To date, this is probably the most extensive new construction project ever realized in Küttigen/AG. Over 150 apartments have been built in the Rombach district. Timbatec was responsible for the workshop plans for all the timber components.
Limeco's new power-to-gas plant makes a positive contribution to climate change. It will produce renewable gas from waste and wastewater and feed it into the grid from winter 2021-22. From the parking ceiling upwards, the plant building is a pure timber construction.
The Riburg housing cooperative in Basel relies on wood for its new replacement buildings. Thanks to modular construction, ecological and cost-effective apartments can be created. The basis for this is early and integral planning.
Where locomotives and machines were once built, a new district is now being created. Urban living and working space for over 1,500 people is being created right next to Winterthur railroad station. Timbatec was responsible for the timber engineering services for the first building of the new Lokstadt.
To accommodate all the vehicles of staff and visitors, the mental health network expanded its site in Villars-sur-Glâne with a parking garage. On the attic floor, 1150m² of practice rooms and meeting rooms were created in wood construction.
We don't know whether the regional wood used in the new Raiffeisen Arena in Porrentruy was the decisive factor in HC Ajoie's promotion to the NLA. What is certain, however, is that the ice rink is a showcase project.
«sue+til»: Currently the largest residential development made of wood in Switzerland, it comprises 307 apartments, a mixed-use first floor and 200 parking spaces. The 6-storey building is a showcase project for timber construction in Switzerland.
The new four-story building for the RFSM is the first hospital in Switzerland to be constructed entirely of wood. Timbatec provided all timber engineering services for this Minergie-P building, contributing to the building's safety.
The municipality and Estoppey-Reber AG had the industrial hall in Châtel-St-Denis in the canton of Fribourg renovated. The roof was insulated and reinforced so that it can withstand the heavy snow loads in the future.
The Simmental Arena, the new multifunctional hall in Zweisimmen, is largely made of Swiss wood. What's more, it does not require any interior supports at all. The roof is supported by ten 38-meter-long arched trusses.
The intensive care unit of the Oberaargau Region Hospital in Langenthal has reached the limits of its capacity. Thanks to a wooden extension, the hospital now meets the increased space requirements.
In Zurich Wipkingen, the Waidberg building cooperative replaced an existing housing estate from the 1930s. Timbatec was responsible for all timber engineering services for the facades of the three apartment buildings with 110 apartments.
In Villars-sûr-Glâne, two school buildings were renovated and the gymnasium and the connecting wooden wing were newly built - and all this during ongoing school operations. For everyone involved, this meant planning the work very precisely.
The municipality of Gurmels in the Lake District of Fribourg recently opened a new workshop hall. The timber structure measures 28 by 21 meters and can be opened almost completely on one side - a challenge for Timbatec's timber engineers in terms of building bracing.
The highest precision was required for the workshop on the A16 freeway in Loveresse in the Bernese Jura. The timber construction elements had to fit exactly because of the enormous dimensions of the 150-meter-long hall.
Wood dominates the MIN MAX residential building in Glattpark. The two upper floors are made entirely of wood, while the lower floors have been designed as a hybrid construction.
The Polo Park Zurich has relied entirely on wood as a building material for its new center. Both the operations building and the various stable buildings with the horse stalls have been realized as timber frame buildings.
OLWO, a timber processor and trader, needed a new office and exhibition building. Thus, a dominant four-story wooden building has been created in the middle of Worb.