterized by numerous challenges throughout the project life cycle. Some of these challenges are project delay and cost overrun, corruption and fraud, faulty contractual process among others. Objectives of this study are to identify factors influencing delays and cost overruns in road construction project, to rank these factors base on their impacts and importance, and to suggest conservative ways to address the future challenges that can result from delays and cost overruns of future road construction projects. The research instruments include in-depth literature review, fieldwork, questionnaire administration, and interview. Inferential statistics such as Relative importance index (RII) and Mean Value techniques were used to analyze collected data. The result of the study identified factors influencing delays and cost overruns in road construction projects as; man related, money-related, machine-related, material related, environmental-related, and method related factors. Analysis using RII and MV ranked man and money related as the highest factors for delay and cost overrun respectively. Hence, the research recommends that the Government should create an enabling environment, making suitable policy for the construction company to operate.

Compliance mediating role within road construction regulatory framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Mwelu ◽  
Peter R. Davis ◽  
Yongjian Ke ◽  
Susan Watundu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Public Road ◽  
The Government

Purpose The propose of this study is to focus on the mediating role of compliance with procurement regulatory frameworks in implementing public road construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Structured questionnaires were developed in a three-step process including generating items, purifying measurement items and validating measurement items. Variables were anchored on a five-point Likert scale because it is an efficient unidimensional scale that ensures all items measure the same thing and widely applicable in construction research. Findings The findings show that compliance with a public procurement regulatory framework significantly mediates the relationship between familiarity with a public procurement regulatory framework, monitoring activities, sanction on staff and contractors’ resistance to non-compliance and public road construction project success. However, compliance with a public procurement regulatory framework does not mediate the relationship between the professionalism of staff and perceived inefficiency with public road construction projects’ success. Research limitations/implications Limited mediation studies and examples in the public road construction subsector affected this study to comprehensively investigate and compare study findings. Furthermore, the study adopted a cross-sectional research design that limits responses to one point in time. Finally, the study missed out other participants in different organizations and departments that could have had relevant information. Social implications The study contributes to public procurement and construction management research fields by uncovering this strong mediating role of compliance with a public procurement regulatory framework that collectively would help the government to implement public road construction projects successfully. Because no single factor can reliably attain objectives, blending these factors through a hybrid governance system would enable the government to achieve value for money, increase the quality and quantity of paved roads and save funds that can be channeled to other priority sectors for economic development. Originality/value Despite scholarly efforts to establish project success factors, studies have been limited to factors directly impacting the project success without considering a mediating effect among the factors that affect the success of these projects.

scholarly journals Weather Anomalies and Their Economic Consequences: Penury in Northeastern Hungary in the Late 1870s

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-212
Author(s):  
Éva Bodovics
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
National Level ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
River Regulation ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Spring Sowing

This study investigates an episode of penury in 1879–1880 in Borsod and Zemplén Counties which occurred as one of the negative consequences of a short-term weather change which was experienced across Europe in the late 1870s and early 1880s. From the mid-1870s on, due to the wetter and cooler weather, the annual crop yields repeatedly fell below the usual and expected averages in Hungary. After a catastrophic harvest in the autumn of 1879, when the quantity of harvested cereals was sufficient neither for reserves nor for spring sowing, the situation became severe. 1878 had also been a bad year for agriculture: the severe floods in the second half of 1878 not only had washed the crops from the fields but had also covered them with thick sludge that made it impossible to sow in autumn. Since the spring of 1879 was characterized by unfavorable conditions for agriculture (increased rainfall, widespread floods, low average spring temperatures), the local and national authorities continuously kept their eyes on the crops. Thanks to this preliminary attention, the administration was able to respond quickly and in an organized manner to the bad harvest in July and August and could avert catastrophe at national level. The leadership of the two counties responded more or less in the same way to the near-famine conditions. First, they asked the Treasury to suspend tax collection until the next harvest at least so that the farmers who were facing financial difficulties would not have to go into debt. Second, they appealed to the government for financial and crop relief to save the unemployed population from starvation. For those who were able to work, they asked for the approval of public works and major construction projects from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works. For many, such state-funded road construction or river regulation projects were the only way to make a living. Third, the county administrations also gave seeds for spring sowing to the farmers. While Borsod county survived the years of bad harvests without dire problems due to the higher proportion of better quality fields, in the more mountainous region of Zemplén, most landowners had smaller and lower quality lands, and they often chose to emigrate to avoid starvation. These difficult conditions may have provided the initial impetus for mass emigration to Western Europe and America.

Encouraging Competition in Indonesia's Tourism Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megawati Yuliana Putri
Keyword(s):  
Current Account ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Budget Deficit ◽  
Current Account Deficit ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
National Budget ◽  
The Government ◽  
Domestic Airline ◽  
Ticket Prices

Currently and in the future, Indonesia is still very dependent on tourism to cover the current account deficit and the national budget deficit. In fact, because the government and tourism industry players have to overcome various obstacles, it is difficult to achieve the goal of visiting tourists to Indonesia every year. Therefore, this study aims to promote tourism by increasing competitiveness. On the other hand, there are still uncoordinated relationships and sectoral egos between various ministries and local governments, which weaken competitiveness, such as lack of promotional activities, high domestic airline ticket prices, and limited number of tourist ports.The results of this study prove that the government has made a lot of efforts in developing tourism and determining 10 main destinations as tourism icons.

scholarly journals PENGARUH FAKTOR-FAKTOR KUALIFIKASI KONTRAKTOR TERHADAP KUALITAS PROYEK KONSTRUKSI JALAN DI KOTA BANDA ACEH

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Zuhri Zuhri ◽  
Muhammad Isya ◽  
Hafnidar A.Rani
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Technical Factor ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
Banda Aceh

The number of contractor companies, especially in the field of roads every year continues to increase. Based on data obtained from LPJK website (Construction Services Development Agency) Province of Aceh Year 2016, shows that from 2,717 road contractors in Aceh Province, 1% of them are big qualification, 10% middle qualification and 89% small qualification. The problem is from the increasing number of road contractor companies in Aceh Province, it has not been followed by an increase in qualification and performance. These improvements can be seen from the quality of work, the timeliness of completion of implementation, and the efficiency of resource utilization of personnel, capital, and technology. This study aims to analyze the relationship and influence between contractor's qualification factors on the quality of road construction project, and to know the dominant factor in contractor company's qualification affecting the quality of road construction project in Banda Aceh City. This study used qualitative and quantitative methods through questionnaires, where the respondents were addressed to 90 road contractor companies. The contractor company has implemented projects from 2010-2016, with funding sources from APBA. The independent variables reviewed are contractor qualification factors consisting of legal factors, technical factors, and administrative factors, while the dependent variable is the quality of road construction projects. The results show that the legal, technical and administrative factors all have a very high relationship to the quality of road construction projects in Banda Aceh City. The contractor's qualifying factors all have a significant effect on the quality of road construction projects in Kota Banda Aceh of 91.6%. The dominant factor in the qualification of contractor companies affecting the quality of road construction projects in Banda Aceh is the technical factor. This suggests that when engineering factors are improved by contractors, the quality of road construction projects will increase.

Poor infrastructure will sustain north Mali separatism

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Road ◽  
The Government ◽  
News Outlet ◽  
Poor Infrastructure

Subject Country-wide road protests. Significance In late August, Malians in the southern cities of Kayes and Kati began holding protests to decry the substandard state of the country’s roads. Protests soon spread to the north as well, with protesters citing the difficulties in travel caused by endemic insecurity. The government has released funds for some road construction projects and promised new ones, but amid high costs of construction, the roads issue has become -- in the words of one local news outlet -- the “other woe” (alongside the security crisis) of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s second term. Impacts The southern protests indicate that the south is not as untouched by the country’s crisis as it seems. Even in 'stable' parts of the country, infrastructure shortfalls will keep making day-to-day life frustrating. The government will struggle to operationalise and fund new notional regions from the decentralisation plan.

scholarly journals Analisis Alternatif Perancangan Desain Dalam Pembangunan Jalan Di Atas Tanah Gambut

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1151
Author(s):  
Fendy Hartanto ◽  
Chaidir Anwar Makarim
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Capital City ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Soil Volume

The construction of a new capital city will be carried out in Kalimantan where there is a lot of land covered with peat soils. Peat soils might cause a lot of problems during construction projects, because peat soils usually have a weak shear strength and high permeability. In this case there will be a road construction with width of 12 meters and length of 20 meters on peat soils. To overcome this problem there are some solutions by using piles until it reached its needed bearing capacity or soil replacement will work as well, because not only its increasing its strength but it also prevent peat soils from catching fire since dry peat soils is quite flammable which happens in dry weather. From these methods there are advantages and disadvantages and will be analised which methods is better to be done for this road construction that is on peat soils. Calculations for piles will be done with program PLAXIS 2D to get the total displacements/settements to get the number of piles and dimensions, and for soil replacements will be counted by its soil volume that need to be replaced. The results will be reference to conclude which methods will be most suitable for this case.  Pembangunan ibu kota baru akan dilaksanakan di Kalimantan dimana disana terdapat banyak sekali tanah gambut. Tanah gambut bisa menjadi masalah ketika kita sedang melakukan pembangunan konstruksi karena tanah gambut biasanya memiliki kekuatan geser yang kecil dan permeabilitas yang tinggi. Pada kasus kali ini akan dibangun jalan selebar 12  meter dengan panjang 20 meter yang terdapat tanah gambut dibawahnya. Untuk mengatasi masalah tanah gambut ini bisa diterapkan beberapa metode yaitu dengan memancang di tanah gambut dengan tiang pancang hingga mencapai tanah keras yang berada dibawahnya, soil replacement juga bisa menjadi suatu solusi karena selain membuang tanah gambut itu sendiri yang dimana cukup berbahaya dikarenakan mudah terbakar ketika musim kering, tetapi juga meningkatkan kekuatan dari daya dukung tanah itu sendiri. Dari kedua metode tersebut memiliki kelebihan dan kekurangan masing-masing dan akan dianalisis metode apa yang lebih baik dan sesuai dalam membangun konstruksi jalan yang melintasi tanah gambut sepanjang 20 meter. Perhitungan tiang pancang menggunakan program PLAXIS 2D untuk membantu mendapatkan nilai total penurunan dan jumlah tiang dan ukuran yang dibutuhkan dan untuk metode soil replacement akan dihitung volume tanah yang akan dikeruk dan ditimbum Kembali. Hasil pengolahan data dari perhitungan akan menjadi acuan sebagai pembanding metode apa yang sesuai dalam kasus kali ini.

scholarly journals Equitable Claims and Future Considerations: Road Building and Colonization in Early Ontario, 1850–1890

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-188
Author(s):  
Derek Murray
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
The State ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
Commercial Agriculture ◽  
Democratic Culture ◽  
Waste Land ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada

In the 1850s, the government of Canada West initiated a project to colonize a vast “waste land” known as the Ottawa-Huron Tract. Resettlement was encouraged through the building of a network of colonization roads and the offer of free grant lots along the roads. In the backwoods, where topography defied the logic of the grid, the placement and maintenance of roads was crucial, not only for convenience, but for survival. Analysing the process whereby settlers and the state negotiated road construction projects, this article reveals an emerging local democratic culture in which frustration with bureaucracy often meant more to community formation than did social status, religion, or ethnicity. In a series of letters and petitions sent to the colonization roads administration from 1863 to 1888, residents of Brudenell, Ontario, articulated a vision of resettlement in which the state played a supporting rather than determining role. While much has been written about the failure of intensive commercial agriculture on the Precambrian Shield, settlers succeeded in building communities and, sometimes, in channelling government resources toward local initiatives.

The Use of Multimedia and its Impact on Bangladeshi EFL Learners at Tertiary Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Farzana Sharmin Pamela Islam
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

As 21st century is the era of modern technologies with different aspects, it offers us to make the best use of them. After tape recorder and overhead projector (OHP), multimedia has become an important part of language classroom facilities for its unique and effective application in delivering and learning lesson. Although in many parts of Bangladesh, a South Asian developing country, where English enjoys the status of a foreign language, the use of multimedia in teaching and learning is viewed as a matter of luxury. However, nowadays the usefulness and the necessity of it are well recognized by the academics as well as the government. The study aims to focus on the difference between a traditional classroom void of multimedia and multimedia equipped classrooms at university level by explaining how multimedia support the students with enhanced opportunity to interact with diverse texts that give them more in-depth comprehension of the subject. It also focuses on audio-visual advantage of multimedia on the students’ English language learning. The study has followed a qualitative method to get an in-depth understanding of the impact of using multimedia in an English language classroom at tertiary level. For this purpose, the data have been collected from two different sources. Firstly, from students’ written response to  an open ended question as to their comparative experience of learning  lessons with and without multimedia facilities; and secondly, through  observation of English language classes at a private university of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The discussion of the study is limited to  the use of multimedia in English language classroom using cartoons, images and music with a view to enhance students’ skills in academic writing, critical analysis of image and critical appreciation of music. For this purpose, cartoons in English language, images from Google and music from You Tube have got focused discussion in this paper.

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