The Xayaburi controversy has spread to Finland. Earlier this month, Finnish engineering company Pöyry Group issued a public statement denying any wrong-doing in its role in the Xayaburi Hydropower Project in Laos. The statement follows a June 2012 complaint to the Finnish government filed by 15 civil society groups, including International Rivers, alleging that Pöyry […]
Continue ReadingThailand-based Gunkul Engineering said it is increasing investment in renewable-energy plants and is expecting sales to more than double in the next three years. The power and engineering company will spend over TBH10bn ($318m) in 2013 on building and acquiring wind and solar power plants. Gunkul managing director, Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut, told Bloomberg that the firm intends to […]
Continue ReadingThailand-based Gunkul Engineering said it is increasing investment in renewable-energy plants and is expecting sales to more than double in the next three years. The power and engineering company will spend over TBH10bn ($318m) in 2013 on building and acquiring wind and solar power plants. Gunkul managing director, Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut, told Bloomberg that the firm intends to […]
Continue ReadingTransport Minister Jarupong Ruengsuwan has disclosed that the government will spend more than 400 billion baht in building the hi-speed train system, which he claims will help Thais save on transportation costs. According to Mr. Jarupong, the high-speed train system will consist of 4 rail lines, which are Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima, Bangkok-Hua Hin, Bangkok-Chiang Mai and […]
Continue ReadingSuvarnabhumi Airport will need to carry out the next phase of expansion as soon as the current upgrade works are completed or faces yet again the perennial problem of capacity lagging behind traffic demand. “The airport’s phase 3 expansion will have to proceed immediately after the current phase 2 is finished over the next 5-6 […]
Continue ReadingThe fountain and pool designer S. Napa (Thailand) Co Ltd plans to expand its business by 15% this year amid a boom in condominiums and concerns about health, environment and water scarcity. “The condominium boom in Greater Bangkok, Hua Hin and Pattaya spurred our swimming pool business in the first half of the year,” said […]
Continue ReadingThe construction, according to Bung Kan Governor Pornsak Jearanai, should begin within the next three years. “The cabinet has approved the project and the government of both countries have agreed in principle to have the fifth bridge built,” he said. The new bridge will be located about 12km east of downtown and will link Bung […]
Continue ReadingConstruction workers on Tuesday laid the last piece of a railway that will link Southwest China’s Yunnan province with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries. The Yuxi-Mengzi Railway has a total length of 141 km with a designed maximum speed of 120 km per hour. It passes through 35 tunnels and crosses 61 bridges, […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in September. Founded in Vietnam in 2002 by French architects and engineers, Archetype soon expanded to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, India and France. In the past year, Archetype has continued its solid growth and opened offices in […]
Continue ReadingThis summer marked the return to Pattaya of a familiar face to the local real estate sector when ex-Raimon Land CEO Nigel Cornick announced his new development vehicle Kingdom Property had secured finance from the Krungthai Bank for their first major project in the city, and indeed Thailand, the THB 2 billion Southpoint condominium on […]
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