Accor to Manage Bangkok’s 456-Room Windsor Suites Hotel Accor has signed an agreement to manage the456-room Windsor Suites Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 20 in Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel will undergo an extensive refurbishment of its public areas, dining outlets and guest rooms at the end of this year to be completed in phases over the […]
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Training workers a better way to stop tower crane calamities 29 June 2019 Crane accidents are increasingly becoming a public hazard. However, while stricter law enforcement is a must, job training is no less important in order to improve safety on construction sites. A week after the crane accident that caused several injuries at the […]
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Japan’s JGC Corp completes 120 MW of solar plants in Vietnam 27 June 2019 Japanese engineering group JGC Corp announced on Tuesday that it has completed the construction of 120 MW direct current (DC) of photovoltaic (PV) plants in Vietnam. JGC, through its local subsidiary JGC Vietnam, was awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement […]
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Myanmar’s LNG power projects are delayed not dead 28 June 2019 Three high-profile power projects unveiled in January 2018 are far behind schedule but could still be important for meeting Myanmar’s generation needs. In January 2018, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy took a big punt on imported liquefied natural gas. At a ceremony in […]
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Bangkok’s Up-And-Coming MRT Dark Blue Line 26 June 2019 Nine years after their construction had started, the two extensions of the MRT Dark Blue Line have finally set the dates for their first test runs. The opening of these extensions will make the Dark Blue Line the first circular line in Bangkok. This will make […]
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Growth demand fuels solar power boom in Vietnam 26 June 2019 Many solar power plants have become operational in the southern region in the first half of 2019, showing part of the solar power development wave to meet the economic growth demand in Vietnam. In mid-June, TTC Group of Vietnam and Gulf Group of Thailand […]
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Myanmar launches first solar power plant viewed as pride for the nation 27 June 2019 The Minbo Solar Power Plant project, hailed as a triumph by some Myanmar people and the Thai investors who supported this first phase, was celebrated with an opening ceremony on Thursday. The plant is Myanmar’s first renewable energy and solar […]
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Tetra Pak extends ‘Green Roof Project’ – the collection and recycling of beverage cartons into corrugated roofing sheets in Thailand 27 June 2019 Tetra Pak, one of the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions companies, has signed a memorandum of understanding to extend the “Green Roof Project for Friends in Need (of “PA”) Volunteers […]
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Progress on Airports of Thailand’s Phang Nga new international airport 27 June 2019 by Bill Barnett, c9hotelworks The AoT (Airports of Thailand) planned international airport in Phang Nga, set to be part of a triangle of international airports serving the Phuket, Phang Nga, Khao Lak and Krabi tourist zones, is poised to move past another […]
Continue ReadingLenzing Group builds world’s largest lyocell fiber plant in Thailand 26 June 2019 •Lenzing plans to invest more than EUR 1 bn in new lyocell fiber production facilities •First expansion phase with 100,000 tons approved in Thailand •State-of-the-art production plant enhances global specialty fibers footprint •Accelerates business growth with TENCEL™ branded fibers •Biogenic energy supply […]
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