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Asean becoming a data centre hotbed
Business, Published on 10/05/2024
» Demand in secondary and tertiary data centre markets continues to grow as operators and developers increasingly face power and land constraints in mature markets, according to the latest "Global Data Centre Market Comparison" report by the property services company Cushman & Wakefield.
Gas pipeline opens after years-long delay
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/05/2024
» Thailand's longest onshore gas pipeline has opened to facilitate gas transport for power plants and factories, following a delay related to the pandemic, says PTT president and chief executive Auttapol Rerkpiboon.
Centara Osaka toasts construction
Business, Published on 12/05/2020
» Centara Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel operator in Thailand, together with Taisei Corporation and Kanden Realty & Development have broken ground on construction of the 34-storey Centara Grand Hotel Osaka.
Construction outlook steady
Business, Published on 04/01/2019
» The construction market is expected to maintain its growth prospects in the next few years, helped primarily by major public sector infrastructure projects. We believe that private-sector construction work will also increase, helped by the expansion in public infrastructure projects and a recovery in residential property activity.
Government construction contracts and the EEC
Business, Published on 11/04/2018
» Of the 1 trillion baht in investment expected to pour into the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor in Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong, about 500 billion baht is expected to take the form of public procurement -- government construction contracts and purchase agreements -- with 300 billion to be financed by borrowing spread over the next five years.
Local rubber set to be sourced
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 17/08/2019
» Ministers gave the green light to a proposal yesterday to use Thai rubber latex in the Transport Ministry's construction projects in a bid to shore up rubber prices.
Building them up
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/01/2019
» Construction workers are usually overlooked even though their work is fundamental to the building of cities. To shine a spotlight on them, German photographer Ralf Tooten exhibits construction-worker portraits in his exhibition "A.W.C. -- Asian Workers Covered", as a reminder of how and by whom Thailand's cities have been built.
Staying afloat on a sea of despair
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/12/2019
» Chakra (Sarm Heng) is a Cambodian peasant boy who wants to escape a rural existence that offers him no future. "How's Thailand?" he asks a friend who returns from working at a construction site in Bangkok. "If you work hard, there's no problem," his friend assures him. Through trafficking agents, Chakra is smuggled across the border, but instead of being sent to a factory or a construction site, the boy is thrown onto a fishing trawler and forced to work without pay in conditions resembling a floating prison.
Rail projects close roads to large lorries
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/08/2018
» From Monday, lorries with more than six wheels will be banned from eight roads where construction of electric railways are under way.
Debt burden to fund Hong Kong's airport expansion soars
Published on 08/05/2024
» HONG KONG: The debt burden for construction of Hong Kong's airport expansion has soared to HK$123 billion (582 billion baht), with no end in sight to a levy on passengers who fly out from the city.