After going viral around world & causing great embarrassment, power pole quickly removed from footbridge. An electricity pole rising up through the stairway of a new pedestrian bridge quickly went viral on social media. After going viral and causing great embarrassment, the power pole was quickly removed from the footbridge on Monday. “Couldn’t someone get […]
Continue ReadingTHAILAND could be strategically promoted by Japan-based Sumitomo Construction Machinery as the distribution and financial hub of Asean, especially CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), to cash in on the region’s high mid- and long-term potential, Kazuhiko Sasaki, the company’s president director for Southeast Asia said. Sumitomo Construction Machinery is one of the world’s leading […]
Continue ReadingPROPERTY and real estate is the best-paying occupational field with salaries starting at Bt87,500 a month, according to JobsDB (Thailand). It is followed by sciences, laboratory work, and research and development, with salaries starting at Bt83,276, and transport and logistics with salaries starting at Bt80,738. Based on information from more than 40,000 companies, of which […]
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Thai Obayashi selects three Liebherr luffing jib cranes for construction of key waterfront mega shopping mall on Bangkok’s IconSiam development; Thailand’s largest private sector project. Three Liebherr luffing jib tower cranes are being used by Thai Obayashi for the construction of a nine-storey waterfront shopping mall complex on Thailand’s largest current private sector project, IconSiam, […]
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The new Cốc San power plant in this northern province, a run-of-river hydropower facility supplying almost 30MW of power to regional off taker Northern Power Corporation, opened yesterday. The US$50m plant is backed by Vietnamese and foreign private investment and InfraCo Asia, a commercially managed infrastructure development and investment company funded by the governments of the […]
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South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. won a $120 million deal from a Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. to build a shopping mall in the Kingdom of Cambodia, a deal that is expected to help the Korean engineering company that has been focusing on plant construction diversify its business portfolio. According to the company Monday, it […]
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8th June 2016 Speaking at a press briefing on the accident, EIT secretary-general Siriwat Chaichana said heavy downpours had eroded the soil beneath the building and unsafe foundations were the cause of the building’s collapse. Mr Siriwat said even though the EIT could not examine the resort’s building plan due to the Koh Chang municipality […]
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Sika is expanding its supply chain footprint in Thailand by inaugurating a mortars and concrete admixtures plant. The new facility in Saraburi, 100 km North of Bangkok, is the Group’s second in the country. This latest investment will enable Sika to meet the needs of Thailand’s booming construction market, expand its local product portfolio and […]
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Half of the work on the steel frames for the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland has gone to a foreign contractor, despite New Zealand factories having prepared for it. With 8500 tonnes of steel frames needed for the SkyCity convention centre, the making and fitting contract has gone to one New Zealand company and a […]
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Thailand’s first large-scale solar power plant demonstrates the feasibility of large, private sector solar farms, and leads the way to a greener future. Sitting in the courtyard of his home in Lopburi Province, 180 kilometers north of Bangkok, Saichol Thanomsak remembers what life was like for the nearly 600 people in Moo 3 Village before […]
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