Currie & Brown appoints Terry Dainty as managing quantity surveyor, Thailand Terry Dainty has been appointed as managing quantity surveyor for Currie & Brown’s operations in Thailand. Based in Bangkok since early 2015, Terry joins Currie & Brown from M+W Group, where he held the role of commercial manager. With over 25 years of experience […]
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Kampot seaport coming in 2019 Construction of the first seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot is due to start by the end of the year. The groundbreaking ceremony for the port project was previously scheduled for September, but was delayed. The new facility aims to boost tourism in the province by connecting seaborne tourists from […]
Continue ReadingVestas lands major Thai order from Wind Energy Holding Vestas Asia Pacific has won a 180-megawatt wind-park contract in Thailand, including the delivery of 60 V136-3.0 MW turbines that will be the first of their kind in Asia-Pacific. With a hub height of 157 metres, the dual wind parks will feature the highest towers in […]
Continue ReadingSermsang Power on Course to Become Asia’s Leading Energy Firm Aims to Reach 200MW Renewable-Energy Power Capacity by 2020 Sermsang Power Corporation, a company holding shares in local and overseas renewable energy power producers and suppliers and connected businesses, believes that the company’s stock will attract investors’ interest on its first trading day on the […]
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Tool to enable construction sector approach industry 4.0 The Ministry of Construction is working with software maker Autodesk to promote the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) – a tool to improve productivity, quality and efficiency of investment activities in construction and facility management. According to Trần Hồng Mai, deputy head of the ministry’s BIM […]
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Kra Canal is dead says Thai Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur The Thailand Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Damrong Kraikruan said in no uncertain terms: The Kra Canal is gone. “It is not a viable project,” he said a group of journalist from Malaysian news agencies at his residence in Kuala Lumpur. When asked where is the […]
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Max Bogl sets up in south-east Asia to supply Korat 1&2 Wind farms Max Bogl is to set up a mobile factory in Thailand to build hybrid towers for the 207MW Korat 1&2 wind farms. The German manufacturer has begun shipping 10 containers a day from it’s base in Sengenthal, Bavaria, to the village of […]
Continue ReadingPattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway nearly half finished Construction of an extension in the motorway from Pattaya to Map Ta Phut is 46 per cent completed, Department of Highways director general Thanin Somboon said this week. He said an additional Bt2 billion is needed for operations and maintenance on the 32-kilometre eastern route, for which terms […]
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Siemens touts biomass for Thai climate change goals GERMAN ENGINEERING giant Siemens will help Thailand attain its renewable energy goals in turning biomass to fuels to comply with the reduction of carbon emissions under the Paris Accord, said Willi Meixner, CEO of its Power and Gas Division. “Thailand is set to generate massive amounts of […]
Continue ReadingGot a minute? Eight interesting facts about time and work Before the Industrial Revolution, the working week for most people in Britain was dictated by nature’s cycles and the demands of the task at hand. But, as Professor Emma Griffin discovers in Clocking On, the rise of factories turned time into a commodity. Since then, […]
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