Category: Construction News

Thailand’s leading real estate developer Sansiri claims Boom time coming as foreigners lead real estate revival Comments by the chairman of one of Thailand’s leading real estate developers – Sansiri PLC – as reported by Bangkok Business News, represented a stark contract to the doom and gloom assessments of many people online in the wake […]

Construction of controversial Thailand’s Yuam River diversion project approved EIA reports endorsed (i) on the Mae Moh power plant project of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, (ii) the Surat Thani power plant project, (iii) the special highway project from Hat Yai district in Songkhla to the border with Malaysia and (iii) the Nam Yuan […]

Thailand completes 69 infrastructure projects, has another 65 projects under construction and 8 projects cancelled along its Eastern Economic Corridor The OTTPP said the 69 completed projects account for 41% of all infrastructure projects in EEC areas, while another 65 projects, or 39%, are under construction and 8 projects have been cancelled. Thailand’s Office of […]

ASEAN’s 1st Cold Energy-Based Air Separation Unit Opens in Rayong, Thailand Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG) and PTT will open Southeast Asia’s first air separation unit that uses cold energy from the condition changing process of liquefied natural gas (LNG) late this month. Piyabut Charuphen, managing director of Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG), said the new air […]

Cost Inflation Is Blowing Through the Wind Turbine Industry Covid delays and expensive shipping will likely hurt more than higher prices for steel and other raw materials Wind turbine makers have lost some of the wind in their sails this year. Investors can blame Covid delays, rising commodity prices, and a likely lull in orders […]

Condominium Disputes in Thailand – Rights and Responsibilities of Joint Owners Article by Tilleke & Gibbins “Condominium” combines the Latin roots com (“together”) and dominium (“right of ownership or property”) into a word that literally means “shared property.” This shared ownership of property—which in the condominium’s case has come to mean a large building of […]

Standard International to open The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon and The Standard, Hua Hin Standard International CEO, Amar Lalvani, Discusses the Outlook for Hospitality and Introduces the newest Standard hotels slated to open in 2021 and 2022 Amar Lalvani, CEO of Standard International (parent company of the Standard Hotels), presents the case for optimism in the […]