Author: Peter Carlisle

Ezra’s offshore construction division has won a contact from Chevron to carry out oil and gas installation services in the Gulf of Thailand. EMAS AMC is due to fit a number of wellhead platforms and associated pipelines in the area, with the project scheduled to begin in early 2012 and last for three years. According […]

Source: Siemens Energy Siemens Energy has received two orders from Thailand for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of combined cycle power plants. Siemens is to build Chana Block 2 in the province of Songkhla and Wang Noi Block 4 in the vicinity of Bangkok together with its Japanese partner Marubeni. Chana Block 2 will be […]

Proposals for the Phuket light railway seem to be finally gathering pace, after more than a decade of waiting. Dohwa Engineering President visited Phuket this week to assess the scheme’s viability. After more than a decade of waiting, proposals for the Phuket light railway transit system finally seem to be gathering some momentum. The Phuket […]

SharePoint is delivering a collaborative enviornment for 900+ employees of international multidisciplinary design practice HASSELL, based in studios in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The practice has standardised on Microsoft SharePoint as the mechanism to be able to host projects and share projects between these sites. Technology Solutions Manager Johnny […]

Quotes by Dusit International CEO Chanin Donavanik in the Bangkok Post indicate the group will update five properties including Phuket in order to capitalize on increasing tourism numbers. Properties mentioned were also Bangkok, Hua Hin and Pattaya. The Laguna complex is seeing a spate of upgrades with the former Sheraton Grande now undergoing a major […]

After more than a decade of waiting, proposals for the Phuket light railway transit system finally seem to be gathering some momentum. The Phuket Provincial Office finalised its list of potential bidders for the project on June 16th 2011. Phuket Vice Governor, Niwit, confirmed that there were ten potential investors, including Thai and foreign firms. […]

Singapore offshore services firm Ezra has won a contract from U.S. oil giant Chevron in Thailand that could be worth as much as $300 million. The Singapore firm said on Tuesday its offshore construction division EMAS AMC will install a number of wellhead platforms and associated pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand for Chevron for […]

An ambitious THB12 billion baht tourism mega project has broken ground on the resort island of Koh Samui. Located above the popular tourist area of Chaweng the development includes a 250 key five star resort and conference center,sports academy and stadium,four star hotel, residential apartments and villas, water park and high-speed gondola. According to the […]

A doctor who runs a hospital known as Thailand’s cosmetic surgery capital has become the country’s single largest individual investor in solar energy. Riding on a boom in the sector that has investors flocking for a place in the sun, Dr Supot Sumritvanitcha, 62, is developing three solar farms over 404ha. The sites will produce […]