Author: Peter Carlisle

The 5.3km-long Taksin-Phetchakasem skytrain extension construction, for which the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) invested some Bt7.5 million, will be complete and ready for public service on December 5, 2012. BMA Govorner M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra and city executives Tuesday inspected the Pho Nimit station construction site which was in the process of placing the railway. He […]

Bang Buathong site sought for big plant The property developer Pruksa Real Estate Plc (PS) is looking for a large piece of land in the Bang Buathong area for a new precast concrete factory in the next two years, according to Jutha Promchinwong, the company’s deputy managing director. It wants a plot of around 200 […]

The Energy Ministry assured the Cabinet Tuesday that the gas leakage off Rayong’s coast would not lead to higher electricity bills to the public, though several power plants will need to shift to more expensive bunker oil following the suspension of the first gas transmission pipeline. Government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn said that the Energy Ministry […]

Retrofitted buildings more competitive New building control regulations covering retrofits to enhance earthquake preparedness will help to boost confidence among users and tenants and make the structures more competitive. Buildings erected before 2007 will be allowed to meet only those earthquake resistance standards in force at the time of construction and will not have to […]

Growing demand also brings about high competition The route from the Phloenchit intersection to Sukhumvit Soi 55 or Thonglor is seeing high competition among property developers as they launch condominium projects worth more than Bt100 billion, with more than 10,000 units. Since last year nearly 100 projects have been launched in the area by both […]

Thailand’s largest energy conglomerate PTT Public Company’s impaired natural gas pipeline from a natural gas processing platform in the Gulf of Thailand, leaking since Saturday afternoon, may affect power generation of about 3,000 megawatts, or 4-5 power plants, according to Suthat Pattamasiriwat, director of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). To tackle the problem, […]

Marubeni Corporation, in partnership with Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Germany and Siemens Limited, Thailand, has jointly received letter of intent, or LOI, for awarding two simultaneous projects from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, or EGAT, for the construction of Chana Combined Cycle Power Plant Block 2 and Wang Noi Combined Cycle Power Plant Block 4. The […]

Trial runs began on Thursday on the new BTS skytrain route, a 5.25km extension from Soi Onnut to Soi Bearing. The first test run was launched by Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. The service is due to beigin operating free of charge between Aug 12 and Jan 1. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration invested more than 50 billion […]

The dispute over a coal powered plant construction project in Nakhon Si Thammarat could erupt again, after the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) took 22 provincial officers last week to study Deputy Governor Sitthipong Terdrattanapong, said the trip gave him the experience and facts on energy he wished to pass on to villagers. The […]