Society of Professional Engineers in Thailand (SPET) Monthly Members Meeting An impressive group of professional engineers who meet in the British Club once a month for far ranging discussions from Bangkok’s Mass Transit System to Samut Prakarn’s sewers! SPET meetings are a lively event and open to all club members to attend. This […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Nuclear power bid put on back burner No proposal to construct a nuclear power plant will be made while the Democrat Party is still in power, says Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul. “The PDP [power development plan] committee will need to look at alternative paths for our energy development,” said Mr Wannarat, adding that other […]
Continue ReadingVice president development for Zinc | InVision Hospitality Jean Marc LaFosse explains to Jamie Knights why flexibility will win over owners and enable him to battle the “big boys” InVision Hospitality was created in Thailand in 2007, but in 2010 the company decided it wanted to find investment in order to “grow faster”, according to […]
Continue ReadingThe Airports of Thailand will hire Chulalongkorn University to appraise the costs of additional work done at Suvarnabhumi airport in the run-up to the airport’s opening in September 2006. The decision could help solve the long-running dispute between the AoT and its contractor, ITO Joint Venture. ITO Joint Venture _ comprised of Italian-Thai Development Plc, […]
Continue ReadingWith its distinctive limestone cliffs and emerald green water, as featured spectacularly in the 1974 James Bond film “The Man With the Golden Gun,” Phang Nga Bay in Thailand has long been a favorite of yacht owners cruising in Southeast Asia. Phuket Island has been the natural base of the region’s sailing community, but its […]
Continue ReadingHalliburton has been awarded a $120 million, three-year contract extension by Chevron Thailand for the provision of directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) services for its ongoing offshore developments in the Gulf of Thailand. The majority of the wells that Halliburton’s Sperry Drilling business line will service are high-temperature wells that exceed 150°C (302°F), […]
Continue ReadingTraditional Khmer music, Buddhist monks, Cambodia’s deputy prime minister and apsaras will help announce the grand opening of one of Southeast Asia’s most anticipated new hotels March 29 as the Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra makes its debut. The hotel takes the stage in Phnom Penh as the first new five-star hotel to open in the […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Raimon Land to build The Vue boutique mall on Chao Phraya banks Luxury property developer Raimon Land will invest THB300 million (US$9.9 million) to open a boutique fusion mall adjacent to its The River condominium project along the Chao Phraya by the end of this year. The Vue, located by The River’s main road […]
Continue ReadingAfter a backdoor listing last year, new property firm Country Group Development Plc (CGD) plans to invest almost 14 billion baht to develop two projects this year. A huge investment of about 12 billion baht will be made to build the Landmark Waterfront Project comprising the five-star Capella Hotel with 101 rooms, the 73-storey Capella […]
Continue ReadingThailand has approved a memorandum of understanding for the co-development of a THB150 billion ($4.95 billion) high-speed rail project with the Chinese government, Permanent Secretary for Transport Suphoth Sublom said Monday. The MoU will be forwarded to the Chinese government later, he told reporters. He recently said the 620-kilometer high-speed railway project linking Nong Kai […]
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