Category: Construction News

LEED, the acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most globally recognised green-building certification programme. Office tenants increasingly prefer LEED-certified buildings, especially if they have a policy to undertake LEED-certified interior fit-outs, which more companies are doing. Multinational companies such as Citibank, Unilever and L’Oreal have all completed LEED fit-outs in their […]

The cabinet has approved three new inter-city motorways with a combined distance of 324 kilometres to make travel faster and easier, especially to the Northeast. The projects have an estimated cost of 160 billion baht. The three routes will run from Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya via Saraburi to Nakhon Ratchasima, a distance of 196 kilometres; […]

There continues to be a debate amongst hotel owners and operators that Thailand hotels have fallen into a bottomless pit of underachievement in terms of hotel rates. Last week Asiatraveltips.com ran an article on the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI) which documents the trend that Thai travelers will pay 75% more for hotel room […]

Construction of the extended section of the Green Line rail route from Mor Chit to Pathum Thani will start in June this year, but is only expected to relieve traffic congestion in northern Bangkok in five years. Until the rail route eases traffic, the area will suffer a deterioration in traffic conditions, especially when the […]