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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has hired Panya Consultants and Phisut Technology to map out the earthquake-risk zones of the city, Deputy Governor Wallop Suwandee announced yesterday. Although Bangkok isn’t on a fault line, soft soil makes the high-rise structures vulnerable to faraway quakes, Wallop said, citing a recent Myanmar quake that caused high-rises in the […]
Continue ReadingSihasak Phuangketkaew, permanent secretary for foreign affairs, said he submitted a concept paper to Myanmar last week under the Thailand-Myanmar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two neighbours on the Dawei project. The MoU was signed by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Myanmar President Thein Sein in Thailand last month, Mr Sihasak said. […]
Continue ReadingSihasak Phuangketkaew, permanent secretary for foreign affairs, said he submitted a concept paper to Myanmar last week under the Thailand-Myanmar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two neighbours on the Dawei project. The MoU was signed by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Myanmar President Thein Sein in Thailand last month, Mr Sihasak said. […]
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 ($318m) in 2013 on building and acquiring wind and solar power plants. Gunkul managing director, Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut, told Bloomberg that the firm intends to […]
Continue ReadingThe fountain and pool designer S. Napa (Thailand) Co Ltd plans to expand its business by 15% this year amid a boom in condominiums and concerns about health, environment and water scarcity. “The condominium boom in Greater Bangkok, Hua Hin and Pattaya spurred our swimming pool business in the first half of the year,” said […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in September. Founded in Vietnam in 2002 by French architects and engineers, Archetype soon expanded to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, India and France. In the past year, Archetype has continued its solid growth and opened offices in […]
Continue ReadingSixteen large industrial projects worth a combined 117 billion baht won Board of Investment (BoI) approval yesterday including proposals by big regional players Toyota, IRPC and PTT. With the BoI’s green light, PTT plans to spend 23 billion baht to develop a natural gas transport network linking Ayutthaya’s Wang Noi with Nakhon Sawan province, 16 […]
Continue ReadingKey oil and gas investors from across Asia will gather in Singapore this September to grow their portfolios during the 2nd Oil & Gas Investor Summit Asia. With more than half the world’s population residing in Asia, demand for power surpasses what the rest of the world requires to support its robust economy. Asia is […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s largest energy firm, PTT Pcl, said on Tuesday it planned to invest US$ 2-3 billion in a Burmese oil refinery, coal mines and a power plant, as part of its drive to expand in Southeast Asia. Nattachat Charuchinda, the chief operating officer for PTT’s petroleum business, told reporters in Bangkok the company planned to set […]
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