Bangkok officials will next week start inspecting more than 1,000 buildings to boost safety following Saturday’s blaze at the Fico Place building. The buildings, mainly in Phaya Thai, Pathumwan, Klong Toey and Watthana districts, were built before 1992 and not required to install sprinklers under the 1992 Building Safety Control Act. Among the buildings in […]
Continue ReadingThe State Railway of Thailand will use a substantial portion of the abandoned Hopewell transit project to build its Red Line electric railway from Bang Sue in Bangkok to Pathum Thani’s Rangsit area. It will also use some of the infrastructure to extend the Airport Rail Link to link up Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. […]
Continue ReadingThe recent collapse of a giant concrete slab and steel scaffolding at the Hopewell project will attract more public attention to the pending appeal ruling at the Administrative Court over Bt12 billion in compensation demanded from the Thai authorities by the Hong Kong-based company. Getting on for 20 years, the public had been largely trying […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Central Administrative Court on Wednesday dismissed the request of residents living near the country’s main airport seeking an injunction to temporarily ban nighttime flying to reduce noise pollution. The court’s decision came as the first plaintiff, Sanun Worasooksri, and 359 others filed a lawsuit against Airports of Thailand (AoT) for negligence of duty in […]
Continue ReadingDespite reservations from Mekong Basin countries, construction continues Over the opposition of environmental groups and the governments of other countries in the Mekong Basin, the Thai government is pushing ahead with the construction of the controversial Xayaburi Dam, environmentalists say. Although the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments have expressed concerns about the dam and work was […]
Continue ReadingToday’s (March 1) collapse of the unfinished Hopewell elevated concrete beam across rail tracks in Bangkok suburb was caused by metal scaffold theft, the governor of the State Railways of Thailand (SRT) said on Thursday. Yutthana Thapcharoen commented following the collapse of a concrete beam across railway tracks in Bang Khen. The concrete beams were […]
Continue ReadingSamsung Engineering Co., a leading South Korean industrial plant builder, said Tuesday that it has won a $60 million order to build an industrial facility in Thailand. The contract reached with the state-run Public Company Ltd. calls for Samsung Engineering to build an electricity and steam supply unit for a gas ethane separation plant at […]
Continue ReadingA disaster expert has advised the government to construct dams around the Gulf of Thailand, from Chachoengsao province to Cha-am district in Phetchaburi province. National Disaster Warning Council chairman Smith Thammasaroj said that the proposed dams will protect inner areas of the country from flooding due to a higher sea level in the Gulf of […]
Continue ReadingCompany continues push toward utility-scale developments in emerging markets. First Solar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film solar modules, said Feb. 23 it has completed construction of its largest power plant in Southeast Asia. The 7.5-megawatt plant is located in northeastern Thailand on a solar farm in the nation’s Khorat region. Netherlands-based Sonnedix Group […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand is set to invest Bt32.93 billion on a new 600-megawatt power plant to replace the No 4-7 generators at its Mae Mo power plant. Egat governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said yesterday that the four generators were decommissioned in 2009 but were still in use. The project will be financed 70 […]
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