The construction of the Red Line is underway near Pradiphat intersection south of the Bang Sue station in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiartpakun) The Red Line from Bangkok’s Bang Sue district to Pathum Thani’s Rangsit area could begin operation in 2018, the State Railway of Thailand said Tuesday. Jaray Roongthanee, chief engineer for […]
Continue ReadingToyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO, President & CEO Katsumoto Ishibashi) and TEC Project Services Corporation (President Shigeyuki Imai) individually entered into the construction contracts and the supply contracts (Contracts) at the end of November 2014 for the twelve cogeneration power plant projects in Thailand, with the twelve special purpose companies jointly owned by Mitsui & Co., […]
Continue ReadingA 62 rai land plot in Kamala is set to be turned into a theme park by the owning company of Phuket FantaSea. According to the Bangkok Post Safari World Plc. will commence construction of the development in the mid part of this year and expect to complete within eighteen months. The cost of the […]
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Thailand persuades China to build an electric train part factory along with its standard railway development in Thailand. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The Transport Ministry has asked China to set up a factory to make electric train parts in Thailand as part of a bilateral deal to build double-track routes from the Northeast to central […]
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Difficulty in implementing high-speed train to resort provinces By Digital Content BANGKOK, Feb 14 — Experts said on Saturday that an idea floated recently by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to construct high-speed train service to popular resort provinces in an attempt to boost Thailand’s tourism industry would be difficult to implement. They say it […]
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France announced interest in a potential railway project in Thailand. The country is advised to seek further information when the next government is appointed. Thailand’s railway projects have interested a new potential investor: France. The country is interested in Thailand’s dual-track railway, states MR Pridiyathorn Devakula, the deputy prime minister. Meeting with a French ambassador, […]
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The front part of a luxury house under construction in Samut Sakhon has been reduced to rubble following a collapse on Saturday. (Photo via Facebook by Plodpai Samhok) Two people, including the owner of a luxury house under construction, were injured when its facade collapsed in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Saturday afternoon. The […]
Continue ReadingResearch by Timetric, which published the report ‘Global Construction Outlook 2020’, suggests that construction activity in emerging markets is expected to account for 52.8% of global output in 2015, rising to 56% by 2020. Within the emerging markets, growth is forecast to be particularly pronounced in the Middle East. Timetric has also put together a […]
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Zhongli Talesun Solar (Changshu, China) has begun construction on a new factory for the manufacture of solar cells and PV modules in Thailand. The production plant is being built at the Thai-China Industrial Park in Rayong. The city lies some 200 kilometers from Bangkok, on the Gulf of Thailand. The annual production capacity of the new […]
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The Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to turn its golf course at the Mae Moh lignite power plant in Lampang back into forest land and help villagers escape the air pollution at the plant. The court, however, did not order Egat to pay locals for the health problems they […]
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