Volvo EC200D kickstarts 300-hectare housing complex construction in Indonesia
Category : VOLVO CE | Sub Category : Excavators Posted on 2020-04-08 21:41:08
Volvo´s EC200D, the fastest 20-ton excavator on the market, is preparing land for the construction of more than a thousand homes in a housing estate in Manado, Indonesia.
A growing middle class and rising levels of urbanization is fueling
rapid residential real estate growth in Indonesia, according to research
firm Oxford Business Group. Indonesian property developer PT Bumi
Mapanget Asri, is building a 300-hectare housing complex in Manado,
North Sulawesi, Indonesia, to meet the housing needs of over a thousand
families in the city. To help with this project, the developer is
relying on an EC200D crawler excavator to prepare the land for the first
phase of construction.
“With the challenging tropical conditions in Indonesia, we needed a
machine like the EC200D which could handle large workloads while
remaining weather-proof,” said Maik Pesot, director of PT Bumi Mapanget
Asri. “With high load-bearing buckets, a powerful Volvo engine and an
all-weather cab, our EC200D excavator helps us to perform rain or
shine.”
For the past six months, the company has deployed the EC200D to carry
out a wide range of tasks, including clearing debris, leveling the
ground and moving materials to and from the site. Working up to 16 hours
daily, the powerful excavator is helping PT Bumi Mapanget Asri stay on
track to meet its target of completing over a hundred houses annually.
“The EC200D has brought a slew of productivity improvements to our site.
Its low fuel consumption coupled with short cycle times and a large
bucket capacity has helped us to reduce the costs on-site,” Pesot said.
The EC200D features the powerful Volvo D5E Tier 3 engine that delivers
123 kW at 2,000 rpm. Coupled with compatible hydraulics, the EC200D is
designed to operate quickly and with short cycle times. It is configured
with a 5.7 m boom, 2.9 m arm and 0.8 m3 bucket, while maximum breakout force is 116 kN.
The EC200D launched into Indonesia in the first quarter of 2018. With
its flexibility to carry out a wide range of general construction tasks
and excellent performance, the machine is proving especially popular in
the country, with orders continuing to grow.
PT Bumi Mapanget Asri purchased the EC200D from a local dealer, Intraco
Penta Prima Servis (IPPS), one of Volvo’s two distribution partners in
Indonesia.
“One of our reasons for purchasing the EC200D is the excellent
aftermarket support IPPS offers. We have developed a close relationship
with the dealer and are confident that they will fully support us with
their expertise as we continue to use the machine for years to come,”
Pesot said.