PM: Virtual model of collapsed building being made to find the cause
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today (Apr. 8) that four educational institutions will be collaborating with the Department of Public Works & Town and Country Planning in creating a virtual model of the State Audit building that collapsed during March 28 earthquake to pinpoint the cause with the result expected in 90 days, Thai […]
Read MoreUnpaid electrical company boss reveals details of collapsed building
THE owner of an electrical company hired by a subcontractor of the State Audit building that collapsed in an earthquake on March 28 said in a video clip shared online that that he suffered a loss of over 3 million baht after working on the unfinished building for a year and not been fully […]
Read MoreChinese embassy says don’t slander Chinese companies
AFTER the collapse of the unfinished State Audit building during last Friday’s earthquake the Chinese embassy today (Apr. 4) urged that Chinese companies not be slandered, Naewna newspaper said. The contractor for the construction of this building is ITD-CREC joint venture (Italian-Thai Development Plc and Chinese Railway Number 10 Engineering Group Company) with the […]
Read MoreCollapsed building’s Chinese contractor, steel supplier linked to 37-company network
TWO Chinese companies involved in the construction of the State Audit building which collapsed during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand are part of a network of 37 companies with 26 problematic projects being linked to 14 of them, Amarin TV said this afternoon (April 3). Commerce […]
Read MoreDSI accepts building collapse as special case
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has accepted the collapse of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit building during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with strong tremors felt across Thailand as a special case, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 2). Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, who directly controls DSI and is known […]
Read MoreTest shows larger steel bars at collapsed building are substandard
A SIX-HOUR test of 28 steel samples collected from the rubble of the State Audit Building that collapsed during last Friday’s (March 28) earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, shows that the larger pieces were substandard, Amarin TV said late last night (March 31). The samples were collected by a team from the Industry Ministry […]
Read MoreLabour Ministry, Criminal Court urgently evacuated after Govt Complex building tilts
ALL those working or visiting the Labour Ministry, in Din Daeng district, the Din Daeng Social Security Building and the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road were urgently told to evacuate this morning (March 31) with this likely due to the huge earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, last Friday which also jolted the whole Thailand, Naewna […]
Read More4 Chinese men nabbed for taking files out of collapsed building
THE Chatuchak district office has filed a complaint with police that four Chinese men had smuggled 32 files out of the compound of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit Office building that collapsed with the force of the massive earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday (March 28), Amarin TV said this evening (March 30). Pol. […]
Read MoreChinese relative prays outside tunnel after one dead body brought out
AFTER the dead body of a Myanmar worker who was one of three trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, was brought out late this morning (Aug. 29) the relative of one of two Chinese workers still stuck there prayed outside […]
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