The 104-rai (16.64 hectares) project is coming up on the corner of Wireless and Rama IV roads, co-developed by Frasers Property Limited in collaboration with the country’s leading construction material conglomerate, Siam Cement Group (SCG). The project aims to create premium office buildings, hotels and retail spaces as well as luxurious residential buildings with combined usable area of 166,400 square metres.
Both companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to manage the project using sustainable construction practices under the circular economy principles in four aspects: Use of precast walls made from recycled concrete from foundation piles, use of Q-CON sound barriers made from recycled lightweight bricks, waste management in the construction site, and turning food waste into fertiliser.
The MoU aims to reduce the use of resources and manage the waste created by the construction and building maintenance, a challenging task in a large-scale construction project in urban areas. Both Frasers Property and SCG hope that their cooperation will help raise construction industry standards in terms of sustainability that can be applied to projects of any scale.
Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Frasers Property Limited, said: “This endeavour is in line with Frasers Property’s goal of achieving net zero carbon emission target within the year 2050 under the company’s sustainability policy,"
Nithi Patarachoke, president of SCG’s cement-building materials business, said: “Under SCG’s holistic construction waste management plan, we believe that the One Bangkok project can help raise the standard of the construction industry to be more environmentally friendly by becoming the 'Green Construction'. This will help promote the sustainable development of Thailand’s infrastructure in the future, due to the simple concept of 'turning waste to value’,”
The MoU signed by Frasers Property and SCG covers four aspects of sustainable construction management:
▶︎ Using scrap concrete from cutting foundation piles to manufacture precast walls for use in the One Bangkok project
The move aims to reduce waste and dust particles from the construction site by implementing a new crushing technique on foundation piles’ caps
▶︎ Holistic construction-waste management plan
SCG will use the latest technology to track the amount of waste in real time to plan a waste management strategy accordingly and ensure efficient waste management throughout the construction site.
▶︎ Use of leftover lightweight bricks to manufacture Q-CON sound barriers
SCG will use aggregating machines to turn leftover lightweight bricks into a mixture to manufacture Q-CON sound barriers to be fitted at the tunnel wall leading to One Bangkok's entrance.
▶︎ Use of food waste composter machine to turn food waste into fertilizer
The One Bangkok project will install food-waste composters that are widely used by leading establishments worldwide to turn food waste into soil fertiliser for the project’s gardens and parks. These composters operate in a closed-circuit system to minimise unwanted odour and can decompose food waste into fertiliser in 10 hours.
One Bangkok is a 120-billion-baht fully-integrated district and Thailand’s largest private property development project, comprising five premium office buildings, five luxury and lifestyle hotels, three luxury residential towers, four interconnected retail precincts, and art and cultural hubs located on a 104-rai (16.7-hectare) plot at the corner of Wireless Road and Rama IV Road.
source : THE NATION THAILAND
September 21, 2022
