Japan’s Electric Power Development Co (J-Power) said on Monday it has obtained $1.184 billion in project financing for a gas combined cycle thermal power plant in Thailand and that it will start work on the 1,600 megawatts scheme by the end of this year. J-Power, which has developed overseas power generating projects in Thailand and […]
Continue ReadingHotels in Hat Yai, Pattaya lead the pack Malaysia-based Tune Hotels is marching ahead with its plan to operate 20 budget hotels in Thailand by 2015 despite the flood crisis. The first hotel will open in Hat Yai next month with 148 rooms, followed by Pattaya in February with 192 rooms. Two more hotels are […]
Continue ReadingTHE 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, […]
Continue ReadingTechnip was awarded by Michelin Siam Co., Ltd. a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a new elastomer composite plant to be built in Southern Region Industrial Estate, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The contract is in line with Technip’s strategy to expand its business base, including its Onshore segment. It covers preliminary […]
Continue ReadingThe Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) recently carried out a survey from November 2010 to June 2011 into the ‘Costs of International Arbitration’. The survey was completed by completed by lawyers and international arbitrators from five continents. Information on 254 international arbitrations conducted between 1991 and 2010 was considered to be useful for statistical analysis. […]
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We wish to bring your attention to an old work colleague of Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd and his new and very interesting book. Back in the 2000’s, one of the biggest projects in Thailand was the new Bangkok international airport, known as Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok. Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd was employed for three years […]
Continue ReadingThese days there are just so many construction and engineering websites around that it can be frustrating to find your way to the better websites. To help you, we have compiled what we believe are some top websites to begin your search. The ones we have listed are UK construction and engineering websites sites, but […]
Continue ReadingThailand’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 […]
Continue ReadingTHE ENERGY COMPLEX (EnCo), Ministry of Energy, Thailand, is this year’s winner in the New & Existing Building Category in the Asean Energy Awards. http://www.skyscrapercity.com Energy Complex, or EnCo, of Thailand is the winner of this year’s prestigious Asean Energy Awards in the New & Existing Building Category. The Asean Energy Awards is a regional […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the inauguration of the third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, connecting the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Phanom with Khammuan province in the central Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. The opening ceremony took place on Nov 11 at 11.11am at the Thai-Lao border, co-chaired by Bounnhang Vorachith, vice president of the […]
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