Partnering with the Best
Hvidsten Group has recognised the benefits of aligning itself with delivery partners who offer the best of expertise in their respective fields. Over the years, Hvidsten has evolved into a highly effective sales and marketing organisation, and has chosen to work with industry experts on project development and construction. This has presented Hvidsten with an opportunity to focus on the ability to effectively market and sell its products to end users. In Thailand Hvidsten has enlisted leading local and international expertise to work on the development phase, to ensure high quality, cost efficiency and on-time production.
Concept Design and Architect
The architects behind The Grand Oriental – Steven J. Leach, JR. + Associates (SL+A) – received the prestigious BCI Asia Top 10 Awards in 2008 for their work. Every year BCI selects the Top 10 architectural firms in key Asian markets, to honour their body of work for that year. The project was SL+A’s most significant project during 2008. The BCI Award has a dual purpose: as well as honouring excellence in architectural design it serves to reward those firms that have worked in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, so that they can inspire other firms to meet the same high standards.
www.sla-bangkok.com
Engineers, Consultants and Technical Advisors
Aurecon has been appointed as the Structural Engineer, responsible for the design of the structural elements of the Project, as well as the inspection and approval of the corresponding Works executed on site. They are a global organisation with more than 6,000 staff and over 80 offices worldwide and are represented in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Southeast Asia, China, and the Middle East. The Bangkok office was set up in 1991 and employs over 50 engineers and over 30 other staff in total. The company is credited with numerous successful projects all around the world.
www.aurecongroup.com
EEC WSP Co. Ltd has been appointed as the Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, responsible for the design, inspection and approval of the mechanical and electrical elements of the Project. The company was formed in 1910 and has offices in Adelaide, Auckland, Bangkok, Brisbane, Cairns, Honolulu, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, USA and Great Britain. The Bangkok office opened in 1994 and now has a staff of 260. A small sample of the company’s reference projects are: Q1, Queensland (the world’s tallest residential building at 323 metres tall), Standard Chartered Bank New Headquarters in London.
www.wspgroup.com
Belt Collins Co. Ltd is the designated Landscape Architect and has provided landscape architectural services to a wide range of public and private clients throughout the world for over 40 years. Their landscape architectural services include large-scale landscape master planning, conceptual studies, detailed design of planting irrigation and hardscapes, landscape renovation design for existing properties, environmental and visual studies, plant acquisition programs, exterior signage design, landscape lighting design, water feature and swimming pool design, and maintenance programming. Belt Collins has successfully completed projects in many areas of the world encompassing a wide variety of climates and terrain. Such locations include Hawaii, the Pacific Rim, Asia, the continental United States, the Middle East, and Europe. Their work includes some of the highest quality and most exclusive resort and residential communities in the world.
www.beltcollins.com
Davis Langdon & Seah (Thailand) Ltd. . (DLS) is the project’s Quantity Surveyor. The firm is part of an international organisation with over 2,800 employees spread over 85 offices in 26 countries. The Thailand branch opened in 1990 and now has about 80 people employed. DLS is a market leading specialist company with experience gained from projects such as the Millenium Sukhumvit Hotel, Asoke Complex and Sukhothai Residences, as well as mega project Central World Tower and Plaza in Bangkok, to name a few.
www.davislangdon.com
CEL Engineers Limited has been selected as Project Manager. Today the company works with many of the largest developers in Thailand and is among the most well respected in their field. The company was recently awarded the project management contract for the new Thai Parliament Complex – a true testament of their reputation. Other projects include Millenium Residence (four towers in Bangkok), as well as Marrakesh (Hua Hin) and Central Festival in Pattaya.
www.cel.co.th
Commercial Advisors
Zinc | InVision Hospitality (formerly InVision Hospitality) was appointed as an advisory partner to provide strategic insight and experience in the development of a hotel concept for The Grand Oriental. The firm is lead by its CEO, Mr. Kevin J. Beauvais, who spent 25 years with Marriott International and four years with Minor International before launching InVision Hospitality in 2007.
J. Walter Thompson (JWT) was involved in development of concepts and themes for the international marketing campaign and the project’s Beach Club in collaboration with Hvidsten’s in-house sales and marketing team and architects SL+A.
