Author: Peter Carlisle

BayWa takes control in Asia 30 August 2018 New centre opens in Bangkok to boost renewables cover and support globally BayWa has opened a new central control room in Bangkok in Thailand in response to an increasing number of wind and solar projects the company is managing in the Asia Pacific region. The company said […]

Hilton boosts Thai footprint 1 Sep 2018 Hilton is strengthening its position in Southeast Asia by developing 53 hotels and resorts, including three properties in Thailand. Alan Watts, president for Asia-Pacific, said the 53 new properties will consist of 12,000 rooms under seven brands of the group. As part of the expansion, Hilton will introduce […]

‘Pattaya’s’ U-tapao airport renovation project to get completed by schedule 31 August 2018 The renovation project of U-tapao airport will be proceeded and completed according to plan to accommodate the growth of visitors to Thailand, said Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool. He made comments on the U-tapao renovation project in Chonburi during a seminar […]

Conflict of design – uproar over the concept for a new terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport – and how it was picked 1 September 2018 Renowned architect Duangrit Bunnag’s winning “forest” design for Suvarnabhumi Airport’s new Bt35-billion passenger terminal has spurred a copycat controversy on social media as well as scepticism about the transparency of the […]

Italthai eyes road construction dominance 29 August 2018 Italthai Industrial is actively gearing ahead to lead the road construction market through the introduction of the US brand Power Curbers and Power Pavers, aiming to penetrate all types of road construction up to mega projects. The firm said the US technique met the needs of Thai […]

Prayut orders Suvarnabhumi Terminal 2 airport design contest probe Wants to avoid delays to Suvarnabhumi T2 29 August 2018 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to conduct a probe into the contest to design Suvarnabhumi airport’s new passenger terminal, amid concerns among competing architects and the public over how the […]

Thailand starts construction of monorail transit lines in Bangkok 27 August 2018 Thailand formally started construction of the first two single monorail mass rapid transit lines of the country on Monday in a bid to ease traffic congestion in its capital Bangkok. The construction of the two transit lines, Pink Line and Yellow Line, would […]