because there is no project, tens of thousands of Indonesian contractors roll mats
JurnalUpdate . The number of national private contractors joined by the Association of Indonesian National Construction Executors (Gapensi) experienced sharp depreciation. Currently, the number of members is around 35 thousand, even though previously it was around 70 thousand to 80 thousand members. "The range is 35 thousand now, first it was in the range of 70-80 thousand. So it did drop dramatically," said Deputy General Chairman Bambang Rahmadi when contacted by detikFinance, Monday. Bambang explained, the decline in the number of members was due to the many government projects that went through the assignment scheme. Most of the projects are of great value so they are taken by State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). "BUMNs take on average large ports indeed, the portion of concrete, large stake, large equipment so that the involvement is not labor intensive," he said. Not only that, he said, the use of village funds also helped reduce the number of members. Because, vi...