In a previous post I talked about developments going on opposite one of our favourite little pit stops in Bangkok, the Riverside Hotel.
Seems like the Thai construction workers are really getting on with this new hotel development.
May 18th 2009
10th July 2009
I'm not an engineer, but it's obvious the 2 dozen or so workers have made a fair bit of progress in 7/8 weeks (not assisted by the frequent rain we've been having). They now have a nice, neat concreate base, and the dozen or so upright supports running throughout the centre look pretty sorted now.
Amazing what 2 dozen busy body's can do....... And not a hard hat in sight!
I look forward to watching this new hotel spring up and grow.
I always wonder how fast new constructions are finished in Thailand. Maybe it's because I am only there once a year, but every time I am surprised to see a completely new street or a new building which at the last visit had nothing. And then there are also those abandoned highrises still left from the Asian crisis, or the Skytrain extension which took almost 10 years for a few kilometers.
Posted by: Andy | August 03, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Indeed Andy, it seems everyone is building a hotel / apartment block somewhere in Bangkok these days. I admit I am interested to see how quickly it will take to build. An uneducated guess? I reckon they'll be putting the finishing touches to it this time next year..... Maybe someone with a better knowledge of construction will have a better stab at it?
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | August 03, 2009 at 02:34 PM
One wonders just how much more building can be done when the economy and tourism are down so much.
There are still remnants of the 1997 crash standing all over Bangkok in various states of decay from when the building stopped then.
Posted by: Talen | August 04, 2009 at 04:49 AM
I think the financial stuff thats been going on must have definitely slowed things down; the development in the picture is along the Chao Phraya, so nice real estate.... Many investors / developers are probably at a stage where so much has been put in pre-2008 that it maybe too late to go back... hoping that it will all come good again in the months to come.
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | August 04, 2009 at 09:03 AM
That's what always has been quite fascinating to me. Thai people build fast. In my country it takes ages to build anything, partly because they run out of money every now and again. Anyway, great post!
Posted by: Bangkok Buffets | August 04, 2009 at 05:18 PM
Thanks BB, will keep you updated.
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | August 05, 2009 at 10:01 AM