Category: Construction News

CP-led group offers lowest bid for high-speed train project connecting Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-Tapao airports 15 December 2018 A Charoen Pokphand Group (CP)-led consortium has offered the lowest bid for the high-speed railway project connecting three major airports, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) acting governor Worawut Mala said on Friday. However, the committee was […]

Bangkok’s latest mega shopping mall Iconsiam features one of the world’s longest pillarless all-glass facade Iconsiam’s completion required special glass and installation techniques. 14 December 2018 When it opened along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 10, the massive luxury shopping mall Iconsiam—self-identified as “the Icon of Eternal Prosperity”—boasted a number of […]

Wait ends for Thailand’s airports-link bidders 14 December 2018 COMPANIES bidding for work on the country’s high-speed railway project will learn today who are the winners and losers in the hunt for potentially lucrative revenue streams. It was also revealed yesterday that the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) expects to complete negotiations with the winning […]

Chartered Square Holding invests over one billion THB in Pattaya’s Chee Chan Golf Resort 12 December 2018 On Wednesday, December 12th, 2018, Narit Chia-Apar (middle), chairman of the Charter Square Holding Company, founder and owner of Chee Chan Golf Resort presided over the grand opening ceremony of the Chee Chan Golf Resort and received an […]

560m long Bangkok’s Krungthep Kreetha Road underpass opens 13 December 2018 A 560-metre-long underpass along Bangkok’s Krungthep Kreetha Road was officially opened to traffic on Thursday 13 December 2018. The underpass aims to alleviate congestion in eastern Bangkok, said Bangkok Metropolitan Administration governor Pol General Aswin Kwangmuang, who presided over the opening ceremony. The four-lane […]

Egat faces competition in bids to operate large power plants 11 December 2018 Thailand’s power-generating capacity will be deregulated in the near future, meaning the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) must compete with private firms at auctions for new large power plants, according to the tentative national power development plan (PDP). The latest […]

Tracking down Bangkok’s missing ‘tree surgeons’ 9 December 2018 With strong winds, heavy rains and wobbling root tap systems, trees along streets are often deemed as the cause of accidents. The latest fatal case took place in May last year when a large tree situated in front of the Alma Link Building near the Central […]