Paragon

[gosatta]

whats happening with the Paragon? is it finished? i think i read somewhere that it was going to open in November.

and whats up with the World Trade plaza, har they going to finish the fasade before new year?

[Wisarut]

Siam Paragon, nearly done .... eventhough not opened yet ... :p

[The Enforcer!]

whats up with the World Trade plaza, har they going to finish the fasade before new year?
Due to complete June 2006 according to Khun Tos their boss.

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[ttaaee]

whats happening with the Paragon? is it finished? i think i read somewhere that it was going to open in November.


According to Bangkok Biz News (Print edition Nov 7, 05, in Thai) (http://www.bangkokbiznews.com/2005/11/07/news_19080377.php?news_id=19080377), its first phase, including the shopping mall and the Ocean World, will be open on Dec 9, 05. Followed by the oppening of the second phase including multiplex theatres and the convention & exhibition centre "the Royal Paragon Hall" in Feb 06. A year and a half later, the Siam Opera Theatre will open its doors to the public. Its hotel is expected to be completed in 2008.

[gosatta]

lots of pics from paragon

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=290813

[ncr]

lots of pics from paragon....including these amazing shots of the Siam BTS Station (cannot remember having seen a photo from this direction before):

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/7175/img24717ne.jpg
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/929/img24762xa.jpg
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6688/img24787xf.jpg

[Wisarut]

Siam paragon is goign to be opened tomorrow (Dec 9, 2005) by
Princess Sirindhorn (wholive in Sapathum palace behind Siam Paragon)
even though it is 60% done :rolleyes: :p ;) :D :eek:

[GWR]

Are there holes in the catwalk runways or summat?

[gosatta]

heres alot of pics from inside paragon

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=292403

and ocean world

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=238675&page=5&pp=20

realy looking forward to se it when i get to bangkok in two weeks.

when will the whole thing be finished and open??

[GWR]

Are there holes in the catwalk runways or summat?

It seems those 'Nattering Nabobs of Negativity' (amongst others, Khun Nattakorn Devakul on Channel 11's Newsline [hardly a whingeing Democrat!])were not entirely wide of the mark when they suggested that it was unwise for Siam Paragon (an organization that appears to be promoting a 'quality' product) to open before its real completion. And it probably didn't help much that the security guard was too uneducated to realise that you don't just 'pick up' people with spine & neck injuries:-

http://www.tv5.co.th/news/show_en.php?id=7101

ประจำวันที่ Wednesday 14 December 2005-12:00:00 AM
หัวข้อข่าว :
Girl severely injured after falling through gap in floor at new mall
รายละเอียด :
Three days after the grand opening of the 15-billion-baht Siam Paragon, Bangkok's newest luxury shopping centre was hit by a tragic accident when a 10-year-old girl fell five metres through a gap on the main floor to the floor below. Matarika Kijjapathoomsak, or ''Nong Meena'', visited Siam Paragon with her family on Monday night. While playing around a water garden on the main floor, the girl accidentally slipped through a space between a water garden and an elevator, dropping to the ground floor. Nong Meena was unconscious following the accident. She had sustained severe facial injuries, including shattered facial bones and a broken jaw, a broken right leg and other injuries. The girl was admitted to the Police General Hospital and later transferred to Bumrungrad Hospital at the insistence of Siam Paragon Development Co executives. Karoon Mekanontchai, director of Bumrungrad Hospital, said Nong Meena's condition has improved, but she will need to be closely observed in the intensive care unit for a few more days. A hospital medical team spent more than five hours tending to her injuries. Fortunately, X-rays confirmed the little girl did not suffer brain injury. ''We are quite satisfied with her condition after the jaw surgery. She can talk with her parents now. However, we are still concerned about her neck bone injury and possible infections,'' said Dr Karoon. He said Siam Paragon Development Co told the hospital they would be responsible for the medical costs. A security guard who witnessed the accident said the girl was running and jumping around the water garden on the main floor before she fell. ''Siam Paragon has a well-run safety operation. But, in this case, we couldn't help because the security guards were standing too far from the group. I think the girl's parents should tell their daughter not to play near such a risky area,'' said the guard, who declined to be named. A visit by the Bangkok Post to the accident scene yesterday found no warning signs had been put up to tell visitors of the possible danger posed by the gap in the floor that Nong Meena slipped through. Only a line of plant pots were placed there as a temporary barrier to prevent shoppers from slipping into the three-metre-wide gap. Siam Paragon claims to be the largest luxury mall in Asia, ahead of Hong Kong's Pacific Place and several high-end shops in Singapore. It expects to draw 100,000 visitors a day. ...Bangkok News Today English

[The Enforcer!]

If memory serves this is not the first time this has happened at a 'The Mall' property?

It also happened on the first day of the re-opening of the newly revamped The Mall 8 in Bang Kapi.

I wonder if it was a set-up job?

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[jpatokal]

If memory serves this is not the first time this has happened at a 'The Mall' property?

It also happened on the first day of the re-opening of the newly revamped The Mall 8 in Bang Kapi.

I wonder if it was a set-up job?
I'll stick with Hanlon's Razor: "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence". According to the reports I read they'd basically left a couple of meters off one of the floor and there was absolutely nothing between the edge and the floor below, so I'm not too surprised some hyperactive kid fell off.

[ncr]

uh-oh.....

Not that the quality of the water (is it water?) in Khlong Saen Saep could be further degraded by anything, but anyway........

Siam Paragon given one month to solve wastewater problem

02 March 2006

Siam Paragon mall has been given one month to solve its wastewater problem, the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) said Thursday. The office and other agencies inspected the mall on February 17 after news reports said it had released wastewater into San Saeb canal that had salt levels that were three times higher than those found in seawater.

The mall’s aquarium released 5,000 litres of salt water into its wastewater-treatment system every two weeks and the system could not handle this, said Sonthi Kotchawat, director of Onep’s environmental impact assessment unit.

As a short-term solution, the mall would remove the aquarium’s wastewater pipe from its wastewater-treatment system and General Environmental Conservation Plc (Genco) would handle the salty wastewater, he said. The mall is in reportedly in talks with Genco over the cost.

A recent test found the mall’s wastewater was slightly more polluted than regulations allowed. The mall’s wastewater had a biochemical oxygen demand rate that was slightly above the restricted level, Sonthi said. The rate, which is used to determine water pollution levels, is calculated by measuring the uptake of oxygen by micro-organisms in water samples. This rate indicates how much sewage the micro-organisms can decompose. The rate had improved since the mall opened, he said.

http://203.154.97.18/breaking/read.php?lang=en&newsid=116233

[GWR]

Not to mention the fact that 100s of fish died in the first few weeks due to too much hurry to get the aquarium running. One fish expert from Kasetsart University was quoted as saying that badly managed aquaria denude the natural environment of fish. He reckoned that there were already too many aquaria in Thailand (I see they are also building a freshwater aquarium on the banks of the Mekong in Nong Khai.) Perhaps he was pissed because he didn't get the consultancy.

[The Enforcer!]

Fish die don't they?

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