Within the next five or six years Thailand could become one of the world’s leading lights in solar power, producing electricity from this renewable energy source at a cost that is either the same or less than buying electricity from a fossil fuel-fired plant. The government’s progressive energy policies have spawned a major solar power […]
Continue ReadingThe Thai government has approved a soft loan to Laos for a 33-kilometre road from the Phudu checkpoint in Uttaradit province to Paklai in the Lao province of Xayaburi. The project is being implemented to boost two-way trade, especially the import of commodities. The total cost of construction is estimated at 718 million baht. A […]
Continue ReadingPermanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labor Mrs. Songsri Boonba has revealed Australia is seeking skilled labor from Thailand to work in that country’s construction industry under a government-to-government contract. The Permanent Secretary said she had met with a delegation from Australia’s Northern Territory led by Mr. Greg Wallace, the charge d’affaires from the Australian […]
Continue ReadingLaos said yesterday it would not make a final decision on construction of the Xayaburi dam in the main stream body of the Mekong River before approval by the international community and countries in the Lower Mekong basin over environment concerns. Work on the site by the Thai construction company Ch Karnchang was just preparation, […]
Continue ReadingDevelopers of The Palm luxury condominium project on Wongamat beach have put pen to paper in a 1.3 billion THB deal with the Lock-BUILD Group for the latter to begin construction of the twin tower development in north Pattaya. The Lock-BUILD Group is based in Bangkok and have many well known projects accredited to them […]
Continue ReadingThe SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the country’s largest construction company, has reaffirmed its ability to handle a 150,000-rai industrial estate in Dawei, brushing aside Myanmar’s doubts about the project’s viability. Nonetheless, strategic partners are needed to jointly develop the large-scale project, said Dawei Development Co (DDC), a company the Thai contractor set up to […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s Bluepoint Condo development, which is already confirmed as having won a prize in the asia-Pacific Property Awards, this week announced that it has won another, this time from Canada. Paul Raff Studio, the architects for Bluepoint, have won an Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) award for their design of the development’s sales pavilion. Mr Raff […]
Continue ReadingWind farms can cause climate change, according to new research, that shows for the first time the new technology is already pushing up temperatures. Usually at night the air closer to the ground becomes colder when the sun goes down and the earth cools. But on huge wind farms the motion of the turbines mixes the […]
Continue ReadingBRITISH Embassy staff have been ordered to leave their new £13 million luxury apartments in Bangkok after the complex became contaminated by huge amounts of harmful mould. The Foreign Office is set to sue those in charge of the building project to recoup an estimated £3 million repair bill, after 22 of the 35 flats were evacuated […]
Continue ReadingCapacity gain to 60m slated for 2018 The long-awaited expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport, which should have been completed by now, looks poised to commence this year. If all goes as planned, the 62.5-billion-baht programme, adding sorely needed capacity to the congested airport, will be a step closer to reality when a project management consultant (PMC) is […]
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