Category: Construction News

They were built to symbolize the city’s prosperity and vision. But after years of abandonment, stalled development or economic crisis, some of the world’s most amazing buildings have fallen into ruin and instead come to epitomize national struggle. From Thailand’s 49-storey Sathorn Unique which was abandoned after the 1997 financial crisis to Venezuela’s luxury skyscraper-turned-world’s […]

A veteran real-estate valuer on Wednesday played down reports that land prices in the Siam Square-Chidlom-Phloenchit area have risen to a record two million baht per square wah, saying the figure was exaggerated. The most expensive land in Thailand is found around Siam Square, Chidlom and Phloenchit. Sopon Pornchokchai, president of the Agency for Real […]

A veteran real-estate valuer on Wednesday played down reports that land prices in the Siam Square-Chidlom-Phloenchit area have risen to a record two million baht per square wah, saying the figure was exaggerated. The most expensive land in Thailand is found around Siam Square, Chidlom and Phloenchit. Sopon Pornchokchai, president of the Agency for Real […]

Four companies will probably take part in an electronic auction to supply 115 train carriages worth more than 4.9 billion baht to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). The bidding results are expected to be known in August. The SRT is in the process of checking the qualifications of firms vying to produce the 115 […]

Bangkok-based hospitality services provider Absolute Hotel Services on Monday announced entry of its budget hotel brand ‘Eastin Easy’ into India. “It is our first Eastin Easy brand hotel to debut in India. With this, we have four hotels operating in the country under different brand names,” Absolute Hotel Services CEO Jonathan Wigley said. The company […]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expediting plans to construct over 100 new septic tanks and cesspools in the capital’s Chatuchak, Bang Sue and Dusit districts in preparation for a new underground wastewater system. The BMA’s Department of Drainage and Sewerage is rerouting the sewage pipe system in areas which include Prachachuen Road and Pracharat […]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expediting plans to construct over 100 new septic tanks and cesspools in the capital’s Chatuchak, Bang Sue and Dusit districts in preparation for a new underground wastewater system. The BMA’s Department of Drainage and Sewerage is rerouting the sewage pipe system in areas which include Prachachuen Road and Pracharat […]

Criminal proceedings are to be launched against officials and contractors who oversaw the renovation of a suspension bridge in Ayutthaya prior to its deadly collapse in April, after the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) yesterday confirmed an initial finding that the collapse resulted from the use of substandard cables. Five people were killed and many […]