The Real Estate Information Center has indicated that the prices of construction materials rose by 5% year-on-year in April. According to the center, the average material prices in April increased by 1% from March, and by 5% from April last year. Concrete costs rose the most, to the tune of 19% year-on-year; sanitary ware, electrical […]
Continue ReadingHemaraj Land And Development Public Company Limited announced the acquisition of the land at Koh Lan (Million Island) Pattaya Thailand of 228.15 Rai (91.68 acres or 365,040 square meters). “Million Island Pattaya” now in the planning phase will be an integrated resort, entertainment, and leisure development that will serve the vast tourism and business needs […]
Continue ReadingArchetype 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 […]
Continue ReadingWithin 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingPermanent 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 […]
Continue ReadingLaos 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, […]
Continue ReadingDevelopers 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 […]
Continue ReadingDevelopers 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
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