The Central Administrative Court is set to deliver a verdict in a landmark case in which Pathum Wan district office is accused of falsely certifying over a period of more than 15 years that Bangkok’s Soi Ruamrudee is more than 10 metres wide to facilitate the illegal construction of several skyscrapers. In the final court […]
Continue ReadingBlack & Veatch to support 1,500 MW power plant expansions in Thailand Marubeni Corp. has selected Black & Veatch to support the balance-of-plant design and procurement for the 1,500 MW expansion of two combined-cycle power plants in Thailand. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand owns both plants. The projects involve adding a new 780 MW […]
Continue ReadingUS-based Miyamoto International sounds the alarm on disaster readiness and says Bangkok is not immune from earthquakes The Thai property industry has seen disaster awareness heighten against the backdrop of current flooding in Thailand and the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Both the public and private sectors are looking to retrofit and strengthen buildings, […]
Continue ReadingUS-based Miyamoto International sounds the alarm on disaster readiness and says Bangkok is not immune from earthquakes The Thai property industry has seen disaster awareness heighten against the backdrop of current flooding in Thailand and the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Both the public and private sectors are looking to retrofit and strengthen buildings, […]
Continue ReadingMT Alumet sets sights on Laos MT Alumet, one of Thailand’s leading manufacturers of aluminium extrusions, is beefing up its domestic and global expansion and is set to diversify into mining and drinking water in Laos. Executive director Jainnisa Kuvinichkul says the Thai-owned company is investing 200 million baht to raise production capacity at its […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry is setting up plans for a multi-billion-baht third ring road for Bangkok and surrounding provinces, which will feature a canal in lieu of a traffic island to alleviate flooding. Transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom yesterday unveiled the six-lane, 280-kilometre-long ring road project that will cost an estimated 150 billion baht. It will […]
Continue ReadingThe Taiwan-based Tycoons Group Enterprise Co., Ltd., a large-sized steelmaker, has planned to construct an electric steelmaking plant in Thailand, in an effort to enhance its vertical integration to better compete in the country. Already approved by the local competent authorities and estimated to cost between NT$1.7 billion and NT$2 billion, the construction plan is […]
Continue ReadingSecurity checkpoints at Suvarnabhumi are undergoing dramatic changes under a 155-million-baht makeover designed to remove the bottlenecks choking traffic at one of Asia’s busiest airports. When construction of the new “centralised security screen checkpoints” is completed in March of next year, security screening for outgoing passengers will get a significant boost. The service area will […]
Continue ReadingPTT wants to co-invest with Italian-Thai Development (ITD) in a 3,000 MW coal-fired power plant supplying Burma’s Dawei deep-sea port and industrial estate, according to a PTT source. The investment value of the plant is expected to be as high as US$4 billion (Bt120 billion). PTT envisions the project being divided into three phases. ITD […]
Continue ReadingAn astonishing 4,000 properties on Phuket, ranging from single homes to hotels, have never been inspected for their adherence to the environmental aspects of their building permits. As a result, environment officials on the island have no idea how many of the 4,000 structures – built since environmental regulations were brought in eight years ago […]
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