The Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) board will select one of five construction companies vying for the 5-billion-baht contract including Italian-Thai Development Plc and Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc. The contract award will signal the start of construction, which AoT is trying to reduce to 30 months from 36 months. The accelerated schedule is due […]
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 ReadingConstruction cost consultancy firm will become part of Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, and expand AECOM’s footprint in Asia AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 130 countries around the world, announced today that KPK, a construction cost, contract […]
Continue ReadingThe Xayaburi controversy has spread to Finland. Earlier this month, Finnish engineering company Pöyry Group issued a public statement denying any wrong-doing in its role in the Xayaburi Hydropower Project in Laos. The statement follows a June 2012 complaint to the Finnish government filed by 15 civil society groups, including International Rivers, alleging that Pöyry […]
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 ReadingTransport Minister Jarupong Ruengsuwan has disclosed that the government will spend more than 400 billion baht in building the hi-speed train system, which he claims will help Thais save on transportation costs. According to Mr. Jarupong, the high-speed train system will consist of 4 rail lines, which are Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima, Bangkok-Hua Hin, Bangkok-Chiang Mai and […]
Continue ReadingSuvarnabhumi Airport will need to carry out the next phase of expansion as soon as the current upgrade works are completed or faces yet again the perennial problem of capacity lagging behind traffic demand. “The airport’s phase 3 expansion will have to proceed immediately after the current phase 2 is finished over the next 5-6 […]
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 ReadingThe construction, according to Bung Kan Governor Pornsak Jearanai, should begin within the next three years. “The cabinet has approved the project and the government of both countries have agreed in principle to have the fifth bridge built,” he said. The new bridge will be located about 12km east of downtown and will link Bung […]
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