October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Constructions
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Bollard manufacturers offer versatile and attractive bollard options to organize, delineate and accent parks, lawns & streetscapes. Bollards bring value to effective and attractive landscape planning. At their simplest, they serve as security and traffic sentinels, directing vehicles, people and bikes – doing double duty as both site definition features and defense posts.

Today’s bollards handle all those needs with ease, adding grace and refinement as well. Large collections of period bollards are available for landscaping, built to be used as stand-alone landscape accents or to attractively cover heavy-duty security bollards – most of which have little design appeal. Architectural bollards offer scores of design choices, several standard colors, and unique mounting options. Functional bollards – such as removable, retractable and bike parking bollards – add contemporary flair with practical outdoor landscaping purposes.

To make landscaping bollards a design asset across sites with any combination of functional needs, manufacturers continue to develop flexible, bike storage, retractable, and even removable bollards with mix and match configuration options;

  • Providing outdoor pathway definition while minimizing damage to vehicles and property upon impact, flexible bollards are the superior design choice for any site where a vehicle is likely to go over a roadway edge on turns.
  • By adding lifting arms to standard bollards, existing bollards are transformed into decorative bike bollards. Thousand of security pipe bollards already in place around parks and pathways can add a bicycle parking option to these posts using bollard covers with arms.
  • For outdoor locations where change of accessibility is needed, removable steel bollards with complimentary fixed bollard options are available. Lockable and removable traffic bollards provide roadway and pathway definition, while diverting vehicle access when required. They can be installed in pathways to deter intrusion, to allow pedestrian access, and to define desired traffic flow. They provide safety & protection to critical infrastructures while still maintaining pedestrian freedom.
  • Retractable bollards provide roadway and pathway definition, in places where changing vehicle and pedestrian access is required. They can be installed in pathways to deter intrusion, divert traffic, and define routes or roadways. They provide safety & protection to buildings and structures while still maintaining pedestrian freedom. Complimentary fixed and removable mix and match options are available for changing purposes across the landscape setting.

Bollards are much more pleasing to the eye than chain link fencing, and can be connected with graceful chains and other bollard accessories to perform fence functions such as defining pathways, directing traffic, and indentifying entrances and other features that people need to find. Users can add chain to decorative bollards for ultimate landscape highlighting.

Bollards are regularly specified on all kinds of landscaping and streetscape projects as ornamental or decorative fixtures in gardens and surroundings, sidewalks and pathways. Landscaping bollards are available in many styles, sizes, materials and colors; they are made from are durable, hard-wearing materials and coatings, and are ready to withstand all weather conditions. Read more… »

October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Constructions
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If you are planning to invest in Real Estate, consider investing in a pre-construction property. Pre-construction properties refer to land assets that are either yet to be developed or are in an under-developed stage. Investing in such pre-construction properties makes a lot of sense, as it entails significant savings in terms of costs.

Make wise investment

When a builder or a construction company acquires a land and plans a residential or complex on it, it invites investors to book flats or commercials galas for themselves. The builder does this to raise funds to incur his operating expenditure i.e. cost of constructing or initiating the project work. Costs per square foot, at this stage are low, hence it benefits an investor. Even if the investor plans to invest by taking a loan, it is easier for him to repay, as he is supposed to pay in phases. As the cost appreciates, in accordance with the market, the property cost also escalates. Thus, if you plan to sell the property after it is complete or even at its under-construction stage, you are bound to reap profits, as its costs are likely to have increased manifold.

However, any investment decision needs to be taken thoughtfully, and will guarantee profit only if it is well-researched. Therefore, an investor must always first decide the investment criteria before making Real Estate investments.

Things to consider

First, you decide your pre-construction investment limit and set a target area. Then get in touch with a reputed broker to understand the investment potential of that particular area and check out the available options. Together with the broker evaluate the property’s prospects post construction and determine the likely returns on the investment. Study the risks and rewards of pre-construction investment. Formulate a strategy which will involve all the possible questions you want to ask right from whether the construction is legal with all the necessary permissions to confirming if basic amenities like water supply and sewage are in place.

Second, timing is very crucial for those interested in investing in pre-construction properties. An investor must strive to get into a pre-construction deal before it is made public. Early involvement in these investments will get you competitive rates and give you sufficient time to evaluate related incentives. Once the pre-construction period is over, the builder may increase the price of the Real Estate property, which could entail an extremely profitable deal for you.

Join your likes

Investing in pre-constructions also gives you the flexibility of teaming up with other investors who are seeking investment options like you. This is the best way to evaluate the Real Estate market conditions and gather important information related to the pre-construction investment.

One of the important aspects of getting into this kind of deal is that you will learn to identify investment opportunities and pick the best one. You can follow the well-designed strategies of a Real Estate broker to take the right decision at the right time, without wasting time. Read more… »

October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Constructions
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Real estate and construction businesses reported revenue for 2010 with income over 3 trillion baht and a total profit of 35 billion baht. Italian-Thai Development PCL revenue was up to 36,676 million baht.

Thirty five housing developers had combined earnings of 1.61 billion, an increase of 16%, and profits jumped more than 26% to over 23 billion baht. Ranking first in profits was Land And House with 3,876 million and Pruksa ranked first for earnings at 23,406 million.

In the property sector and the construction sector, not including building materials, 62 companies in 2010 had revenues from operations at more than 3.07 billion baht, an increase of 2.72% from 2009 with revenue valued at more than 2.99 billion baht, while the profit from the operations of all companies was equivalent to 35,261.90 million baht, up 39.13% from 2009 with total profits of 25,343.62 million baht.

For the past year, considering only a total of about 35 residential real estate development companies, there was a total combined revenue of more than 1.61 billion baht, an increase of 16.18% from 2010′s income of 1.39 billion baht. Profit was set at 23,314.16 million, up 26.43% from 2009′s value of 18,439.10 million. The top three companies in terms of gross revenue were Pruksa, Sansiri PCL and Land and House PCL. The top three most profitable companies were Land and House, Pruksa and Supalai PCL. In construction, the top three highest grossing were Italian-Thai Development, CH Karnchang PCL and Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction PCL. The top three highest earning contractors were Sino-Thai, Christiani & Nielsen and Toyo-Thai Corporation PCL.

However, during the past year many companies growth performance increase but at the same time many companies also loss from operations especially five residential development companies with its operating losses were Golden Land Property Development Ltd. (Thailand) loss more than 285 million, Living and Capital PCL (Thailand) loss more than 148 million, Grand Canal Land PCL (Thailand) loss 86.25 million baht, Everland PCL loss 39.10 million and KC Property PCL loss around 8.31 million.

For building contractor with operating losses were Ch. Karnchang PCL loss more than 319.27, Scan Global PCL, with its performance up to 3rd Quarter in 2010 losses more than 94.72 million and EMC PCL loss more than 71.35 million.

In the past year’s results, most of the companies listed on the SET saw significant growth because of economic conditions in the past year facilitating business growth. This was coupled with a huge demand for housing which continued into the second year of growth since 2009. Last year the real estate industry had the highest growth since 2007 and growth will continue this year as well. Read more… »

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