Category: Construction News

Thai Government seeks talks with Hopewell over courts Baht 11.88 billion compensation award 23 April 2019 The government said yesterday that it would consider negotiating with Hopewell (Thailand) Co to settle the Bt11.88 billion compensation awarded by the Supreme Administrative Court. The court upheld an arbitration committee’s ruling in favour of Hopewell whose concession contract […]

Bang Sue-Tao Poon location becomes the latest destination for Bangkok’s residential property developers 22 April 2019 The State Railway of Thailand’s project at Bang Sue is spearheading a massive transport, residential, commercial development that will forever change the station’s district and north Bangkok The Bang SueTao Poon location has become the latest destination for residential […]

BCPG finalises solar roof system plans for Thailand residential projects 19 April 2019 BCPG, the renewable power arm of Bangchak Corporation, has completed an agreement with property developer SC Asset to design, install and manage a solar roof system with blockchain technology for local residential projects. BCPG plans to launch Sun Share in the fourth […]

Prime Road Group and First Solar Complete 18MW of Solar Farms in Thailand Prime Road Group and First Solar, Inc. welcome the completion of four solar farms totaling 18 megawatts (MWDC) of capacity in Thailand. Located across the Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani Provinces, the Prime Road Group Co-Op Project (Project) utilizes more than 158,500 First […]

Thailand will be free from three types of plastic by end of this year End of this year, Thailand will be free from three types of plastic – microbeads, cap seals and oxo-degradable plastics – and from four other types of single-use plastics by 2022, according to a road map that got the Cabinet’s initial […]

Egat approved to buy power from 11 garbage plants in nine provinces 17 April 2019 The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given a green light for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to buy electricity from 11 community garbage-fuelled power plants in nine provinces, the secretary general of the ERC said on Wednesday. Naruepat […]

Third runway approved for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport A PROPOSED third runway for Suvarnabhumi International Airport has cleared the final hurdle, with the Cabinet yesterday approving the Bt21.8 billion project. The construction, to be overseen by the Airports of Thailand (AOT), is scheduled to be completed in 2021. Deputy government spokesman Weerachon Sukhondhapatipak said work is […]