Supervision of Construction Expense Price Survey from BPS RI

Staff of the BPS-Statistics of Trade Sector Statistics of Indonesia, Faisal Arief, S.ST, visited and supervised the BPS in Boyolali Regency on Monday, October 21, 2019 for two days. The visit was to evaluate and monitor the quality of the implementation of the Construction Cost Price Survey for the third quarter as the basis for the preparation of the Construction Expense Index (IKK).

Construction Expense Index (IKK) is a price index that illustrates the costly construction level of a district / city compared to the reference city, the city of Semarang. IKK data obtained from the results of the Price Construction Expense Survey specifically for building / construction materials, heavy equipment rental, and construction service wages are carried out in all districts / cities in Indonesia. Data is calculated based on quarterly price data for July, October, January, and April each year. IKK is also one of the main components used for the calculation of the General Allocation Fund (DAU).

Field supervision is carried out with the Public Works Office and several building material stores. Meanwhile, data quality monitoring is carried out by returning each price of building / construction materials, compared to the standard unit. It is expected that with the supervision and evaluation this can improve the quality of the results of the Data Collection of Construction Expense Prices which in turn increases the accuracy of the Construction Expense Index (IKK).