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Over 300 Exhibitors Join Thailand?s 8th Constech Show
After successfully hosting consecutive annual shows, Thailand’s International Construction Machinery, Equipment and Technology Exhibition 2015 (CONSTECH 2015) welcomed over 315 brands and companies from all over the world. Hosted on March 27-29, 2015 by the Thai Constructors Association (TCA) which is under the patronage of H.M. the King, and organised by IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd, ...
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Urban Renewal a Growing Prospect for Builders, as Well as Risk
By Mr. David Ng, Vice President of Forte Insurance (Cambodia) Cambodia is a peaceful developing country and offers vast opportunities for both local investments and foreign direct investments. With the flow of new local and foreign investments, engineering and building construction companies can see a growing market to offer their specialised services to the developers. For Phnom Penh where ...
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Top Korean Asphalt Mixing Plant Now in Cambodia
Cambodia’s large-scale investment in infrastructure development, particularly on road construction, has attracted global asphalt mixing plant brands to the country, including Speco from Korea. Established in 1979, Speco is a top Korean manufacturer of asphalt mixing plants, which are key equipment in road construction. Speco has supplied its quality-proven plants to over 2,500 projects in 50 co...
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Buildtech Yangon 2015 a Huge Success
Held over three days in May, BuildTech Yangon 2015 was a huge success, bringing together over 4,200 exhibitors, speakers, delegates, and trade associations. Hosted on May, 27-29, 2015 at the 12,000 sqm Myanmar Convention Center, in Yangon, the second year of Myanmar’s definitive building and construction industry trade show saw a 30 percent increase in visitors on last year. Over 150 compani...
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Cambodia to Build a One-stop Building Material Mall
A Chinese building group is working on a construction venture in Cambodia to develop a huge building material mall in Phnom Penh where buyers can source any construction-related materials they need from manufacturers worldwide. Construction on the 30,000 sqm two-floor mall is expected to start soon, according to Onkha Hann Khieng, Vice President of Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA) who re...
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Airports Capacity Grows with Traffic
The double-digit growth of air passengers through Cambodia’s airports has led to the launch of a huge airport development master plan which offers a transport infrastructure vision for the next 30-40 years. The kingdom’s three international airports; Phnom Penh (PNH), Siem Reap (REP), and Sihanoukville are currently undergoing construction, extension, and renovation projects to increase their r...
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Japan Pledges $6bn for Mekong Region 5
Japan plans to invest $6 billion in developmental aid to Mekong region countries – Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Vietnam – over the next three years as part of its Tokyo Strategy 2015. The Mekong nations all have excellent economic prospects, with their infrastructure needs suggesting that they are promising destinations for Japanese exporters of railway technologies and infrastructure....
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Born
China hosted the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing on 29 June. The AIIB will finance Asian energy, transport and infrastructure projects, and will rival the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Delegates from 50 countries, including Cambodia, signed the founding articles which determine each member’s share and the bank’s initial capital of $50bn, e...
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Certifying Cambodia?s Architects
Cambodia has around 2,500 local architects, but only 185 of them are registered with the country’s public architecture, less than 10%. The government would like to change that. In Cambodia, any architect wishing to be fully recognized by the government needs to register with the Board of Architects of Cambodia (BAC), a state-run association established in 2011 and recognized as a member of the ...
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Philippines Rail Project Sets Japan Oda Record
Japan has pledged its largest ODA (Overseas Development Assistance) ever provided to a partner nation with $2bn for the construction of a commuter train line in the Philippines. The move is an integral part of the “Cooperation Roadmap for Quality Infrastructure Development in the Transport Sector in Metropolitan Manila” which the two nations agreed in June. The loan package is intended for t...
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Casa Meridian Opens Sales Office, Breaks Ground
The Casa Meridian condominium development on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island kicked off a new phase of development, opening its sales center and starting construction at the end of May. The condo is being developed by Hong Kong-based M.D.H.K. Property Ltd.with the total investment cost of US$75 million financed by Canadia Bank. Construction is being handled by the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp...
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Vietnam Must Spend 50bn on Transport
Vietnam needs to spend $50bn on transport infrastructure over the next five years to maintain current levels of economic growth, according to the country’s Planning and Investment Department. “We still have no high-speed rail and our major airports, including Noi Bai, Da Nang and Tan Son Nhat, are overloaded,” said Tran Minh Phuong, the deputy head of the department at a conference in Hanoi. “O...
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