History of Road Flyover

Biography Tjokorda Raka Sukawati - History of Inventor Road Flyover

Ir. Tjokorda Raka Sukawati born in Ubud, Bali on May 3, 1931 is an Indonesian engineer who invented Sosrobahu or flyover construction, which facilitates the construction of flyovers without interrupting traffic flow during construction, Tjokorda earned an Engineering degree in Civil Engineering Bandung Institute of Technology in 1962 , and earned a doctorate from the University of Gajah Mada in 1996. He worked his way up in PT. Hutama work in the field of construction and infrastructure services, is a State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) under the Ministry of Public Works (PU). When working on a project with the elevated road between Cawang Tanjung Priok in Jakarta found that Sosrobahu technology.

Actually its findings have not been specifically tested in the laboratory when practiced. But he was confident his findings could work, as defined by existing scientific. Even before the invention practiced, he was a devout Hindu religion embraced it took time to pray at the top of the construction. He was fairly desperate at that time, saying that he was willing to withdraw from the director of PT. Hutama work to the minister of Public Works at the time, when the findings that it can not work. But it turns out that the findings Sosrobahu can work properly without any less a.

He said that the findings were 80% above the will of Almighty God. Even numbers pressure 78 kg / cm ² specified in the technology findings, the actual figure mysterious to him, out of nowhere at the time he set a number wangsit it, but managed to even the engineers United States who work on the overpass in Seattle so obedient to the provisions of 78 kg / cm ² it. Later, after it was revealed at a later built his own laboratory, the results obtained calculation of the provisions of 78.05 kg / cm ². Exactly the same as the earlier statutes wangsit numbers.

At the end of his career at PT. Hutama work, Tjokorda dragged to Corruption, Collusion Nepotism (KKN) that befell the construction company. Tjokorda have to deal with issues of commercial paper, foreign to an engineer like him. He had to deal with the court. The strongest case following the Asian financial crisis that made a lot of construction companies in trouble.

Tjokorda Raka Sukawati, who is also the founder of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Udayana, has retired from PT. Hutama work, but still work even produce a second version sosrobahu technology that is superior to a matter of practicality than previous versions. Now he lives in his hometown of Ubud, Bali with graduate level teaching in Civil Engineering University of Udayana.