Leading Phuket businessman Kanit Yongsakul has opened a second marina; this one in Krabi. With 80 berths, a hard stand for a hundred craft, and six premium covered slots, the Krabi Boat Lagoon is fifteen minutes from the international airport. A soft opening has been held with 22 yachts from Singapore and Malaysia making the […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development Pcl, Thailand’s largest construction firm, said on Monday it expected to reach a conclusion in 2012 on how it would finance the Dawei deep sea port and infrastructure projects in Myanmar. Loss-making Italian-Thai has no plan to raise funds via an equity issue, but it planed to convert some land into capital and […]
Continue ReadingNatural Energy Development Company Limited (NED) is pleased to announce that Loburi Solar, a 73MW (DC) / 55MW (AC) solar farm, has successfully commenced commercial operation. Currently the world`s largest operating thin-film silicon solar energy project, the plant is the first solar energy project to have achieved Commercial Operation Date (COD) under the Small Power […]
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Hardwood flooring has been all the rage with homeowners in recent years. Hardwood floors can increase the value of your home tremendously, are easy to take care of and can be installed by you or a professional. Wood floors are also great for people with allergies. Unlike carpet, which traps dust mites and other allergens, […]
Continue ReadingNinety-nine per cent of construction projects in Viet Nam have fallen behind schedule, with red tape and delayed land clearance procedures seen as leading causes for the delays, Deputy Minister of Construction Bui Pham Khanh told a seminar held here yesterday by the Federation of Civil Engineering Associations (FCEA). State-financed projects were not immune from […]
Continue ReadingThe severe flooding in Bangkok has put the construction works of the Purple Line electric train route 10 per cent behind schedule, said Mass Rapid Transport Authority of Thailand Acting Governor Ronnachit Yaensaard. As reported by MCOT News, he said today that MRTA is revising the construction plan. It is also waiting for a written […]
Continue ReadingThe Airports of Thailand (AoT) will speed up completion of the second phase expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport to 2016, one year ahead of its earlier scheduled 2017. The second phase project uses a Bt62.5 billion budget, said Transport Minister Sukampol Suwannathat. The ministry plans to make Suvarnabhumi Airport the region’s aviation hub. Acting Suvarnabhumi Airport […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development expects to allot 40,000 rai of industrial land in Burma’s Dawei project next year, with plans calling for a 300-billion-baht steel mill, says ITD president Premchai Karnasuta. The industrial estate will also comprise a fertiliser factory and petrochemical refineries. The basic infrastructure for industrial use is expected to be completed and ready to […]
Continue ReadingConstruction of the 100-kilometre “MUSTS” channel is crucial to saving Bangkok from future floods, the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) reiterated yesterday. “It stands for Multi-Service Flood Tunnel System. But also, I want to say that it’s a ‘must’ here,” said Suchatchavee Suwansawas, chairman of the Thailand Underground & Tunnelling Group (TUTG) of the EIT, […]
Continue ReadingBangkok-based Ogawa Atsushi, CEO of Northern Japan (Thailand) Co Ltd, a business revival specialist, is a survivor of the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Today, that tragic experience is one of his assets, as his company has been contracted to help Japanese-owned flood-ravaged factories recover from Thailand’s worst deluge in many decades. Altogether, nearly 800 Japanese-owned factories […]
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