Construction

In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government on 26 October announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. Speaking at the launch of the government’s disability policy in Phnom Penh, Em Chan Makara, secretariat ...

Property developers are busy introducing special marketing campaigns to cash in on the Thai government’s property stimulus measures that kicked off on 19 October. Among them are Sansiri Plc, which introduced on-top discounts for 62 residential projects nationwide that have remaining units available for sale priced from ...

Subsidence affecting nine townhouses at a housing estate in Pathum Thani could have resulted from pile foundations breaking underground due to soft soil, according to an initial investigation by the Engineering Institute of Thailand on 14 October.  Keep reading ...

Yangon will need around 75,000 new apartments to be built each year to accommodate the city’s growing population, but contractors are struggling to come anywhere close to this target. More than 330,000 people migrate to Yangon each year from elsewhere in the country, but formidable challenges ...

Experts have warned that construction costs estimated by the government are often much higher than market prices, creating opportunities for contractors and managers to work together and pocket the extra money. Keep reading ...

Cambodia may soon join other countries in banning the import and use of asbestos, which is known to have serious health consequences, officials have said at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Labour and Union Aid Abroad, an Australian aid NGO. Speaking at the event, ...

Sixty-two commercial-housing projects with 41,769 apartments in total has registered to be social-housing projects all over the country so far, according to the Ministry of Construction. Keep reading ...