Centre in the heart of the city will be close to 70 000 sq meters making BITEC the third largest exhibition centre in Southeast Asia The expansion aims to not just augment the exhibition facilities however The main mo tivating factor was connectivity says Panit tha Buri Access to the venue will become easier thanks to the newly created infrastruc ture Visitors will be able to walk directly from the BTS Sky Train station to BITEC via an elevated walkway It will also connect vis itors via the sky train to hotels and to the main attractions of Thailand s capital Those who arrive by car will also benefit Our three levels of underground parking will pro vide space for over 4 000 cars reports Buri In addition functionality and design will unite to offer more connectivity Our exhibition halls and service buildings were created to cater to a modern lifestyle em phasises the BITEC managing director We can adapt the halls to suit any purpose and style of events One exhibition hall the EH 100 features a 25 metre high ceiling This is a standard requirement nowadays for so called World Tour concerts by internation al stars not least because it offers more possibilities for sound and lighting The ceil ing height will also allow designers to erect multi storey stands To make the exhibition centre even more attractive for visitors new retail and dining spaces will be created Also new is an electrical power substa tion It was developed to support the entire exhibition centre when the standard electric ity supply is low explains Panittha Buri The substation can generate 40 megawatts of power That will suffice to guarantee pow er for standard lighting and air conditioning in all of BITEC s halls Almost four million Euros were invested in the power substation The entire expansion of the exhibition and event centre will cost approximately 40 times as much around 155 million Euros In light of these sums expectations are high It is no wonder therefore that Panittha Buri even in the last stages of building stops by to check how the building is progressing www bitec co th PB 57TradeFairs Internation al 5 2016 INTERNATIONAL Ph ot o B IT EC Panittha Buri Durch die neue Infrastruktur wird der Zugang zum BITEC einfacher Panittha Buri The new infrastructure will make access to BITEC more convenient

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