Plant designed with input from residents The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is trying to develop a plan for a coal-fired power plant in Krabi that allows representatives of the local community to join in the designing and studying phases. Egat has held discussions with sectors such as tourism, fishing and hotels in a […]
Continue ReadingLAEM CHABANG SET FOR NEW ROAD, RAIL LINKS AND EXTRA CAPACITY The government plans to improve logistics at Laem Chabang port to increase the country’s export competitiveness and reduce high costs. Speaking in place of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in her weekly radio broadcast yesterday, Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan and his deputy Chadchart Sittiphan explained […]
Continue ReadingInstead of starting the projects by picking destinations in Chiang Mai and Nong Khai in the far North and Northeast, the ministry has decided to have the trains run shorter distances to Phitsanulok, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district and Rayong. Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sittiphan expects better returns from the four routes […]
Continue ReadingSuvarnabhumi airport’s long-delayed 62.5-billion-baht expansion took its first step forward yesterday with the appointment of a consultancy group commissioned to ensure that all work involved is executed accordingly. Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) awarded a 809.9-million-baht contract to the EPM Consortium as the project management consultant (PMC) for the scheme to raise the airport’s passenger-handling […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet yesterday approved 203 projects worth over 30 billion baht to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar. The government also approved short-term measures to curb the cost of living. Acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said the mobile cabinet meeting approved projects worth 33.11 billion […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development steps closer to win the Purple Line’s trackworks contract worth over Bt3 billion, on the confirmation from financier Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) that its competitor – Sino-Thai and ASV Joint Venture – is disqualified. The contract for the 23-km trackwork from Bang Yai to Bang Sue has been delayed for over a […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Kittiratt Na Ranong, says the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is conducting aerial photography of the central plains to establish the best sites for flood water retention by the end of the month. “JICA confirmed that aerial photography was nearing completion therefore the flood management zones should be […]
Continue ReadingInitial bids for project deemed unqualified The government will scrap bids for the third contract of the Red Line mass transit project to ensure it receives 70 billion baht from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance the project. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong took a team of senior finance executives […]
Continue ReadingFloodway construction worth 120 billion baht and covering 375,000 rai is expected to be finished 21/2 years from now. The government project is intended to be a permanent solution to flooding in the Chao Phraya River plain. It is part of a long-term, 350-billion-baht management initiative from the Strategic Committee for Water Resources Management. Supoj […]
Continue ReadingThe Real Estate Information Center has indicated that the prices of construction materials rose by 5% year-on-year in April. According to the center, the average material prices in April increased by 1% from March, and by 5% from April last year. Concrete costs rose the most, to the tune of 19% year-on-year; sanitary ware, electrical […]
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