SET-listed contractor Nawarat Patanakarn Plc (NWR) is jumping into property development with plans to launch three residential projects worth a combined 2.3 billion baht on the outskirts of Bangkok in 2015. President Polpat Karnasuta said property development would be the company’s fourth business following construction, pre-stressed concrete piles and pre-cast concrete manufacturing and steel fabrication. […]
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The construction of the Purple Line is underway and will be ready for the testing in September 2015. (Bangkok Post file photo) Industry analysts expect the Greater Bangkok property market will pick up in the second half of 2015. The growth will be driven by mass-transit lines that are due to start running in the […]
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Vipavan: Prospects for tourism bright Declining demand for watches is pushing C. Thong Panich Co to expand further into the hotel business. The authorised distributor of Citizen watches will spend 1.5 billion baht to build a hotel in Pattaya this year. Managing director Vipavan Mahadumrongkul said the five-star Renaissance Pattaya Hotel & Resort is now […]
Continue ReadingMore than 200 illegal hotels in Cha-Am are being made registered hotels following a revised ministerial draft regulation on old building usage recently approved by the Cabinet. Surapong Techaruvichit, president of Thai Hotels Association (THA), said 14 hotels and resorts in the famous beach resort town had been registered during the last few months while […]
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Are you managing one of these? A building that has an ageing metal roof A building / work place that is too hot and has OH&S complaints. A building whose occupants strive to save on electricity A building where raised heat levels cause distress to Poultry, Livestock , Agricultural products & therefore reduces productivity A […]
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People in the western suburbs of Bangkok have for decades struggled to maintain links with the greater metropolis, with mass transit systems all but a dream. Until now. Three route options have been proposed to extend the existing Green Line which ends at Bang Wa station on Phetkasem-Ratchaphruek Road. (Photo by Panumas Sanguanwong) City Hall […]
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Best Western hosted an event in Bangkok for international developers and investors to see and learn about the brand’s global development strategy for Vīb and BW Premier Collection and announced the first Vīb to be developed in Seoul, South Korea. BANGKOK, Thailand (PRWEB) March 18, 2015 Best Western International recently launched two new global hotel […]
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YANGON, 19 March 2015: Local company Tala Mon is planning to invest more than USD3 million over the next two years to renovate a historic Death Railway site in Mon State. Irrawaddy, an online news service, reported that the Mon State government gave Tala Mon permission to restore and construct new tourist facilities at the […]
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One of the tree tunnels on a road between Muang and Tha Wang Pha districts in Nan is saved from the axeman. (Photo by Rarinthorn Petcharoen) NAN – The Highways Department agreed on Wednesday to save part of a tunnel of trees endangered by road construction following an outcry from environmentalists and local people. About […]
Continue ReadingDemco, a contractor and engineering service provider listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, plans to proceed with the alternative-energy business, with the aim of owning power plants driven by wind and solar energy with the capacity of at least 100 megawatts by next year. Managing director Pongsak Siricupta says he is confident this year’s […]
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