Author: Mike Riemer

Will the Thai government build an aqua city off Bangkok’s shores? We seriously recommend that you have a look at the Architect’s images in this news article – “A proposed Wetropolis development by Thai architect firm S+PBA suggests placing condos, shops and roads inside elevated steel tunnels” – ED For years, Thailand’s top disaster guru […]

SharePoint is delivering a collaborative enviornment for 900+ employees of international multidisciplinary design practice HASSELL, based in studios in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The practice has standardised on Microsoft SharePoint as the mechanism to be able to host projects and share projects between these sites. Technology Solutions Manager Johnny […]

Singapore offshore services firm Ezra has won a contract from U.S. oil giant Chevron in Thailand that could be worth as much as $300 million. The Singapore firm said on Tuesday its offshore construction division EMAS AMC will install a number of wellhead platforms and associated pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand for Chevron for […]

A two billion baht condo property development on a secluded headland south of Patong is to be transformed into a condo and villa resort, Amari CEO and President Yuttachai Charanachitta revealed this week. Sales of the condos off the plan were not moving fast enough, he said, so a decision had been made to revise […]

The executive board of Airports of Thailand (AoT) has approved a 163 billion baht budget for the expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport, the chairman, Teerapol Noprampa, said on Friday. The meeting agreed with the “single airport” concept favoured by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. It had approved a plan to expand Suvarnabhumi airport to enable it to handle […]

Engineering consultants presented their feasibility study for the controversial Kathu to Patong tunnel project during a meeting held at the Royal Phuket City Hotel in Phuket Town earlier this week. The six billion baht (US$201 million) proposal includes two one-way tunnels, each 1600 metres long, which will cut through the Nakkerd Hills. At the Patong […]

The SET-listed contractor Toyo-Thai Corporation (TTCL) has won a 6-billion-baht contract to build the second phase of Lynas Corporation’s rare earth refinery in Malaysia. TTCL will provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning assistance in the expansion of the Lynas advanced materials plant in Pahang state’s Gebeng industrial estate. The plant’s first phase is due to […]

The South Korean steelmaker Posco Ltd is preparing to purchase additional shares in Thailand’s largest stainless steel maker, Thainox Stainless Plc (INOX) and to make a tender offer for all remaining shares. The shares would be acquired from the family of Prayudh Mahagitsiri, a key financial supporter of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai party allied […]

Thailand’s largest energy conglomerate PTT Public Company’s impaired natural gas pipeline from a natural gas processing platform in the Gulf of Thailand, leaking since Saturday afternoon, may affect power generation of about 3,000 megawatts, or 4-5 power plants, according to Suthat Pattamasiriwat, director of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). To tackle the problem, […]

Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is in favour of building a new terminal dedicated to domestic flights as a fast-track way to deal with crowding problems at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The AoT board yesterday agreed with recommendations made by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a UN agency, for the construction of a domestic terminal capable […]