Joint Ventures with Partners Abroad Essential for Thailand, Engineer Says.

Byline: Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn

Jun. 5--Local architectural and engineering companies are likely to benefit from government policies to encourage the export of specialist services, which are projected to generate annual export revenue of up to 100 billion baht.

But Thai firms need to team up with international construction bodies to gain more recognition in order to succeed abroad, according to David Stewart, the director of Stewart Engineers Ltd.

Established five years ago, Stewart Engineers has an office in Bangkok. The company provides consultancy in litigation, arbitration and other dispute resolution techniques, mainly in building and …