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Archetype Group and AIA Associés Form Partnership to Deliver World-Class Healthcare Facilities

May 20, 2012August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Archetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in South East Asia, announced today its new partnership with AIA Associés. AIA Associés, who recently opened an office in Beijing, is a French-based firm specialized in the development of high-quality and technical healthcare facilities. The purpose of such alliance is to bring together the regional expertise of […]

Grid parity is light at the end of the solar-power tunnel, but delay likely

May 20, 2012Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Within the next five or six years Thailand could become one of the world’s leading lights in solar power, producing electricity from this renewable energy source at a cost that is either the same or less than buying electricity from a fossil fuel-fired plant. The government’s progressive energy policies have spawned a major solar power […]

B718m loan approved for Uttaradit-Laos link – Border trade with Xayaburi set to boom

May 20, 2012August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle1 Comment

The Thai government has approved a soft loan to Laos for a 33-kilometre road from the Phudu checkpoint in Uttaradit province to Paklai in the Lao province of Xayaburi. The project is being implemented to boost two-way trade, especially the import of commodities. The total cost of construction is estimated at 718 million baht. A […]

Australia wants Thai workers to work in its construction industry

May 20, 2012Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labor Mrs. Songsri Boonba has revealed Australia is seeking skilled labor from Thailand to work in that country’s construction industry under a government-to-government contract. The Permanent Secretary said she had met with a delegation from Australia’s Northern Territory led by Mr. Greg Wallace, the charge d’affaires from the Australian […]

Laos: no work on Xayaburi dam until green concerns solved

May 20, 2012August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Laos said yesterday it would not make a final decision on construction of the Xayaburi dam in the main stream body of the Mekong River before approval by the international community and countries in the Lower Mekong basin over environment concerns. Work on the site by the Thai construction company Ch Karnchang was just preparation, […]

Pattaya's The Palm condominium construction contract signed

May 20, 2012Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Developers of The Palm luxury condominium project on Wongamat beach have put pen to paper in a 1.3 billion THB deal with the Lock-BUILD Group for the latter to begin construction of the twin tower development in north Pattaya. The Lock-BUILD Group is based in Bangkok and have many well known projects accredited to them […]

Pattaya’s The Palm condominium construction contract signed

May 20, 2012Mike RiemerLeave a Comment

Developers of The Palm luxury condominium project on Wongamat beach have put pen to paper in a 1.3 billion THB deal with the Lock-BUILD Group for the latter to begin construction of the twin tower development in north Pattaya. The Lock-BUILD Group is based in Bangkok and have many well known projects accredited to them […]

Italian-Thai insists it can handle Dawei, has the experience

May 15, 2012August 28, 2020Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

The SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the country’s largest construction company, has reaffirmed its ability to handle a 150,000-rai industrial estate in Dawei, brushing aside Myanmar’s doubts about the project’s viability. Nonetheless, strategic partners are needed to jointly develop the large-scale project, said Dawei Development Co (DDC), a company the Thai contractor set up to […]

Phuket’s Bluepoint architect wins Canadian prize

May 15, 2012Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Phuket’s Bluepoint Condo development, which is already confirmed as having won a prize in the asia-Pacific Property Awards, this week announced that it has won another, this time from Canada. Paul Raff Studio, the architects for Bluepoint, have won an Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) award for their design of the development’s sales pavilion. Mr Raff […]

Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study

May 15, 2012Peter CarlisleLeave a Comment

Wind farms can cause climate change, according to new research, that shows for the first time the new technology is already pushing up temperatures. Usually at night the air closer to the ground becomes colder when the sun goes down and the earth cools. But on huge wind farms the motion of the turbines mixes the […]