Edotco, first to deploy innovative bamboo telecom tower
edotco Group (edotco) recently became the first company to utilise bamboo in the construction of a telecoms tower, which was installed on a rooftop in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Developed in collaboration with the Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET) and deployed by edotco Bangladesh Co Ltd, the noteworthy use of this renewable resource is in pace with the pulse of innovation which is what edotco is all about. This milestone also reinforced edotco's foothold at the forefront of sustainable and green engineering, the company said in a media release.
The research and development which was led by Professor Dr. Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad, Professor of Civil Engineering in BUET, focused on the design and viability of bamboo as an alternative material to traditional steel structures in telecommunications. Studies indicated that untreated bamboo has the ability to bear the weight of concrete while possessing the rigidity and tensile strength to support its own weight, making it a material for telecom structure. A bamboo tower takes around 12 days to construct, and consumes less energy to manufacture compared to traditional steel towers. As an added bonus, bamboo being inherently light, allows for easy transportation and installation of structures on rooftops without putting any additional stress on the building. The deployed structure underwent a chemical treatment as a measure to protect it from termite and mould attacks as well as adverse climate conditions.
"edotco is always experimenting with materials and innovative solutions to address the challenges of the telecommunications infrastructure industry.
The bamboo telecoms tower is our latest innovation which we conceptualised utilising natural, sustainable resources to build telecommunications infrastructure to lessen the impact on the environment," said Suresh Sidhu, CEO of edotco Group. edotco operates and manages a regional portfolio of over 25,000 towers across core markets of Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.