This blog post explores the importance of an Owner’s Dashboard in managing fit-out projects across Thailand and ASEAN. It highlights key performance indicators (KPIs) such as cost control, schedule fidelity, procurement readiness, quality assurance, risk management, and compliance. The article provides actionable insights on how to set up and utilize a dashboard to ensure projects stay on time, within budget, and aligned with brand standards.

This blog post highlights the critical importance of the final 5% in fit-out projects, which includes commissioning, snagging, brand compliance, and handover. Though it represents a small portion of the timeline, this phase can account for up to 20% of cost risks if mishandled. The post provides actionable strategies, such as using commissioning scripts, digital snagging tools, and brand compliance checklists, to ensure a smooth and successful opening for hospitality, retail,

This blog post provides a comprehensive guide to procurement for fit-outs in Thailand and ASEAN, focusing on protecting design intent and budget. It highlights common pitfalls like vague BOQs, late-stage value engineering, and weak contracts, while offering solutions such as vendor pre-qualification, QA/QC gates, and commissioning. The post emphasizes the importance of a structured procurement spine to ensure projects deliver on quality, performance, and cost expectations.

This blog post explores the financial and operational benefits of sustainable fit-outs in Thailand and ASEAN. It highlights how greener designs reduce energy and water costs, improve indoor environmental quality, and align with certifications like TREES and LEED. The post provides a practical playbook for integrating sustainability into space planning, MEP, material selection, and procurement, ensuring measurable savings and compliance with local regulations.

This blog post explores AD ASIA Consulting's 12-Step Fit-Out Method, a disciplined approach to project development in Bangkok and ASEAN. It highlights the importance of aligning scope, budget, schedule, and compliance to meet the increasing demands of 2025. The method ensures smooth project execution across hospitality, retail, offices, and industrial spaces, emphasizing governance tools, quality assurance, and compliance with local regulations.

This blog post explores Thailand's tourism strategy for 2025, highlighting a shift towards fewer visitors but higher spending, driven by premium and long-haul travelers. It discusses the Tourism Authority of Thailand's focus on safety, sustainability, and value, and provides actionable insights for investors and operators to design premium, resilient hospitality assets that align with evolving market trends and ESG expectations.

This blog post examines ASEAN's semiconductor and electronics (E&E) boom from 2025 to 2030, driven by AI-era compute demand, supply-chain diversification, and government incentives. It highlights Thailand's evolving E&E policies, localization strategies, and opportunities in power electronics, PCBA, and test/packaging. The post provides actionable insights for investors and operators to align with regional trends and build resilient, competitive projects in the ASEAN market.

This blog post delves into ASEAN's emerging electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, highlighting Indonesia's dominance in nickel production, Thailand's role as an automotive hub, and the critical link of semiconductors in enabling advanced EV technologies. It outlines key signals driving the EV market, including policy incentives, localization strategies, and cross-border collaboration, offering actionable insights for investors and OEMs to capitalize on the region's EV growth from

This blog post explores the ASEAN Data-Center Super-Cycle from 2025 to 2030, focusing on Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia as key markets for digital infrastructure investment. It highlights the structural drivers of growth, including AI workloads, data sovereignty, and Singapore's capacity constraints. The post provides actionable insights on BOI incentives, deployment strategies, and compliance requirements to help investors and developers succeed in the region's rapidly ex

This blog post explores ASEAN's economic trajectory from 2025 to 2030, highlighting five key investment signals, including manufacturing upgrades, supply-chain diversification, and the booming digital infrastructure market. It emphasizes Thailand's emerging role as a critical data-center hub, driven by policy clarity, infrastructure upgrades, and strategic location. Investors are provided with actionable insights and a checklist to de-risk their projects in the region.

AD ASIA orchestrates HK–Thailand setups in weeks, not months—syncing filings, bank KYC, and investor assets so founders move from incorporated to banked fast

How a HK HoldCo accelerates fundraising for Thailand/ASEAN projects—angels, VCs, curated communities, JV platforms, and tokenized real estate—plus the governance and docs investors expect.

Banking in Hong Kong requires more than incorporation. Learn what underwriters look for, the sequence that saves weeks, and how to prepare a bank‑ready file.

Learn how to incorporate a Hong Kong company in 2025: timelines, required documents, and common pitfalls. Includes a practical founder checklist and bank-readiness tips

Discover why a Hong Kong holding company remains the smart choice for Thailand and ASEAN expansion in 2025. Learn the legal, banking, and investor advantages — plus practical tips to avoid common setup pitfalls.

This post helps operators and investors choose between acquiring, leasing‑and‑improving, or developing property in Thailand by comparing capital needs, control, time‑to‑market, and permit complexity. It provides a decision matrix, highlights key cost and risk drivers, and outlines team, financing, and execution steps—including a practical 90‑day action plan. The article closes with how AD ASIA can run feasibility, structure the deal, map permits, and manage delivery as owner’

This blog post provides a practical guide for managing construction risk in Thailand through robust contracts, financial safeguards, and site controls. It explains delivery models, essential contract clauses, guarantee instruments, QA/QC routines, and reporting practices that keep projects on time and budget. The article concludes with actionable steps and highlights how AD ASIA Consulting supports owners with contract drafting, permit alignment, and project management.

This blog post explains how to set up a Thai company for property ventures, covering the incorporation flow, banking readiness, licensing, and compliance essentials. It highlights governance best practices, common pitfalls, and timelines to keep projects on track. The article concludes with a practical starter pack and shows how AD ASIA Consulting can deliver a ready-to-operate corporate structure aligned with permits and project milestones

This blog post provides a clear roadmap for obtaining permits and approvals for property development in Thailand. It covers zoning checks, essential pre-design studies, core municipal approvals, special permits, and strategies to avoid common delays. The article concludes with a practical checklist and explains how AD ASIA Consulting can manage the entire permitting process from planning to occupancy

The Element Villa is a visionary ESG-aligned luxury development in Phuket, Thailand, conceptualized by Marco Marano and managed by AD ASIA Consulting. Inspired by the four classical elements, the project integrates passive design, solar energy, rain-harvesting, and wellness architecture. With completed architectural and interior plans, the project is now open to collaboration with contractors and developers under AD ASIA’s supervision.