ACE MOLE INTRODUCED TO INDONESIA ON A FULL-SCALE BASIS

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is a large city similar to Tokyo. D ue to recent rapid economic progress and the increase in the number of automobiles and other traffic, the city is experiencing chronic traff ic jams. Accordingly, it has become very difficult to carry out condui t construction work to install telecommunications facilities under the main roads in the city. In order to cope with this situation, non-cut -and-cover ACE MOLE technology (technology to install conduits without surface excavation) as developed by NTT was introduced to Indonesia. Currently, construction work applying ACE MOLE technology is being car ried out at many sites in the city. This paper reports the details beh ind the application of this technology.