Angular Tower Vs Tubular

Tower Cost/Implementation
Analysis
Engineering - June 2014

1. Cost Comparison
Initial Design ( 6.9 sqm ) 2 Carriers

Current unit price :

Angular Steel IDR 13.900 /kg
Tubular Steel IDR 15.900 /kg
Concrete IDR 3.250.000 / cubic
meter
Borepile dia. 40cm IDR
600.000 /meter

1. Cost Comparison (contd)

Upgraded Design ( 13.9 sqm ) 4
Carriers

Current unit price :

Angular Steel IDR 13.900 /kg
Tubular Steel IDR 15.900 /kg
Concrete IDR 3.250.000 / cubic
meter
Borepile dia. 40cm IDR
600.000 /meter

2. Fabrication Process
No

Analysis Item

1 Raw Material :
- Availability

- Cost

Tower 3L Tubular

Tower 3L Angular

- In Indonesia market, demand

- Most sizes and strength types
less than
relatively
angular therefore availability is
easy to find in Indonesian Market
limited or
need special order.
- Size is available in various range
- Size range is limited, only
make it
available for
easier to create optimized
certain dimension not efficient designs
for design
option.

Recommen
ded Tower
Type
Angular
Tower

- 10% - 15% higher than angular. - 10% - 15% lower per KG pricing.
2 Fabrication :
- Process

- Cost

- Manual assembly works

- Production time : longer
- Requires manual welding

- Semi automatic (using CNC

machine)
- Production time : shorter
- Less welding required

Angular
Tower

- Almost twice compare to angular

- Lower cost compare to angular

3 Final Product :
- Weight
- price per kg

4 Delivery/Transporta

- 5% to 7% more lighter compared - 5% to 7% more heavier

to
compared to
angular
tubular
- 15% more expensive per KG
- 15% cheaper per KG compared
compared to
to tubular
angular

Angular
Tower

3. Implementation Process
No Analysis Item

Tower 3L Tubular

Tower 3L Angular

1 Checking and
Sorting Materials

Less quantity of parts per tower Higher quantity of parts per tower
(more easier)
(consists of
many small parts)
2 Delivery
- Dimension material impact to
The dimension more compact for
trucking
packing
volume
requiring less physical space per
- Parts do not stack as neatly
tower
3 Material handling - Possibility of many materials
- Compact packaging/stacking can
are bent related to reckless
reduce
loading or unloading processes
damaged parts. Parts are easier to
- Bent flanges most common
replace as
issue, these
most parts are independent pieces
are hard to fix/replace once in
the field
4 Material Quality
- It need a special checks
- Minimal welding material, most
associated with
members are
the welding quality on the pipe.
mechanically connected by fasteners
- It is difficult to check the
(bolt and
thickness of
nut)
the pipe in the field against
- Member thickness can be easily
design
measure in
- Hard to ensure galvanization
the field.
- Galvanization can be visually
completeness especially
inspected and
internal to the
checked using thickness readers on
tower legs
all sides of
parts.
5 Upgrade capacity

- Upgrade volume is heavier

- Upgrade volume more efficient

Recommen
ded Tower
Type
Tubular
Tower
Angular
Tower
Angular
Tower

Angular
Tower

Angular

4. Summary and Conclusion

1. Over all Cost Analysis :

As table above, total cost for Angular Tower is cheaper compared

to Tubular Tower.

4. Summary and Conclusion

(contd)
2. Fabrication Analysis :
Angular Tower material Easy to find in local market.
Angular Tower Production Shorter timeline
Angular Tower Fabrication cost More economical
3. Implementation Analysis :
Angular Tower material packing more compact and relatively
easier to handle.
Angular Tower material quality easily to check and maintain.
Upgrade solution for Angular Tower Efficient volume and
relatively easy to implement.

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