PROGRESS GROUP

New precast building withstands the millennium earthquake

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For PT Modernland, one of the leading property developers in Indonesia, it was important to make the topic of earthquake-proof construction a central aspect in the planning of its new precast concrete element premises and of its overall projects

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The Company insisted on an actual seismic test on a test building at a construction material-testing laboratory in Bandung. The aim of the test was to analyse the behaviour of the house under extremely high seismic activity

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The seismic magnitudes were simulated with the aid of a hydrolic system

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The test simulates three earthquake magnitudes

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The Pacific Ring of Fire is a volcanic belt, which rings the Pacific Ocean on three sides for a length of over 40,000 km. The friction of the tectonic plates makes this region a zone of frequent earthquakes, which in recent past have caused large numbers of buildings to collapse and this is a permanent threat for the people living in these regions. Indonesia with its population of more than 250 million inhabitants and millions of tourists, who come to visit each year, is one of the most severely affected countries in this region.

Therefore it was all the more important for the leading property...