Category: Construction News

Bangkok traffic jams to ease as Fai Chai tunnel opens Bangkok drivers should find things easier at a notorious congestion blackspot on Monday 01.08.2022, when a 600-metre-long underpass opens at Fai Chai Intersection after 13 years of construction work. City governor Chadchart Sittupunt said the tunnel under the Fai Chai Intersection in Bangkok Noi district […]

Airports of Thailand (AOT) earmarks 723-rai near Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for wholesale market The Airports of Thailand (AOT) will be putting a 723-rai plot next to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport up for bidding on August 8. AOT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said earlier this week that the aim is to commercially develop the plot on Wat Srivari […]

Getting paid – A New Bill to streamline Construction Disputes in Thailand Blog – Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Construction disputes between contractors and employers in Thailand can take years to be resolved in court or arbitration. This can result in construction work being delayed and sometimes abandoned, and contractors facing financial difficulties. In response, Thailand […]

PS Plaza, one of Pattaya’s last vacant lots to become a 20-storey luxury hotel The former Tops supermarket and car park area at the junction of the resort’s Second and Third Roads has been sold to developers. It is to become a five-star skyscraper hotel. The site, one of the city’s last vacant real estate […]

BTS Group Holdings Plc ‘not seeking new agreement’ on Bangkok Mass Transit Keeree Kanjanapas, chairman of BTS Group Holdings Plc, insisted on Wednesday the company had never asked for an extension of the concession granted by Krungthep Thanakhom (KT) for the company to operate Green Line’s services in lieu of overdue debts. “I insist BTS […]

Two major companies submitted bids for the construction of Bangkok’s Orange Line western expansion Two major companies submitted proposals on Wednesday for the second round of bidding for the construction of the Orange Line’s western expansion worth 140 billion baht. Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc, which operate the MRT system, and Italian-Thai Development, submitted bid […]

Thai Cabinet approves ฿10.9 billion for new zoo in Pathum Thani outside Bangkok The cabinet has approved a total budget of 10.9 billion baht, spread over the 2023 to 2027 fiscal years, for the construction of a new zoo in the outskirts of Bangkok, with a mini zoo to be trialled for the public in […]

Samut Prakarn observation tower to finally open after 10 years Construction work in Bangkok is historically slow, whether it is burying cables underground, opening new roads, or, in this case, the reopening of Samut Prakarn Observation Tower. Thirteen years after plans were drawn up and 10 years after construction work began the building will finally […]

Thailand’s real estate giant Sansiri stakes THB31 billion on property boom in 2nd half of 2022 Real estate giant Sansiri is staking 31.2 billion baht on an expectation the Thai property market will grow strongly in the second half of 2022. Share this article The money will be spent on developing nine detached house projects, […]