Seven bids for Thailand flood management

A shortlist of seven plans has emerged from the initial 34 bids submitted for the government’s Bt350-billion flood prevention projects. The seven short-listed bidders will submit draft plans with cost and construction details by November 23, with the final selection to be announced on January 31, 2013.  The seven bidders:  1 Korea Water Resources Corporation […]

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Firms to map Bangkok quake

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has hired Panya Consultants and Phisut Technology to map out the earthquake-risk zones of the city, Deputy Governor Wallop Suwandee announced yesterday. Although Bangkok isn’t on a fault line, soft soil makes the high-rise structures vulnerable to faraway quakes, Wallop said, citing a recent Myanmar quake that caused high-rises in the […]

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Clough wins $60m contract for Manora oil field in Thailand

Australia-based engineering and project services company Clough has won a $60m contract from Mubadala Petroleum affiliate Pearl Oil for the Manora oil field located in the G1/48 concession of the Gulf of Thailand. Under the contractual terms, Clough will be responsible for procuring equipment and bulk materials, fabricate the wellhead processing platform, transport and install […]

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Korea Midland Joins Thai Project to Build Solar Power Plant

Korea Midland Power Corp. joined a Thai renewable energy project to build an 8 megawatt solar power plant in the Southeast Asian country, according to the unit of Korea’s monopoly power distributor. Korea Midland signed a contract yesterday with Toyo-Thai Corp. PCL (TTCL), a Thai construction company, and Siam Steel Grating Group, a Thai utility […]

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Residents renew protest against construction of Satun's Pak Bara port

A “land bridge to link the new seaport in the Andaman Sea and Songkhla port in the Gulf of Thailand. A visit by a House committee member to study the planned construction site of the Pak Bara deep-sea port brought out protesters in droves who are opposed to the project . About 300 people gathered […]

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Gunkul Engineering eyes 60% growth

Gunkul Engineering Plc has projected 60% year-on-year revenue growth to 4.3 billion baht this year on strong equipment sales and new revenue from solar-farm business. For 2013, the power engineering company aims to increase revenue by 20%, said managing director Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut yesterday. She said electrical equipment trading, Gunkul’s core business, has grown fast in […]

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Skytrain Expanding Its Transit Web In Bangkok

Bangkok’s rapidly expanding Skytrain will add another 464 km of transit routes in the future. A total of 28 construction projects are either in the planning stages, under construction, or have just been completed. The new routes will extend Skytrain’s coverage from central Bangkok to surrounding provinces, as well as link Bangkok’s airports. Three Skytrain […]

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