47 they have to increase construction costs beyond their usual budget, as the
contractors usually did not allocate a budget for it in the tender. The other arguments were that by building green new investments are needed to get the
equipments which are not noisy and so on, and the need also to adjust to the new method as the material used in green construction is also not common, thus it
might affect cash flow in a project and the company’s income. Some, however, believed that green construction is not expensive because
green principles can easily be applied by everyone in the project. Green building is necessary to maintain the natural balance and has many benefits. In Indonesia,
plants are cheap and the soil is fertile, thus creating and maintaining greenery is not that difficult. Green construction is cost effective and can even make a
company more efficient after everyone in the organization become familiar with the concept and change their old habits. Another argument was that green
construction can even actually reduce costs as it minimizes waste and uses recycled product.
One respondent said that although green construction might be quite expensive at the beginning, the costs will go down eventually because every
material and equipment can be reused, while the others said that the cost of green construction depends on the method and situation in the field.
4.4.2 Existence of Standard Operating Procedure in the Company to
Promote Green Construction
Respondents were asked whether their company has a standard operating procedure to promoting green construction. The respondents also gave mixed
responses in this matter. Some of the respondents said that their company had such procedure, such as always using recycle material etc., while some others did
not know about the procedure. The responses representing each of the companies are shown in the table below.
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Table 4.11 Existence of Standard Operating Procedure SOP in the Company to
Promote Green Construction
Company Response
Wijaya Karya The majority of the respondents said that their company had such
procedure, such as always using recycle material, work methods which does not produce waste above the tolerable units whenever
possible. One of them said that for environmental project the company even had environmental standard operating procedure.
Pembangunan Perumahan
The majority of the staffs said that their company had such a procedure. Every worker had to clean the places they worked at
before leaving. The company also used generator of the silent type. Moreover, the company had green construction target
implementation guidance and monthly assessment regarding this issue.
Hutama Karya Two of the respondents they said that such procedure existed in
their company, as it is included in the ISO 14000 program. The others, however, did not know about the procedure.
Waskita Karya Two of the staff said that their company had such a procedure. SOP
mostly suited to the condition of the project. The company also had periodic inspection of the environment. Other respondents,
however, did not know the existence of such procedure in the company.
Adi Karya Some of the respondents said their company had that kind of
standard operating procedure, as it is included in the K3 program. In practice the company maintained the cleanliness and beauty in
the vicinity of the project. Others, however, did not give answers.
The majority of the responds said that their company had such procedure. One of these companies even had environmental standard operating procedure for
environmental project. The procedures included practices such as always using recycle material work methods which does not produce waste above the tolerable
units whenever possible. Other procedure included asking every worker to clean up the places they worked at before leaving, using generator of the silent type,
putting green construction target implementation guidance, monthly assessment regarding this issue and periodic inspection of the environment.
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been included in the ISO 14000 the ISO 14000 is a series of international standards on environmental management. It provides a framework for the
development of an environmental management system and the supporting audit programmed. and the K3 program. In practice the company maintained the
cleanliness and beauty in the vicinity of the project. The SOP were also mostly suited to the condition of the project.
4.4.3 Knowledge about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
