The City Hall plans to begin construction of the 14km riverside promenade this October despite concerns over the impact it will have on the lives of people who live along the Chao Phraya River. Still pushing ahead with the plan to add the modern structure, dubbed “The New Landmark of Thailand,” to the city’s old […]
Continue ReadingDanish wind turbines set a new world record by generating nearly half of all the electricity consumed by the Scandinavian country in 2015, an official from state-owned Energinet.dk said Monday. “It was much windier in 2015 than during an average year,” spokeswoman Hanne Storm Edlefsen told AFP. Wind energy production capacity had grown “a little […]
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SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand – Hundreds of construction workers return home each day to a makeshift village of shipping containers, erected as a temporary settlement for the migrants on the outskirts of Bangkok. Each of the 12 blocks, which resemble giant yellow Lego bricks, is made up of two towers of 9 containers and has 72 […]
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A light rail system worth more than 2 billion baht will be constructed between Phuket International Airport and Chalong intersection to boost the country’s tourism in the South. Speaking after a meeting on the Phuket mass transit system, transport permanent secretary Chartchai Thipsunawee Sunday unveiled details of a 60km rail tram which will be constructed […]
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The facade and roof serve as a the graphic identity for the 20,000 sq. ft. building while acting as a veil which reveals and conceals views. The Groove provides an extension to CentralWorld, the third largest mall in the world. At 6,000,000 sq. ft., the mall is comprised of three towers: an office tower, a […]
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Marking its official launch in the country, edotco Group, a telecom infrastructure service company, has laid out a $200-million investment roadmap for its operations in Myanmar. The investment, to spread over five years, will include building and owning up to 5,000 towers in the country in partnership with Singapore listed Yoma Strategic. edotco is the […]
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SUPERNAP Thailand Will Be The Most Advanced Data Center In Asia Pacific And The Largest In The Kingdom Construction has begun on the new $300 million USD (11 billion THB) SUPERNAP Thailand, located in Hemmaraj Industrial Estate in Thailand’s eastern province Chonburi. SUPERNAP Thailand will be the first Uptime Institute rated Tier IV Gold data […]
Continue ReadingJapan confirmed Friday they are in talks with the architect of the rejected 2020 Olympic stadium design, after her firm reportedly refused to hand over the copyright in return for payment. Tokyo last month chose a new, slimmed down plan for the centrepiece stadium after an earlier version designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid set […]
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The Transport Ministry, through the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), is determined to run the main section of the Red Line electric rail service, from Bang Sue to Rangsit, by itself, instead of inviting private partnership. Deputy Transport Minister Omsin Chivapruck said that although the State Enterprise Policy Commission had deemed that a public-private partnership […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s national broadband network enabling affordable internet access is scheduled to be rolled out over the next 12 months. Construction of the state-sponsored broadband infrastructure project will be jointly handled by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC). “All 70,000 villages nationwide will be able to access […]
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