Vietnam building second terminal at Hanoi airport

Vietnam has begun construction of a second terminal to ease overcrowding at the only airport in the nation’s capital, the government said. Officials held a ceremony at the Noi Bai airport on Sunday to break ground on the four-storey facility which is being funded by more than 75 billion yen ($961 million) in Japanese aid, […]

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Erawan pursues five-year plan to develop 14 hotels in Thailand

Undeterred by the recent |flood disaster, the Erawan Group is sticking with its five-year business plan to develop 14 hotels with a total of 2,800 rooms and seek to acquire properties, as well as prepare for expansion abroad as the Asean Economic Community (AEC) nears implementation in 2015. The group has just reviewed its 2011-15 […]

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Engineer says B200bn project the only way to stop Bangkok being swamped again

Tunnelling toward a city with no more flood woes A 100-kilometre tunnel linking Ayutthaya and Samut Prakan has been suggested as the latest solution to tackling floods in Bangkok to better direct water and avoid conflicts among residents. Although the huge tunnel, 10 metres high and 24 metres wide, would cost an enormous 200 billion […]

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Opportunity – JV or Funding needed for a huge Real Estate Project in CONGO

Opportunity – JV or Funding needed for a huge Real Estate Project in CONGO We have a huge project which consists to build 2.4 million housing in both Congo (Congo Brazzaville = Republic of Congo and Congo Kinshasa = Democratic Republic of Congo). This project is estimated at 50 billion €. And it must be […]

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Pattaya’s high-speed rail link: a pipe dream or reality?

Residents and visitors to Pattaya and the Eastern Seaboard hoping to see the development of a high-speed rail network cut travelling times to the capital Bangkok to less than one hour might, proverbially speaking, have to wait a while longer to get their tickets punched according to the government’s Dr. Chula Sukmanop PhD, Inspector General […]

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The Thailand floods: Can force majeure excuse your liability?

Force majeure is an event that occurs beyond your reasonable control or anticipation. When that event prevents you from performing your contractual obligations, you are ordinarily released from liability for damages caused by that breach. The rationale is that it would not be just to blame you for breach of contract when the contract became […]

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Samsung Engineering's PTT Gas Separation Plant #6 Project in Thailand Receives Award

– Team overcomes challenges to complete world’s largest gas separation plant on time and under budget – PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley formally presented Project Management Institute’s PMI(R) Distinguished Project Award to Park Ki-Seok, Samsung Engineering president and CEO, at an official ceremony today. Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd (SECL) is one of the […]

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Thai Govt urged to build Baht200bn flood tunnel

The Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group has suggested the government invest around 200 billion baht to build a 100km-long tunnel under the eastern section of the outer ring road to prevent future flooding in and around the capital. Suchatvee Suwansawat, TUTG chairman, yesterday said the proposed tunnel should be built from Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya […]

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What do you look for in a Construction & Engineering website?

In putting together http://thailand-construction.com website, it is an assumption of what I believe people are interested in and looking for on the web in a Construction & Engineering website upon Thailand – I guess it mirrors what I look for on the web, that is Jobs, News, Events, etc. Currently THE most popular sections of […]

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