The financial crisis starting in Thailand in 1997 dealt a big blow to almost all of the Thai companies. ITD was no exception and had to undergo a Business Rehabilitation process which was successfully carried out on 16 December 2002. That event turned out to be a foundation for a firmer growth of the company. At the year-end of 2003 ITD's turnover of that year was 18,330 million Baht making ITD the largest infrastructure construction company in Thailand and one of the largest in Southeast Asia . New contracts obtained in 2003 totalled 7,896 million Baht resulting in the total value of work in hand of 39,971 million Baht for that year.