Down Pattaya way: 37 million baht spent on pontoon to boost tourism - it's guaranteed for two years!

[Vacuum]

4 hours ago, Sametboy2019 said:

37 million!????????????

Heads should roll.

[soalbundy]

A lot of innovative mathematics went into that bill and I dare say that a friend of the company owner was responsible for examining how the costs came together after writing out a tender to various companies to see who could produce this pontoon at a cost effective price, there was a tender written out so that different companies could compete I take it ( yes I jest)

[JustAnotherHun]

Hey, two years of guarantee. Is that nothing, eh?

[CliffH]

Thailand's answer to Brighton's Palace Pier

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

It was built by Hi-Plus Corporation Co. Ltd who threw in a two year guarantee that lasts until January 2022.

747,000 baht per metre and a two year guarantee ????

[jaiyen]

Its not finished yet.  The toll gate is still to be installed !  Thai people 10 baht  Foreigners 200 baht.  

[Redline]

No corruption in that deal ????

[mickey rat]

It'll save tourism and soon to be Thailand's number one tourist destination. We have already booked our flight tickets and a hotel near by. Better hurry, space is limited. ????????????

Edited March 5, 2020 by mickey rat

[billd766]

3 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

I could NOT have spent the 37 mln any better.

I could have and had a great time in doing so.

[sapson]

it would be great to have a news item of something helpful, sensible and well planned that the Thais have done.............like finishing the beach road promenade or spending a few million sourcing and delivering face masks to pharmacies and 7/11 s as promised so joe public could buy one if required etc etc.

 

37 million could have kept all the orphanages in Pattaya going for a year or so.

 

 

[Chazar]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

who threw in a two year guarantee

Christ, were they weeping as they said it? looks  to  me  like 38.9  million  over priced

[Destiny1990]

Would like to see the Matching invoice of this purchase all together with stamps dates account numbers etc.

[MickGC]

This has got to be utter BS. Nowhere in the world could they justify spending Bht 37,000,000 on a 50m floating plastic pontoon. It beggers belief !

[thequietman]

Really difficult to find out anything about this company. Establishment date, a picture of its location, nuttin. It seems to be an apartment, but I could be wrong. ????

[thequietman]

3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

A lot of innovative mathematics went into that bill and I dare say that a friend of the company owner was responsible for examining how the costs came together after writing out a tender to various companies to see who could produce this pontoon at a cost effective price, there was a tender written out so that different companies could compete I take it ( yes I jest)

try finding any background on the company. It's not easy. ????

[Denim]

Well, that little project certainly returned a lot of happiness to a select few.

 

It betters belief how brazen corruption has become under this junta administration that seized power because of corrupt politicians.

[SiSePuede419]

"Down Pattaya way: 37 million baht spent on pontoon "

 

They misspelled "poontang". ????

Edited March 5, 2020 by SiSePuede419

[Searat7]

I can just imagine what people will be doing out there at night lol

[DJ54]

Wow sounds / looks like in long run not worth the cost..

 

[fforest1]

What's surprising? This is par for the course for most public construction projects here.... 

[tomacht8]

15 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

It is 7 modules wide and about 100 long, that is 700 in total. Add 300 for the platform at the end and since it is double layered about 2,000 modules are uses in total. They are about $25 a piece in China, so total cost is $50,000 or 1.6 million baht + installation of course.

Nice profit margin!

This is a joke.

100 meters * 2 * 7 * 2 = 2800 modules. plus bridgehead 1200 modules = 4000 modules * 700 baht = 2.8 million baht.

 

A case for an anti-corruption agency in every country in the world where public taxpayers money is used.

[Postmaster]

The records for that project need auditing and what was the competition for the work.  Some brown envelopes being passed around for sure. Wake up Ban Amphur Municipality !

[mok199]

600 million fake sand bag beach with a new 40 mill plastic lego block pier.... 

[Worldplus]

37 Mill baht... they could have built a Brighton pier for that..  Something with huts on and other utilities..   

 

What a waste of money..  First serious storm will blow it apart..

[baansgr]

21 hours ago, Sametboy2019 said:

37 million!????????????

Yea, you can almost buy a 100 sqm condo for that at Riviera

[johng]

18 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

 Note the walkway next to it that allows one to admire the sunset even further out to sea.

 

The walkway is actually a harbour wall  its only  properly paved for about the first 100 meters after that  its quite difficult and dangerous to walk on because of the large holes between the boulders  but that doesn't stop many people walking all the way to the end with their fishing gear.

[Tonyt00]

Isnt that similar to the pontoon walkway, that has been there for years? Cant the sunset be viewed from the beach? Lots of corruption here, but this isnt hidden at all. 

[overherebc]

14 hours ago, Searat7 said:

I can just imagine what people will be doing out there at night lol

Your own open air water bed sort of thing. ????

Only problem I can see is getting a bum cheek nipped between two of the floats.

[mikebell]

Err ... can't help notice there are no tourists so why this enormous outlay?

It was a rhetorical question before anyone starts answering it.

[johng]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

can't help notice there are no tourists

Its a very popular beach for  Thai tourists every weekend.