CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

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Project Background Since the hospitality sector increases, many company developers have

tried to develop their property in order to attract people to come to their hotel. One of the new companies in the hospitality industry in Solo is Konimex group. After considerable success in the pharmaceutical industry, the company is starting to develop its business in hospitality sectors, including a new hotel named Solo Hotel which has 27 floors and 2 basements at the corner of Faroka junction, Jajar, Solo. The planning and design of this building has aimed at giving a new alternative for domestic and international visitors who want to use lodging service in Solo. Solo Hotel by Konimex Group has a unique thing that is not as general as the other hotel in Solo, in addition this hotel is planned to be the tallest one in Solo city. The concept of this building will apply green building concept and this prestigious project will take the total time for 30 months, while the hotel operations can be done in 2015. The hotel will have 252 rooms and units supported by some lifestyle services such as a spa, fitness center, swimming pool up to the roof garden. I.2 The Objective of Project This new building has several purposes and benefits for the owner i.e. a. b. To fulfill the requirement of ballroom for international meetings. To fulfill the market demand which has environmentally friendly design but did not leave the sophistication impression on it. c. d. e. I.3 To build a new division in the hotel industry in their company. To increase the companys income To attract more tourist to visit Solo. Project Location The Solo Hotel building is located at Slamet Riyadi Street 562 - Solo, Central Java. Geographically Solo Hotel project has the following border line:

a. North: Marsudi Siwi Kindergarten b. South: Police Station Faroka c. West: Jajar Mosque d. East: Hyundai Car Showroom For the more obvious, the location can be seen on a map below:

Figure I.1. Project Map Location

I.4

Funding Source and Project Cost The Solo Hotel project has a budget Rp 200.000.000.000,00 that funded

by Konimex Group. A. Project 1. General Data Project General data project as follow: a. Project name b. Project location : Solo Hotel Project : Slamet Riyadi Street 562 - Solo, Central Java c. Building Function d. Total project cost e. Owner f. Design consultant g. Contractor : Lodging/Hospitality : Rp 200.000.000.000,00 : PT. Catur Putra Jati (by Konimex Group) : PT. Davy Sukamta Konsultan : PT. Caisson Dimensi

h. Construction management consultant : PT. Cipta Prima Sejahtera

i. Electrical consultant j. Landscape consultant k. Type of Contract l. Mechanical consultant m. Total activity duration 2. Technical Data Project

: PT. Duta Cermat Mandiri : PT. Duta Cermat Mandiri : build and design : Makesthi Enggal Engineering : 30 month

Solo Hotel Project consists of: a. Building size b. Number of floors c. Building Height : 12.156 m2 : 2 basements and 27 floors : 124 m

The structure construction of Solo Hotel Project consist of two parts, i.e. sub-structure and upper structure. a. Sub-structure Sub-structure is part of the building which is located on the lower ground floor. The structure includes bored pile foundation, pile cap, elevator pit. 1. Bored Pile Foundation Bored pile1 is another type of reinforced concrete pile, which is used to support high building producing heavy vertical loads. Bored pile is a cast-in-place concrete pile where the bored piles have to be cast on the construction site, while other concrete piles like Spun Pile and Reinforced Concrete Square Pile are precast concrete piles. Bored piling is cast by using bored piling machine which has specially designed drilling tools, buckets and grabs, its used to remove the soil and rock. Normally, it can be drilling into 50 meters depth of soil. The advantage of bored piling is because the drilling method produces little vibration and lower noise level. Bored piling is popular to be used in construction as a foundation especially for bridge work and tall building as well. Bored piling work has to be done by specialist bored piling contractor, normal piling contractor cant be

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done without experience and knowledge about bored piles, see in the Figure I.1.

Figure I.2. Procedure for bored pile foundation construction Source : http:// www.icac.org.hk/ 2. Pile cap Pile cap is a thick concrete mat that rests on concrete or timber piles that have been driven into soft or unstable ground to provide a suitable stable foundation. It usually forms part of the foundation of a building, typically a multi-story building, structure or support base for heavy equipment. The cast concrete pile cap distributes the load of the building into the piles2.

Figure I.3. Pile cap position Source : http://www.revitcity.com/ 3. Lift Pit There are times in the design of the building, no elevator system is above ground. In general, the elevator pit under the ground needs
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waterproof. But for this case are above the pit floor is occupied or so-called Lift pit. In its design, Lift pit require special specifications. On the general design of the lift, pit just below the ground, so it is often unnoticed reaction barrier. But the lift pit, the buffer should be able to support the weight of its own, even if falling counterweight.

Figure I.4. Pit lift installation Source : http://walkercontractinggroup.biz/ b. Upper Structure Upper structure is the part that is located above the ground floor, includes tie beams, columns, beams, floor plates, stairs, and roof structure. 1. Columns Columns are elements that carry only axial force - compression - or both axial force and bending (which is technically called a beam-column but practically, just a column). The design of a column must check the axial capacity of the element, and the buckling capacity3. 2. Beam A beam may be defined as an element in which one dimension is much greater than the other two and the applied loads are usually normal to the
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main axis of the element. Beams and columns are called line elements and are often represented by simple lines in structural modeling3. 3. Floor Slab Floor slab is part of a building located in a horizontal position held by beams and columns which is a media that serves as the room itself. 4. Roof Structure The roof structure is part of the building that restrain /spread the loads from the roof.

Column

Beam

Floor Slab

Figure I.5. Upper structure Source : http://communities.bentley.com/ B. Scope of Work In the Solo Hotel project there are many kind of the work such as: 1. Preparation Work 1. Cleaning Field 2. Measurement and installation Bouwplank 3. Fence installation project 4. Making the project's gates 5. Making guardhouse for security

6. Making material warehouse 7. Making of iron waste 8. Excavation 9. Water supply work 10. Electricity supply
11. Making office building

2. Structural Work a. Soil Work a) Soil excavation outside project location b) Foundation work c) Filling and cutting soil b. Concrete Work a) Sewage Treatment Plan (STP) work b) Pile cap work c) Tie beam work d) Pit lift work e) Floor slab work f) Stair work g) Column work h) Beam work 3. Architectural Work a. Pair and partition walls work b. Wall finishing work c. Door and window work d. Plafond work e. Floor work f. Railing work g. Sanitary work h. Roof work i. Painting work

The scope of the field works discussed in this report does not cover the entire project work. Observed during the practical work is only foundation work and it is started on March 20, 2013 until June 20, 2013 i.e. a. bored pile work b. loading test work c. sonic test work C. Data Collection Method

Data obtained in this report comes from some sources which are: a. Direct observation in the field. b. Interviews with the employees, field supervisor and builder. c. Data from construction management consultant and contractor. d. Some literatures as comparative material. e. Taking a picture from the project directly.