Allen & Overy (A&O) and Baker & McKenzie have advised on the financing for the first large independent power producer project in Thailand to close since the global financial crash. According to A&O, the $1.18bn (£760m) project financing for the 1,600MW, combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power plant in the Nong Saeng district (around 100km north of […]
Continue ReadingThai Solar Energy Co., Ltd. has opened a 5 MW solar thermal plant in Thailand – the first such facility in Southeast Asia. Thai Solar invested 900 million baht in the facility, which heralded another milestone by being the first such facility in the world to use Direct Steam Generation (DSG) commercially. In a written […]
Continue ReadingThe government plans to open bids for an independent power producer programme, possibly in the coming year. Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the new round would give a particular focus to coal-fired power plants because the country is too dependent on natural gas, which accounts for more than 70% of power generation. The appropriate number […]
Continue ReadingIndustry 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 […]
Continue ReadingVietnam has begun construction of a second terminal to ease overcrowding at the only airport in the nation’s capital, the government said. Officials held a ceremony at the Noi Bai airport on Sunday to break ground on the four-storey facility which is being funded by more than 75 billion yen ($961 million) in Japanese aid, […]
Continue ReadingUndeterred by the recent |flood disaster, the Erawan Group is sticking with its five-year business plan to develop 14 hotels with a total of 2,800 rooms and seek to acquire properties, as well as prepare for expansion abroad as the Asean Economic Community (AEC) nears implementation in 2015. The group has just reviewed its 2011-15 […]
Continue ReadingTunnelling toward a city with no more flood woes A 100-kilometre tunnel linking Ayutthaya and Samut Prakan has been suggested as the latest solution to tackling floods in Bangkok to better direct water and avoid conflicts among residents. Although the huge tunnel, 10 metres high and 24 metres wide, would cost an enormous 200 billion […]
Continue ReadingOpportunity – JV or Funding needed for a huge Real Estate Project in CONGO We have a huge project which consists to build 2.4 million housing in both Congo (Congo Brazzaville = Republic of Congo and Congo Kinshasa = Democratic Republic of Congo). This project is estimated at 50 billion €. And it must be […]
Continue ReadingResidents and visitors to Pattaya and the Eastern Seaboard hoping to see the development of a high-speed rail network cut travelling times to the capital Bangkok to less than one hour might, proverbially speaking, have to wait a while longer to get their tickets punched according to the government’s Dr. Chula Sukmanop PhD, Inspector General […]
Continue ReadingIn our garden sanctuary, we may escape life’s burdens to be ourselves. If you’ve no shed, as Mark Antony came tantalisingly close to declaiming in Julius Caesar, prepare to tear up now. “You” in this context is shorthand, of course, for “you men”… all you poor, pathetic shedless saddoes who will shortly well up from […]
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