Category: Construction News

Thailand’s Transport Ministry to have powwow with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration over Bangkok’s Green Line dispute The Transport Ministry has summoned Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) permanent secretary Khajit Chatchawanich for a meeting at the Traffic and Transport Department on March 31 to discuss the BTS Green Line train dispute with operator Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC), […]

Malaysia’s Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd bags power purchase agreements worth RM46.8mil in Thailand Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has secured five rooftop solar power generating system construction and power purchase agreements worth RM46.8mil in Thailand. The agreement requires KAB to construct, install, operate, and maintain the grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) solar system for Siam Machinery and Equipment Co […]

Bangkok’s Lumpini Park to get major facelift for its 100th anniversary in 2025 Bangkok’s most popular public park, Suan Lumpini (Lumpini Park in english), will undergo a major renovation, to transform it into “more than a park”, to meet the wishes of city dwellers and to celebrate its centennial in 2025. Renovation costs are estimated […]

Final countdown to the reopening of Bangkok’s revamped Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, set to become Asia’s ultimate event platform Frasers Property (Thailand) Public Company Limited (FPT) has been entrusted by N.C.C. Management & Development Company Limited (NCC) to develop the concept and manage construction for the new Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in […]

Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project expropriations in five Thai central region provinces get green light The cabinet has approved a bill to expropriate land in five provinces in the central region for the first phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project that will link Bangkok to Nong Khai. Rachada Dhnadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman, said the […]

Thailand’s BTS Group Holdings to Invest in Light-Rail Project Linking Singapore-Malaysia BTS Group Holdings has informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that it has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with several foreign companies to build and operate a light-rail transit (LRT) system. The network will connect with a railway shuttle link currently being […]