Loei to spend Bt30 million building ‘most thrilling’ skywalk

By The Nation

 

 

Loei approved a budget of Bt30 million on Wednesday for the construction of a skywalk overlooking two rivers at the border with Laos.

The provincial administration plans for the skywalk to be made of transparent tempered laminated glass with a height equivalent to a 30-floor building – the “most thrilling landmark” in Thailand.

 

The Loei administration assigned Sompong Polpattanakul, Public Works and Town Planning chief officer, to take charge of the project.

 

The skywalk will be built at a cliff near the giant Buddha image in Tambon Pak Tom’s Ban Khok Ngiew village in Chieng Khan district overlooking the junction of the Huang River and the Mekong River.

 

The 100-metre-long and two-metre-wide skywalk will offer a panoramic view of the Mekong River and sunset over nearby mountain ranges about 80 metres above the river, the provincial administration stated.

 

Sompong said the skywalk would be “the most thrilling landmark” in Thailand, adding that it would be safe as builders would use high-quality construction materials.

 

The glass will be four centimetres thick with a load-bearing weight of 500 kilograms per square metre, with each section of the glass to be checked by quality-control officers.

 

The skywalk is supposed to be completed late next year he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331662

 

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A mere 30 millions? Have presently 2 Thai "craftsmen in my house. One of them just simply cut the protective-earth pin off a jack, as the jack would "more easy fit".

 

I will definitely skip this skywalk attraction.

6 hours ago, Ralf61 said:

A mere 30 millions? Have presently 2 Thai "craftsmen in my house. One of them just simply cut the protective-earth pin off a jack, as the jack would "more easy fit".

 

I will definitely skip this skywalk attraction.

Well.. As most thai houses dont really have earth in the sockets regardless of jacks or sockets, or rCD for that matter.. He just as well could cut it off

It's not the use of  high-quality construction materials that concerns me, it's the poorly trained construction staff using the high-quality construction materials.

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11 hours ago, Lowryderen said:

Well.. As most thai houses dont really have earth in the sockets regardless of jacks or sockets, or rCD for that matter.. He just as well could cut it off

Well... As I invested a nice 150,000 THB into completely new electrical installation, including earth/RCDs, just to see to get all the safety systems spoiled by just a pincer's cut this idiot did, it needs no electric shock to trigger a ventricular fibrillation...

20 hours ago, webfact said:

each section of the glass to be checked by quality-control officers

... after the first disaster.

Ye of little faith!! Yes I agree, there are some things that do make you cringe. But I will also give them credit, somethings they do better than in my home country. That is England if your wondering