Author: Peter Carlisle

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 […]

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 […]

On Friday, Deputy Transport Minister Chatt Kuldiloke said he he had ordered a study on the ministry’s proposal to terminate the first section of the line, running from Rangsit in Pathum Thani to Bang Sue in Bangkok. The main reason the ministry wanted to terminate the Red Line project at Bang Sue was that it […]

Test running has commenced over the first section of the Red Line suburban railway in Bangkok, ahead of a planned launch of revenue services by the end of the year. The 15·3 km starter section links Taling Chan with Bang Sue on a new alignment that largely follows existing lines. Like most of State Railway of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bumrungrad International Hospital plans to invest Bt4.7 billion on developing its new hospital complex on New Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok to serve both Thai and foreign patients and cash in on the upcoming Asean Economic Community. The new branch will feature an eight-level complex. Construction will start in the beginning of next year and is […]

Thailand’s top electrical power transformer manufacturer, Tirathai Plc (TRT), is diversifying into steel structure manufacturing after expanding into the hydraulic derrick line truck business in June. The company’s board approved a plan on Monday to acquire 85% of L.D.S. Metal Work for 40 million baht. L.D.S. is a manufacturer of steel parts for transformers that […]

The Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) board will select one of five construction companies vying for the 5-billion-baht contract including Italian-Thai Development Plc and Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc. The contract award will signal the start of construction, which AoT is trying to reduce to 30 months from 36 months. The accelerated schedule is due […]