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Experts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems. The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF), chaired by Virabongsa Ramangkura, plans to seek a new economic zone for relocation […]
Continue ReadingDisassembly of the first ever TBM to be used in Laos is nearly complete following the November 2010 breakthrough of CMC di Ravenna’s 7.6m diameter Robbins Single Shield machine used to construct the 5.5km long headrace tunnel for the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project on the Nam Theun River. The machine broke through on November 21 […]
Continue ReadingIt is just over a year since we launched Thailand Construction News website, and in that time we have brought to your attention more than one thousand (+1000) news stories. You might be interested to know that the following news stories are Thailand Construction News most popular news stories of the past year nos. 1-10. […]
Continue ReadingA Thai company, Hydrotek, an engineering firm, says it is planning to enter the water-management business in Burma, which is underdeveloped and will grow in the near future. Chief executive officer Slib Soongswang told The Nation newspaper in Bangkok the company will focus on Burma and Laos, because they are similar to Thailand 30 years […]
Continue ReadingConstruction on a bridge spanning the Mekong River between Laos and Thailand has been delayed by more than six months due to financial shortfalls, media reports said Wednesday. The 480-metre bridge between between Bokeo province, Laos, and Chiang Rai, Thailand, was initially scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012. ‘The work has been […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is proceeding with its 40-billion-baht expansion plan aimed at securing Thailand’s power supply. Governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said the state utility would build the plants on the premises of its existing power plants at Chana (Chana Unit 2) in Songkhla province and Wang Noi in Ayutthaya. The two plants […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is proceeding with its 40-billion-baht expansion plan aimed at securing Thailand’s power supply. Governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said the state utility would build the plants on the premises of its existing power plants at Chana (Chana Unit 2) in Songkhla province and Wang Noi in Ayutthaya. The two plants […]
Continue ReadingThai Tap Water Supply Plc (TTW), the country’s largest private tap-water supplier, will aggressively expand into the energy business, aiming at income from power to account for 35% within five years. As the market for water supply in Thailand grows saturated, TTW will begin booking revenue from power investments from the first quarter of next […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar opened a new international airport in its capital Naypyitaw Monday, with regional leaders the first to use the new facility that will handle up to 65,000 flights per year. Naypyitaw International Airport will be Myanmar’s third international facility after Mandalay and the commercial capital Yangon. The airport was developed by Burmese construction company Asia […]
Continue ReadingThe government plans to open bids for an independent power producer programme, possibly in the coming year. Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the new round would give a particular focus to coal-fired power plants because the country is too dependent on natural gas, which accounts for more than 70% of power generation. The appropriate number […]
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