Author: Peter Carlisle

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to call rail construction bids worth more than 200 billion baht in 2020 09 December 2019 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will call bids for rail construction projects worth more than 200 billion baht, including high-speed train and double-track rail projects, next year. Acting SRT governor Worawut Mala said […]

Legal experts to look at the construction delay of new Thailand parliament complex Sino-Thai blames lawmakers for ‘hindering’ construction 09 December 2019 House speaker Chuan Leepai wants legal experts to scrutinise another request to extend the deadline for construction of the new parliament complex, after several reports blamed “irregularities” for the delays. The move was […]

JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok Completes Renovation The JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok recently completed an extensive renovation. All 441 guestrooms and suites were refurbished, along with meeting spaces, the lobby, and some of the F&B outlets. The lobby has been enriched with new objects d’art, while dark and light wood tones are accentuated by pops ofcolor […]

Siam winery signs long-term deal for rooftop solar power Singapore-headquartered Cleantech Solar has entered into a 20-year rooftop solar power purchase agreement with a winery in Thailand. Under the agreement, Cleantech Solar will install a 1-megawatt (MW) peak, on-site, rooftop system for the Siam Winery, which was set up in 1986. Its winery is located […]

Changing Bangkok’s MRT line route near Kasetsart will cost Baht 10bn The government is looking for a way out of a problem facing the 50-billion-baht MRT Brown Line, after the project’s environmental impact assessment report was rejected due to concerns raised by Kasetsart University over a possible negative impact on the university. Roengsak Thongsom, director […]

Rise in Thailand’s minimum daily wage deemed acceptable By THE NATION The rise in daily minimum wage announced yesterday (December 6) was set at an appropriate rate, said Thanawat Pholwichai, director of the Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. He estimated that the hike would see […]

Finnish electricity generator installed in Cambodia Two generators worth some $400 million that the government bought from Finland and Germany earlier this year will generate an additional 400MW of electricity by June 2020, which will help reduce dry season power shortages., Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, H.E.Victor Jona said on 2nd December  2019. MR. […]

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to pursue floating solar project in dams The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) intends to press ahead with the development of a floating solar project in dams, regardless of the ongoing revision of the Power Development Plan (PDP) by the Energy Ministry. Egat governor Viboon Rerksirathai said that […]

Cambodia’s construction sector continues skyscraping performance INVESTMENTS in the Cambodian construction sector are expected to rise to 78 per cent by the end of the year, compared to 2018. Its Ministry of Land and Management, Urban Planning and Construction said that investments across the country are expected to be around US$9.3 billion (RM38.9 billion) this […]

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems ships JAC turbines for Gulf Energy & Mitsui CCGT plant in Thailand A new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) project in Thailand has received the first shipment of eight gas-fired units needed for the plants under construction. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has completed a shipment of its JAC (J-Series Air Cooled) […]