Category: Construction News

Dam project near the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang threatens Mekong River 09 October 2019 Pressure is growing on Lao PDR to retract its decision to build a massive dam project on the Mekong River near the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang according to Save the Mekong Coalition. In a statement released Tuesday, […]

Deadline to sign contract on Thailand’s high-speed airport-link train project postponed from 15 to 25 October 2019 By THE NATION Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has postponed the deadline for the Charoen Pokphand-led group to sign a contract with the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on a high-speed train project to October 25 from the previous […]

Thai Government to set up new State Railway of Thailand board to proceed with airport rail-links contract The high speed rail connection project between Don Muang, Suvarnabhumi, and U-Tapao airports is facing a major obstacle after the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) entire executive board members resigned, preventing the signing of the land confiscation contract […]

Residential developers turn to eastern Bangkok By THE NATION The new Krungthep Kreetha road in eastern Bangkok has become the latest destination of residential property developers where new projects are cropping up. Piya Prayong, Chief Executive Officer of Pruksa Real Estate told Thansettakij newspaper that the eastern part of Bangkok is now the red ocean […]

Construction of Khon Kaen Airport expansion now one-third complete Expected to finish before February 2021 By THE NATION Construction of Khon Kaen Airport’s new passenger terminal hit a snag but it was already fixed and work will resume as scheduled, Deputy Transport Minister Thavorn Senniam said on Wednesday (October 9) after visiting the site. “The […]

Airports of Thailand to clarify public doubts on Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Passenger Terminal 2 project Passenger Terminal 2 project now known as Suvarnabhumi Airport’s ‘Concourse A Annex project’ By THE NATION 09 October 2019 Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) said on Tuesday (October 8 ) that AOT had reported the […]

Thailand’s energy ministry sets March 2020 target to resolve $2 billion dispute with U.S. Chevron Corp Thailand’s energy ministry said on Tuesday it had set a March target to resolve a $2 billion dispute with U.S. oil and gas major Chevron Corp and would make the “utmost effort” to reach a deal after the company […]

Laos’ 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant to commence full operation this month 09 October 2019 SET-listed CK Power Plc (CKP) expects to commence full operation of the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant this month as planned. This project began distributing power from the first generator unit to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) in […]

Transport Ministry seeks to revise Bangkok’s Bt122-bn MRT Orange line project By The Nation Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anuthin Charnvirakul said the Transport Ministry has proposed a revision of the Bt122-billion Orange mass transit line project – running from Thailand Cultural Centre to Bang Khun Non in Thonburi, west of Bangkok. It […]

Thailand and Myanmar Agree to Push Ahead With Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone 04 October 2019 Myanmar and Thailand have published their nine-point agreement to push through the implementation of the long-delayed US$8-billion (12.23-trillion-kyat) Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, which is set to be Southeast Asia’s largest industrial complex. After […]