Industry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]
Continue ReadingVietnam 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, […]
Continue ReadingUndeterred 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 […]
Continue ReadingTunnelling 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 […]
Continue ReadingOpportunity – 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 […]
Continue ReadingResidents 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 […]
Continue ReadingIn our garden sanctuary, we may escape life’s burdens to be ourselves. If you’ve no shed, as Mark Antony came tantalisingly close to declaiming in Julius Caesar, prepare to tear up now. “You” in this context is shorthand, of course, for “you men”… all you poor, pathetic shedless saddoes who will shortly well up from […]
Continue ReadingForce 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 […]
Continue Reading– 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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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