Rimmer Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Pattaya revives failed Bali Hai marina project PATTAYA:--The 735-million-baht marina, built in phases between 2008 and 2013, has never opened due to repeated problems and funding shortages. Abandoned by both the city and its builder Ping Joint Venture Ltd., the small-boat harbor began to deteriorate and took critical damage from tropical depression Vamco is 2015. Then acting-Mayor Chanatpong Sriviset appointed a survey committee to determine if the damage incurred sprung from design flaws or simply acts of nature. But the committee never completed its work and, thus, the repair budget was frozen. Current Mayor Anan Charoenchasri said May 3 that the city has contacted Kasetsart University, the Royal Thai Navy and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang to cooperate on a new 5-million-baht survey that will definitively determine the reasons the marina sustained such severe damage in its short lifespan, and how much it will cost to fix, if possible. Read more:http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-revives-failed-bali-hai-marina-project-174961 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2017-05-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 More money down the drain Just open a competitive tendering bid for some international respected company (not uncle somchai) to design and build a "proper" "world class" "international standards" marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Thailand is big on setting up committees , study groups, think-tank and what not, all hot air, waste of money and time as already told in the article, what will come out of this study? nothing, no budget to follow on recommendations, and it will fall by the wayside again, until the next committee.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I thought this was supposed to be a showpiece to attract the international yacht crowd. But, as always, someone was dreaming and someone was also siphoning off the budget to line their own pockets. Hence crap work that is now falling apart in record time. I have come to the conclusion that there is no hope for Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 If the international jetsetting yachties came to the world class marina what exactly would they do with their free time in Pattaya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 They would do what all the other tourists do....though if the rest of town isnt "upgraded" they might not be too impressed,stay for long,consider coming again or telling friends back home to visit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I have come to the conclusion that there is no hope for Thailand. I still see a glimmer of hope but it gets dimmer as the years go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regyai Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Do these people ever venture outside of their cloud cuckoo land bubble existence? 24ct tourists and the millionaire yachting crowd arnt about to be lured away from their regular haunts by infantile failed ventures surrounded by filth, corruption and zero infrastructure. Edited May 19, 2017 by Regyai Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 3 hours ago, johng said: I still see a glimmer of hope but it gets dimmer as the years go by. I also see a dimmer glimmer simmer, and I would bet that although the repair budget was frozen, the remnants completely melted and trickled out of the piggy bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 A lot of failures lately around that Bali Hai pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdaz Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Let the skimming commence ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just.a.thought Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) If the marina was damaged in what is considered bad weather here maybe they should have considered hiring a contractor with experience in constructing marinas on the coastline of the North Sea.... Edited May 19, 2017 by just.a.thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regyai Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 The actual resultant production matters, not one jot It's that all the relevant 'big men' have sucked their percentages out of it beforehand, like so many parasitic leeches, that really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokairportlink Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 It's not dead, it just takes time :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 5 hours ago, phantomfiddler said: I also see a dimmer glimmer simmer, and I would bet that although the repair budget was frozen, the remnants completely melted and trickled out of the piggy bank. Would the last politician leaving this redundant scheme, please turn out the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Depressing story. Pattaya needs a powerful city employee with a staff that oversees all city projects before, during, and after the construction is done--with half of the payment held back until the work is done and inspected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldave1951 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 21 hours ago, WhizBang said: I thought this was supposed to be a showpiece to attract the international yacht crowd. But, as always, someone was dreaming and someone was also siphoning off the budget to line their own pockets. Hence crap work that is now falling apart in record time. I have come to the conclusion that there is no hope for Thailand. champagne ideas on beer money !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 13 hours ago, bangkokairportlink said: It's not dead, it just takes time :-) Like some wounded dog at the side of a road. They let it suffer in agony for days, weeks, months, years, rather than put it down. I think almost every project in Pattaya I've witnessed in my 33 years here has failed or had problems of some kind. Whose to blame? You don't need to look any further than the man who was at the top. Those that put him there are not without blame too. You only get what you vote for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 For a THB 100k I'll advise the new mayor to tear the marina down. Will cost me about 10 minutes to explain that AND as a bonus I'll advise him to demolish the greenhouse at Bali Hai as well. For the remaiing THB 4,900,000 I'll restore Bali Hai to its old glory (apart from the boat-parking of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striderman Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 On 5/19/2017 at 5:54 PM, just.a.thought said: If the marina was damaged in what is considered bad weather here maybe they should have considered hiring a contractor with experience in constructing marinas on the coastline of the North Sea.... they are blaming a tropical depression vamco which arrived in thailand in mid september 2015 via vietnam where it used up most of it's power. however i started a thread inc copious pics on another forum on the destruction of the bali hai marina in mid january of 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazly Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 On 2017-05-19 at 0:12 AM, WhizBang said: I thought this was supposed to be a showpiece to attract the international yacht crowd. But, as always, someone was dreaming and someone was also siphoning off the budget to line their own pockets. Hence crap work that is now falling apart in record time. I have come to the conclusion that there is no hope for Thailand. Isnt Cobra Gold kind of like the international yacht crowd...only with really big naval "yachts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Seems we all know the real reason for the 5,000,000 baht "consultation". It never used to be so shameless back in the 90s. We all knew it went on, but out of sight. I wouldn't care, but seems that every project they embark on just makes a mess now. From the photo, appears they used unprotected steel for the construction. How long would that have lasted even if the whole thing hadn't collapsed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 5/19/2017 at 10:48 AM, Rimmer said: Kasetsart University, the Royal Thai Navy and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology So we can expect to see the 'experts' from KU, RTN and KMIT on all expense paid junkets to Pattaya before advising that a special committee needs to be set up to review their findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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