Mandalay Golden Wings Construction company last week unveiled plans to build the country’s tallest building in Yangon’s Mayangone township. The company has started work on the US$60-million, 34-storey Diamond Inya Palace building on a 2-acre block near Inya Lake, and expects to finish by the end of 2015, a Mandalay Golden Wings spokesperson said last […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Prime Minister Plodprasob Surassawadee vowed yesterday to build a new nuclear research reactor in Thailand within the next five years. “Thailand should have another nuclear reactor. I’ll do my best to start the project again,” Plodprasob said when he presided over the opening of the 2nd Asian Symposium on Material Testing Reactors. The event […]
Continue ReadingBesides the 250-metre chimney stack, the highest man-made structure in this hilly town, Hongsa Power, which is proceeding with construction of its US$3.7-billion (Bt144-billion) coal-fired power plant, is bringing about many other big changes. Coming with construction is the creation of jobs for about 3,000 locals, according to governor Kamsing Sorasuk. Then, with electricity supplied by […]
Continue ReadingRienchai Likitplug, president of the property developer BKK Grand Estate Co, said the skytrain extension from Sois On Nut to Bearing that began running last year has triggered a boom in Bang Na. The area has changed dramatically in recent years, especially near the Bang Na intersection, he said. As soon as the skytrain opened […]
Continue ReadingGulf JP UT Co, a subsidiary of Gulf JP Co, has clinched a Bt39-billion financing facility from eight banks for a gas-fired power-plant project in Ayutthaya’s Uthai district, with commercial operations set to commence in 2015.Four of the eight banks are Thai – Kasikornbank, Bangkok Bank, Siam Commercial Bank and Land and Houses Bank. The […]
Continue ReadingThe infrastructure development export package includes construction, management and operation of the plant, as well as procurement of funds. The plant will be built in Rojana Industrial Park in central Thailand. The plant will be built using Mitsubishi’s latest power generation equipment and will be managed by a company that Electric Power Development will take […]
Continue ReadingThe construction industry’s lack of workers has resulted in many projects not being able to expand, says the Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT). Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of the CIT, which is under the Industry Ministry, said some works, especially housing projects, have been delayed, while developers have been reluctant to take on new ones. […]
Continue ReadingFiretide, Inc., a provider of high-performance wireless infrastructure mesh networks, announced on Oct. 23 that Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department has completed its phase three deployment of the world’s first mesh network capable of delivering live high-definition (HD) wireless video feeds of river water levels and telemetry data for real-time flood forecasting and historical data collection. […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korean builder SK Engineering and Construction and state-run Korean Western Power have won a $1.0 billion deal to build and operate a hydropower plant in Laos, an official said on Tuesday. Under the deal with the Laotian government, SK Construction will build three dams and a hydropower plant at the Mekong River in the […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in Asia, announced today their appointment as Project and Construction Manager for the new prestigious and iconic MahaNakhon Tower in Bangkok. The MahaNakhon Tower is a striking mixed-use development in the heart of Bangkok’s central business district. It features a unique design that introduces a three-dimensional ribbon of […]
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