Myanmar opens international airport in new capital

Myanmar 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 […]

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Malaysia's New engineering measurement standards to improve project delivery, say players

Industry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]

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Malaysia’s New engineering measurement standards to improve project delivery, say players

Industry players believe that the introduction of the ‘Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement’ by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will improve project delivery. Quantity surveyor MCM Value Sdn Bhd’s (MCM Value) president Mohd Mazlan Che Mat said the document – set at almost to the international standard – would guide the construction […]

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Thai firm signs agreement to start wind power project in southeast Myanmar

THE Department of Electric Power under the Ministry of Electric Power 2 and Thailand’s Gunkul Engineering Public Co signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a 1000-megawatt (MW) wind power project on November 2. The signing ceremony was attended by the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Electric Power No 1 and 2, […]

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Thai Ratchaburi to build power plants in Myanmar's Dawei

Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said it planned to spend 12 billion baht ($390 million) next year on continuing investments and new ventures, including power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei project. The country’s largest private power producer signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Pcl to build coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 4,000 […]

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Thai Ratchaburi to build power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei

Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl said it planned to spend 12 billion baht ($390 million) next year on continuing investments and new ventures, including power plants in Myanmar’s Dawei project. The country’s largest private power producer signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Pcl to build coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 4,000 […]

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Laos to Start Building Mekong Dam This Year, Testing Neighbors

Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design to placate neighboring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam initiated in April to ease concerns that it would harm rice production and fish catches downstream, said […]

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Myanmar pledges fair payments for railroad land

Myanmar’s government has pledged to adequately compensate landowners along a 800-kilometre route for a rail link from China to the Bay of Bengal, reports said Sunday. Minister for Railways Aung Min said the government was determined to ensure that citizens ‘are not cheated’ by the 20-billion-dollar project. The railroad would link a deep seaport in […]

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