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  • Infrastructure focus spells good news for Thai construction

    THAILAND, 2015/12/28 After a slowdown in infrastructure development in recent years, Thailand’s construction industry presently looks set to benefit from a major economic support programme aimed at boosting the country’s competitiveness. The government initiative, which will see additional than BT1.7trn ($47.7bn) worth of infrastructure projects implemented through to 2020, will put transport, logistics and ICT at the top of the schedule, with a focus on improving physical and digital connectivity. In late September the government announced plans to fast-track five major infrastructure projects – three mass rapid transit lines planned in Bangkok and two waste-to-energy power plants to be built in the Nonthaburi and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces – signalling a potential jumpstart for Thailand’s construction industry in early 2016. The projects, which have a combined budget of BT200.4bn ($5.6bn), will be structured as public-private partnerships, according to local media.

  • Rail projects to connect Thailand’s industrial zones to the region

    THAILAND, 2015/12/27 Despite some delays, Thailand is pushing ahead with a series of rail projects that will link its industrial hubs to China and replace historical routes to Laos and Vietnam. With international technical and financial backing, the projects are expected to boost regional interconnectivity and reduce logistics costs, inclunding bring millions of Chinese tourists to the country. Construction delays In mid-November Thailand’s parliament approved a draft cooperation framework for a Thai-Chinese railway project, which covers the construction of standard-gauge railways on two routes, totalling 867 km.

  • Sangkhla Buri decided to build their own floating bridge from bamboo,

    THAILAND, 2013/08/26  At the same time as a bridge over the river connecting their villages collapsed, people in Sangkhla Buri decided to build their own floating bridge from bamboo, and the new wooden bridge was completed in record time. A great example of what can be completed by villagers with a “can do” attitude. The newly-completed floating bridge links the two banks of Song Kalia River in Kanchanaburi, next the Saphan Mon bridge collapsed.
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