Blue Streak Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) North end of Beach Rd............All those lovely trees gone.... All the heavy stuff is from the ''The Bay'' northwards...... Edited January 25, 2023 by Blue Streak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 and the parking lane begins..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 But where are the underground toilets?.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Blue Streak said: So it looks like an exodus of workers and plant from the Soi 15 project........ The story, from 3 different business owners, both Thai and farang, and at both ends of soi 15, is that the works have been delayed indefinitely pending an investigation into the fire that happened back in ?October? The workers that remain are currently "making good" the edges near various buildings... the laundries just south of City garden have had new concrete slabs to replace those presumably damaged in the initial works. This morning they were building a new step infront of part of the Urban. Pics tomorrow if I remember. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 How long before they cut tiles to fit at the edges? Plenty were missing on Klang last trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 It was the same with the WS tiles, took them ages to fill in the pieces. Very easy to trip and fall. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Painter said: The story, from 3 different business owners, both Thai and farang, and at both ends of soi 15, is that the works have been delayed indefinitely pending an investigation into the fire that happened back in ?October? The workers that remain are currently "making good" the edges near various buildings... the laundries just south of City garden have had new concrete slabs to replace those presumably damaged in the initial works. This morning they were building a new step infront of part of the Urban. Pics tomorrow if I remember. Not sure why the couldn't join those new bits up with the road, but.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Looks like things are still a cluster, almost everywhere. Would appreciate a review on 2nd road progress and Soi 15 as those are the most travelled, and cause of the primary bottlenecks. When those are cleared up is when folks might be willing to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 11:58 PM, Painter said: The story, from 3 different business owners, both Thai and farang, and at both ends of soi 15, is that the works have been delayed indefinitely pending an investigation into the fire that happened back in ?October? Investigate? What's to investigate? The big metal arm on the digger machine contacted the low hanging power wires that are all along the soi, causing a short which resulted in a big spark which ignited the vegetation and a big fire started. Ok. Investigation over. Let's resume the work so maybe they'll be done by next Christmas. btw: the word I heard from a bar owner near the fire area was that they had used up all the money allotted for the Soi 15 part of the overall project and no more work will be done until more money is allocated. I have no idea if this is true or not. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, johnpat said: Investigate? What's to investigate? The big metal arm on the digger machine contacted the low hanging power wires that are all along the soi, causing a short which resulted in a big spark which ignited the vegetation and a big fire started. Ok. Investigation over. Let's resume the work so maybe they'll be done by next Christmas. btw: the word I heard from a bar owner near the fire area was that they had used up all the money allotted for the Soi 15 part of the overall project and no more work will be done until more money is allocated. I have no idea if this is true or not. so.... you are saying that no work has been completed on Soi 15 since that fire. Holy fucking Smokes ! How'd you like to own a condo down there ? That is unreal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, johnpat said: Investigate? What's to investigate? The big metal arm on the digger machine contacted the low hanging power wires that are all along the soi, causing a short which resulted in a big spark which ignited the vegetation and a big fire started. Ok. Investigation over. Let's resume the work so maybe they'll be done by next Christmas. btw: the word I heard from a bar owner near the fire area was that they had used up all the money allotted for the Soi 15 part of the overall project and no more work will be done until more money is allocated. I have no idea if this is true or not. Hard to believe there's no completion clause in the contract, but then TIT. One thing I thought when the digger shorted the lines and caused the fire is the contractor is probably in deep shit having to pay for the damage. Can't imagine they had insurance as that would be a sure way for an insurance company to go out of business, selling insurance policies to Thai contractors. If that's the case, that might explain why no further work is being done on Soi 15 as the contractor probably went bankrupt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 49 minutes ago, johnpat said: Investigate? What's to investigate? The big metal arm on the digger machine contacted the low hanging power wires that are all along the soi, causing a short which resulted in a big spark which ignited the vegetation and a big fire started. Ok. Investigation over. Let's resume the work so maybe they'll be done by next Christmas. btw: the word I heard from a bar owner near the fire area was that they had used up all the money allotted for the Soi 15 part of the overall project and no more work will be done until more money is allocated. I have no idea if this is true or not. Dont forget that they can't question the digger driver, as they cant find him he's returned to over the border from whence he came... At least it is now sort of passable to most vehicles, although the brand new Lamborghini I saw turning off of soi buckhou the other day decided that his car was not going to successfully pass over the offroad section outside Grande Avenue... and as for the dust, songkran has come early in places as the taxi guys try to damp the surface down! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, johnpat said: Ok. Investigation over. I missed the bit where your investigation says who pays whom how much compensation and when. Until that is cleared up I think it is normal practice to stop work until responsibility and compensation is decided. There may be 3, 4 or more layers of Contracts, subcontracts and no contracts to investigate, so any reallocation and continuation of work in itself will be subject to legal appeals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I missed the bit where your investigation says who pays whom how much compensation and when. Until that is cleared up I think it is normal practice to stop work until responsibility and compensation is decided. There may be 3, 4 or more layers of Contracts, subcontracts and no contracts to investigate, so any reallocation and continuation of work in itself will be subject to legal appeals... Just look at the building down on the bay.... lol I used to work with a guy who did "risk management". We even had our own section in the P.D. for it, separate from the finance departments who were primarily responsible (insurance, accounting,etc.). I remember him saying how astonishingly unbelievable it was how underinsured most insurance funds were. Typically, when major claims came down, they would basically turn their pockets inside out and say "no hab". That was the end of the story. These are major companies I am talking about not some mom and pop set ups. unreal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 A lot of gaps to be filled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 11:23 PM, fforest said: But where are the underground toilets?.... They are with the rental bikes that are all painted blue..... next to all the Songteow official bus stops !!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Feel sorry for these guys. Can't begin to imagine the long term damage they're causing to their lungs. Probably wasn't their idea to make it worse by enclosing their work area with the wind barrier. Suspect it was a brain dead supervisor that didn't want the dust spreading. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 6:16 PM, john luke said: A lot of gaps to be filled. When you posted your pic of the gaps they're leaving I thought it strange, but thought maybe they would be putting in decorative pieces to break up the monotony of long stretches of the same pavers. Apparently not as I saw this morning they're cutting to size the same grey pavers to fill the gaps. That then begs the question why they laid the pavers from two directions with the not so surprising result they have a gap. Bizarre to say the least, Thai engineering at it's finest on display. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 It all makes sense when not a single baht more is being spent on walkway than the minimual amount... 166 million baht budget.... Mostly Burmese workers, working for peanuts....Plain-Jane pavers.. Ka-Ching..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) Give the walkway 6 months to 1 year and these white pavers are going to be permanentaly dirty, they will be staining quite nicely just like all the other white pavers around town.... Edited February 7, 2023 by fforest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue Streak Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Update from Pattaya Tai up towards Soi Dianna, late afternoon today..... Starting here, wonderful aroma in the air..lol...This is on 2nd rd....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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