Commission V of the Republic of Indonesia House of Representatives held a working visit to Manado and Sangihe Islands, North Sulawesi on April 30 - May 1, 2018. The group was led by Chairperson of Commission V of the Republic of Indonesia House of Representatives Fary Djemy Francis conducted a visit to the site of the Tumaluntung overpass construction accident at the Manado - Bitung toll road.

Tolls that are targeted to be completed by the end of 2018 must be constrained by the construction of the tumaluntung box overpass on 17 April 2018, the overpass located at Km 13 of the Manado - Bitung toll road (Sta. 13 + 575) is part of segment III of the toll road construction project Manado - Bitung for 7 km (st. 7 + 000 to Sta. 14 + 000) funded by the State Budget.

"The Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) and the Construction Safety Committee (K3) must be carried out properly, one of the most basic understandings in K3 is that if there is construction work above, no one can work under it. If there are victims, then the procedure K3 was not implemented well, "said the chairman of the House of Representatives Commission V on Monday (30/4).

Head of Manado National Road XV Implementation Center Riel Jemmy Mantik said, until now an investigation into the causes of the accident overpass box construction is still ongoing between the Police, the Construction Safety Committee (K3), PT. Wijaya Karya and PT. Yodha Karya.

The group of work visits continued to the Sangihe Islands to conduct an infrastructure and transportation review, the national road located in one of the islands of North Sulawesi has a length of 181km with a stability of approximately 90%.

In a letter from the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) regarding the follow-up of the accidental construction of the Tumaluntung box overpass at the Manado - Bitung toll road.

The results of the K3 evaluation of the Manado - Bitung toll road work package Sta. 11 + 700 - 14 + 000, instructed to suspend all activities using box overpass construction and similar work methods, carry out detailed investigations to examine the structures affected by the collapse.

K3 also instructs to improve the scaffolding system that will be used with safety factor 4 based on OSHA standards and repairs can be carried out after approval by K3 and carry out strict supervision when carrying out work and must be supervised by K3 construction experts and ensure the construction of SMK3.

K3 provides warnings and reprimands to Wijaya Karya as the main contractor for deviations from the assumptions and criteria for scaffolding calculations, causing collapse, Yodha Karya as a supervisory consultant who does not conduct proper supervision, including scaffolding materials used, warnings and reprimands are also given to BPJN XV Manado as service users who do not carry out proper supervision of the implementation of work that has a high potential risk of danger. (KompuBM)