Eight bidders – consisting of construction firms in Thailand, China, South Korea and Japan – yesterday submitted bids for the construction works under the government’s Bt350 billion water management project. Yesterday was the last day where bids could be submitted. All are required to come up with the broad construction concept and the executive summary. […]
Continue ReadingAs plans to build a megaproject in Dawei gather pace, the future of Pak Bara deep-sea port in Satun is heading in the opposite direction. Once labelled ‘the port for the future of the country” by advocates, the need for Pak Bara in Langu district looks increasingly unnecessary given that Dawei will have a deep-sea […]
Continue ReadingLaos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar and Thailand are committed to complete the Bt1.5-trillion Dawei special economic zone by 2015. Myanmar President Thein Sein and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reached that agreement during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 21st Asean Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “Both leaders agreed on the completion of the […]
Continue ReadingThe message was conveyed to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by visiting Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting at Government House yesterday, Damrong Kraikruan, chief of the Foreign Ministry’s East Asia Department said. China has sent a proposal to the government for consideration. Mr Wen reiterated his country’s plan to join international firms in bidding […]
Continue ReadingGermany-based TUV SUD PSB, an international testing body, is diversifying to engineering services to tap growing demand in renewable energy, energy efficiency and rail systems in Thailand. Chong Weng Hoe, chief executive of TUV SUD PSB (Thailand), said the company foresees huge potential in the Thai market, especially in the energy and rail system sectors. […]
Continue ReadingVientiane – Construction work on a 5-billion-dollar railway linking south-eastern Laos to Vietnam and Thailand is scheduled to begin in January, media reported Wednesday. Giant Consolidated Limited, the Malaysian investor in the project, expects to begin construction in January on the 220-kilometre-long track linking Savannakhet city, on the Lao-Thai border, to Laobao, on the Lao-Vietnamese […]
Continue ReadingThe government is being urged to get behind a new, but expensive, project: the Phahon Yothin Transport Complex. The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has many megaprojects in the pipeline including the Phahon Yothin Transport Complex, 10 lines of mass transit systems and high-speed trains in three routes that the government […]
Continue ReadingCh. Karnchang, the country’s second-largest contractor, has won the right to build the Green Line extension of the BTS SkyTrain. The company bid 2.46 billion baht inclusive of VAT to build rail systems for the 12.6-km rail line from Soi Baring to Samut Prakan, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) assistant governor said […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) reiterates the need for public solutions to address electricity demand in the country, following frequent disruption of natural gas supply from Myanmar in the past few years. The latest supply disruption took place after Myanmar was shaken by a powerful earthquake early morning of Nov 11. Pongdit Potejana, […]
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