THE government last week admitted that Yangon’s infrastructure was outdated and not up to the challenge of housing its six to seven million residents, let alone the 10 million forecast to live there in coming years. The frank assessment was delivered by the Minister of Industry, U Soe Thein, at a meeting with the press […]
Continue ReadingIndustry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]
Continue Reading– Team overcomes challenges to complete world’s largest gas separation plant on time and under budget – PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley formally presented Project Management Institute’s PMI(R) Distinguished Project Award to Park Ki-Seok, Samsung Engineering president and CEO, at an official ceremony today. Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (SECL) is one of the […]
Continue ReadingConstruction began on a US$3.7 billion lignite power plant that is to become Laos’ largest electricity generator upon startup in 2016. The Hongsa Power Co – a 40-40-20 joint venture among Thailand’s Banpu Power Ltd, Ratchburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc and Lao Holding State Enterprise – broke ground on the project last week, the Vientiane […]
Continue ReadingChief executive officer Plew Trivisvavet said yesterday that after all flood waters have been mopped up, old infrastructure such as roads would need to be repaired while new infrastructure, such as roads, buildings and flood-protection systems, would need to be constructed. The jobs will be divvied up among contractors in Thailand, including Ch Karnchang. Sufficient […]
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Continue ReadingThailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said it planned to spend 12 billion baht ($390 million) next year on continuing investments and new ventures, including power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei project. The country’s largest private power producer signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Pcl to build coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 4,000 […]
Continue ReadingFlood disaster might cause the BTS Green Line extension (Wong Wian Yai-Bang Wa) opening to be postponed. Amorn Kitchawengkul, Managing Director of Krungthep Thanakom Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, said Thursday that the 5.3km BTS Green Line extension construction contractor had suspended their works for three days now at the Phonimit […]
Continue ReadingThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide approximately US$465 million to support the construction of a 440-megawatt hydropower plant that will supply power to energy-hungry Thailand and provide much-needed revenue tofund poverty reduction programmes in Laos. “Earnings from clean energy exports are vital to poverty reduction efforts in landlocked Lao PDR, where one in every […]
Continue ReadingAs Thailand’s flood crisis deepens with the government telling Bangkok’s residents to leave the capital if possible, a team of water management experts have proposed that the government build new “water motorway” to reduce the damage of flooding in Bangkok in the long run. “By nature this entire area [Bangkok] is a floodway, so we […]
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