Thailand Cracks Down on Top Builder After Twin Crane Crashes

The wreckage of a collapsed construction crane in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Thursday, Jan. 15.Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg

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By Pathom Sangwongwanich

January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM UTC

Updated on

January 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC

Thailand ordered the nation’s biggest construction firm to suspend work at over a dozen projects after two separate crane crashes over two days that left 34 people dead and dozens injured.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also canceled Italian-Thai Development Pcl’s contracts to build a section of the Chinese-backed high-speed rail network in northeastern Thailand and an elevated expressway connecting the capital Bangkok to coastal Samut Sakhon province.