01 / Context
Indonesia overview
For a building owner, earthquake resilience is a decision about people, continuity and the remaining life of an asset. An existing school, factory or office needs an assessment of its actual condition before a strengthening product can be specified. Retrofit can offer an alternative to demolition; its cost, disruption and embodied-carbon implications must be compared for the individual building.
02 / Public initiatives
Government direction and progress
In January 2025, the Ministry of Public Works and PuSGen discussed seismic risk mapping, evaluation of existing buildings and further development of retrofit methods. This documents a technical policy direction; it does not establish that every owner has a funded retrofit programme.
Ministry of Public Works · seismic mitigation priorities, January 2025 ↗03 / Adoption on the ground
What businesses and communities need
The business decision
Owners, engineering consultants and contractors are different decision-makers. A supplier needs to establish who commissions the assessment, accepts the design, procures the materials and carries installation responsibility. Laboratory or full-scale testing may be needed to demonstrate local suitability.
The people using the solution
Occupants experience the consequences of both damage and construction disruption. A workable proposal considers access, temporary relocation and continuity of schooling, healthcare or employment, alongside structural performance.
04 / Proteka’s assessment
Where solutions can make a difference
The practical opening is a defined building type and owner with an identifiable risk or maintenance decision. Combine assessment, numerical simulation and validation with an installation plan that a local contractor can deliver.
Questions a useful project should resolve
- Which assets need intervention first, and on what evidence?
- What local testing and engineering review will establish suitability?
- Can strengthening extend service life with acceptable disruption?
These are opportunities to investigate, not confirmed market demand. A field study should test the customer, operating conditions and commercial assumptions.
05 / Working together
How Proteka can contribute
Direct, hands-on experience
We bring experience in structural assessment, retrofit materials, validation testing and numerical simulation. We help frame the study and coordinate fieldwork; qualified project engineers retain responsibility for design and approval.
06 / Keep exploring