Low-cost housing in Jakarta

One of the projects that Decorient, the Indonesian subsidiary of Interbeton, BAM's international operating company, is concentrating on at the moment is that of low-cost housing in Jakarta.

With grant aid from the Dutch government Decorient is building a precast concrete plant. This will produce the structural components for 46 tower blocks providing a total of 2,700 new homes. The Decorient casting facility is due to be commissioned in April 2004. Construction of the apartments will take eighteen months.