Partitions of Gypsum is Safer When the Earthquake

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Nonstructural materials in fact should not be ignored. Because, when the earthquake occurred, this material is more used to drop and can happen to the occupants of the House.

"If the material is nonstruktur ignored could lead to fatal incidents or accidents in the building," said Vivi Satria Wibawa, VAP and Strategy Manager of PT Petrojaya BORAL Plasterboard told Kompas.com, in Jakarta, Thursday (11/4/2012).

When the quake struck, he said, is precisely the nonstructural materials such as ceiling or baffle will fall first. This factor, being one of the causes of increasing casualties.

Muhammad Ferdi, Junior PM PT-Metal Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard said it tried to offer solutions through product named Jayaboard Seismic Ceiling System is resistant to earthquake shaking.

"Our starting point when The earthquake events in 2009. As a company that cares about security issues, as well as part of the solution that we can minimize the risk of earthquake shocks, "he said.

With no partitions or partitions of gypsum, he says, can minimize the risk of harm incurred building materials when the earthquake took place. In testing, the time of gypsum partitions instead of shocks it last longer than the construction of a brick.

When applied in the building then earthquake occurred, the risk of construction bricks are more prone to accidents. As an illustration, the weight of construction bricks of 250 kilograms per square meter. While gypsum, a material weighing up to 15 pounds per square foot.

In addition to the partition, the latest products Jayaboard other Boral is the ceiling. Both have been tested with international standards ASTM-580, which is an international standard which test the system application with gypsum. Suspended ceilings and partitions are made with systems that follow the direction of motion as well as the earthquake shocks. In addition to flexible, ceiling and partitioning is also lightweight so it won't harm residents or people in the building.