The real estate platform homegate.ch , which belongs to the TX Group , has published the “Home Market Price Analysis” report, which was drawn up jointly with the Swiss Real Estate Institute . It examines the price development of real estate in the four regions of Berne, Lake Geneva, Northwestern Switzerland and Zurich. According to the results , home sales prices have increased in 2021.
In the Geneva region, the price increase for owner-occupied homes was the highest at 8.9 percent. However, prices have been falling in 2020. The increase is therefore described as a “catch-up effect”. At 8 percent, Zurich recorded the second largest price increase.
When it comes to prices for condominiums, the Zurich region continues to be the most expensive. In contrast, the most expensive single-family homes are in the Lake Geneva region. However, the Northwestern Switzerland and Bern regions are also catching up. For example, average single-family house prices grew the most in Northwest Switzerland at 11 percent, followed by the Bern region (9.1 percent).
On average, prices for single-family homes and condominiums rose by 9 percent and 8.3 percent respectively in 2021. According to the report, this is the highest price dynamic for residential property in the regions examined for ten years.
Second home prices have risen particularly sharply by 35 percent in 2021 after falling by more than 20 percent last year. “Price increases for first homes are astounding, but for second homes, due to the strict supply restrictions imposed by the second homes initiative, a market has been created that is ideal for real estate speculation,” explains Peter Ilg, head of the Swiss Real Estate Institute.
Experiments on the ISS (International Space Station) should help to better understand the hardening of concrete under conditions of weightlessness. Ultimately, they could help to develop more environmentally friendly compositions of the material without detracting from its positive properties. This is a joint project of the BIOTESC competence center at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hergiswil, the German Aerospace Center , the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Cologne .
BIOTESC works on behalf of the European Space Agency ESA . This so-called User Support and Operations Center is one of four such centers at ESA. It supports researchers in conducting experiments in the infrastructure of the ISS.
The research design for the experiments on the ISS also comes from Hergiswil. The 64 small test containers prepared there, each with different mixtures and injectable liquid, were tested, filled and packaged by the BIOTESC. Since there are plans for permanent presences on the Moon and Mars, some of them also contain moon dust, according to a press release from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The BIOTESC containers were checked for space standards at the ESA logistics center in Turin. Then they were flown to Cape Canavaral, from where they were rocketed to the ISS.
The experiment was conducted on February 1st. The concrete samples will not return to Earth until the next flight in July. In the meantime, the containers developed by the BIOTESC have already been patented in Germany. According to BIOTESC research group leader Dr. Bernd Rattenbacher: “All material that has a solid and a liquid component can be mixed in it.”
The fair is being held for the twelfth time. Due to the intensive construction activities in the Zurich economic area, the trade fair has a permanent place on the agenda of the industry and the public. The SVIT real estate fair is the first point of contact for leading real estate providers in the greater Zurich area for those interested in living. If you are looking for home ownership or first rental properties, you will find what you are looking for here. The offer also includes existing properties and objects that are only in the planning stage. On the other hand, the exhibitors (property developers, project developers, marketers, etc.) use the platform to present themselves more personally than, for example, only on the Internet.
This year again, all exhibitors and visitors will be treated to culinary delights free of charge at the V-ZUG/Herzog Bistro.
SVIT Digital Day This daily exhibition is taking place for the third time as a trade fair for professionals and players in the real estate industry. Newly combined with the SVIT real estate trade fair, but with a connected, separate exhibition area. Many interested members of the SVIT and other visitors flocked to the popular trade fair from the first events. Providers, users and interested parties can exchange ideas and seek direct contact with various software developers of the digital offers. The latest software applications for the real estate industry will be presented by around 40 exhibitors. An additional highlight on “SVIT Digital Day” are the practice-oriented specialist presentations (free access).
Find the current hall plan and the exhibitors of the SVIT Digital Day here .
Digital compass of SVIT Switzerland The Digital Kompass Schweiz is an innovation of the SVIT Zurich. This tool accompanies real estate players on their way to digital transformation. He should support and also sensitize to deal with the digital matter. Efficiency in a real estate company depends largely on its software and its interfaces. As an interactive advisor, the digital compass shows digital recommendations for action for concretely applicable solutions. The svit-digital-kompass.ch platform is suitable for anyone who has an affinity and a real interest in real estate, because the software solutions and products are specifically related to the Swiss real estate industry. You can find more information on site.
At its annual media conference, the Swiss Builders’ Association ( SBV ) presented its action plan for the aggressive modernization of buildings . In order to achieve the climate goals, the pace of building renovation must be tripled, the SBV explained in a statement at the media conference. In its action plan, the association advocates new replacement buildings in particular. They are “an integral part of the circular economy and save much more energy and pollutants than old buildings,” says the statement.
In the action plan, the SBV calls, among other things, for the establishment of a utilization bonus of 30 percent for replacement new buildings. They should also be put on an equal footing with energy-related refurbishments when it comes to funding. In addition, the SBV pleads for a limit to the number of protected buildings and for the equal importance of densification with the protection of the townscape. The recycling of building materials, which is still being tested, should also “not be slowed down by over-regulation”, according to the action plan.
At the annual media conference, the SBV also addressed the situation in the construction industry. It “proved to be an important and stable pillar of the Swiss economy during the two years of the corona pandemic,” the statement said. Last year, with more than 91,500 full-time positions, the level before the outbreak of the pandemic was reached again.
Your association sees delivery problems and increased prices for many building materials as a risk for the industry. The SBV explains that six out of ten construction companies have been affected by them in the past few months. The industry is also assuming high prices for building materials for the current year. A rise in interest rates is also expected in the medium term, which could make real estate less attractive as an investment.
The Swiss Association for Location Management ( SVSM ) invites you to a specialist conference on Thursday, March 31, as part of the SVSM Dialog event series. According to the media release , the event from 3.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. will take place on site in the Villa Boveri in Baden or virtually via the Veertly platform. At the spring event of the SVSM there are practical presentations from Upper Valais, the city of Baden and the Wil region. Case studies would be used to show practical solutions and strategies and then discuss current challenges. Those who are connected virtually can join the discussion via the interactive platform. The event is free for members of the SVSM, non-members pay a fee of 50 francs.
In addition to the dialogue event, the ordinary general assembly of the SVSM also takes place in the Villa Boveri. Non-members participating in the dialogue are also welcome, according to the association’s statement.
Regarding the program, it is said that the head of location promotion for the city of Baden, Thomas Lütolf, will present the regional economic vision of the Baden Nord city district. Anne Rombach-Jung, Managing Director REGIO WIL, talks about the future of WILWEST. Esther Schlumpf, project manager at the Upper Valais regional and economic center, will address the question of whether governance can be a success factor for regional development.
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research ( Empa ), the University of Economics and Engineering of the Canton of Vaud and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ( EPFL ) have jointly developed new rail pads. These components are mostly made of elastic plastic and are stuck between rails and concrete sleepers, as Empa explains in a press release . They are used to protect rails.
However, existing rail pads have limitations. Especially if the protection of the rails is greatly increased, this leads to more noise pollution at the same time. The researchers now want to solve this challenge. After several tests in the laboratory, a part with more than 50 percent polyisobutylene (PIB) content, embedded in a shell made of a harder ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) plastic, proved to be the most effective option. At the same time, it can reduce railway noise and protect the rails.
In a next step, the new rail pads are to be tested on a railway line in Nottwil in March. “These rail pads are easy to make. We will need almost 400 units for the 100-metre stretch,” explains Bart van Damme from Empa’s Acoustics and Noise Reduction department. That is why a company is already on board that will take over the manufacture of the components that have already been patented.
The real estate market in 2021 was turbulent for investors. This is how the real estate market report 2022 from CSL Immobilien summarizes the situation in the past year. Prices for central locations reached record highs. Yields fell accordingly.
In a press release , CSL Immobilien cites the “Zurich Gold Coast community” Zumikon as an example of bidding processes that drive prices for office and residential buildings well connected to city centers to new record highs. There, the community had an empty fire station building next to a public transport station estimated at 8.7 million francs. It was sold for around 21 million Swiss francs. But first-class real estate “still has no alternative”, CEO Yonas Mulugeta explains this development, which can be observed in the centres.
The periphery, on the other hand, is seeing rising vacancies: in the past six months, the office space on offer in the greater Zurich area has increased to 910,000 square meters (previous year: 812,000 square meters) or by 12 percent. The same can be seen in the economic areas of Berne (+14 percent) and Geneva (+12 percent).
This price development led to new lows in net initial yields in most segments of the investment market last year. A sideways movement was expected. Residential properties of first-class quality yielded a national average of 1.9 percent compared to 2.35 percent in the previous year. At 1.9 percent (previous year 2.35 percent), top office properties fell to the level of residential properties.
Private individuals had to dig deeper into their pockets to buy their own homes. Due to the pandemic, there was also an increase in demand for large rental apartments that also offer space for working from home. Accordingly, the proportion of vacant 1 to 2.5 room apartments in the canton of Zurich rose to 27 percent (previous year 22 percent). Viewed across the country as a whole, the vacancy rate fell to 1.54 percent (previous year: 1.72 percent).
Strabag Switzerland will take an active part in the day of engineers and will present a pilot project in Küsnacht in an online lecture. According to the media release from the Schlierem construction company, the start is on Friday, March 4, at 11 a.m. The lecture goes until 12:15 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Internet via Microsoft Teams. On the Engineer’s Day website, access is possible by clicking on it without prior registration. The speakers are Stijepan Ljubicic, Technical Group Manager BIM, and Christian Häni, Technical Group Manager Traffic Routes Engineering at Strabag.
BIM stands for Building Information Modeling and describes the model-based planning, implementation and operation of construction projects, with the aim of optimizing the transfer of knowledge, the quality of the results and the efficiency of all those involved, according to Strabag. On March 4th, Strabag will present its project for the renovation of the Schiedhaldensteig in Küsnacht in the live presentation. Strabag is the total contractor and is responsible for the planning and construction management as well as the execution – model-based using the BIM 5D program. In Küsnacht, the upper part of the Schiedhaldensteig was rehabilitated in a very narrow and steep traffic area and the sewage pipes were replaced. At the same time, the existing gas, water and electrical lines at the plants on Lake Zurich were renewed.
Even before the actual Engineer’s Day, a networking event will take place on Thursday, February 17, at the JED in Schlieren. Zurich government councilor Carmen Walker Späh and Federal Councilor Guy Parmelin will be taking part. According to a press release from the Limmatstadt AG location promotion, a panel discussion will highlight the qualities and potential of engineers from various disciplines.
According to a press release , digitalSTROM AG from Schlieren will present two innovations at the Light + Building 2022 trade fair. On the one hand, the networking specialist is presenting the integrated solution for access control. According to the announcement, this consists of the fully integrated Smart Video Doorbell and the interactive 10.1″ display, dS-Touch. With the video doorbell, residents can always keep an eye on who is ringing the doorbell. With the dS-Touch display, access control is integrated into the all-in-one solution from digitalSTROM for the first time. This includes fully centralized automation and control of lights, shutters, blinds, heating and ventilation systems and buttons.
The dS Energy extension, which is also new, enables residents with a photovoltaic system to improve their energy balance. The self-generated energy is thus routed to the boiler or heat pump via an intelligent control system. This will also significantly reduce dependency on the electricity company, according to the statement.
For the first time since 2018, digitalSTROM will be taking part in the trade fair from October 2nd to 6th in Frankfurt in order to present its range of smart home solutions and innovations to an international audience. “We benefit from the growing dynamics of home automation and the steadily increasing interest in digitalSTROM solutions,” Peter Lambrechts, Executive Chairman at digitalSTROM, is quoted as saying. In the difficult years for the entire industry, his company invested heavily in research and development and was able to present new products and solutions at Light + Building.
The real estate division of Zurich Insurance Group’s investment management is testing Madaster’s material passport in a housing project in Holland, Madaster Switzerland informs in a statement . All materials used in the building are recorded in the Madaster material pass. In this way future recycling of the material is made possible. Zurich wants to use the building ID card for future decisions about the development of its own real estate portfolio.
“Through the data transparency of a material passport, we want to learn more about the impact of a building on people and the environment,” Roger Baumann, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Real Estate Product Development at Zurich, is quoted in the statement. “We hope to be able to identify new decision-making scope for a significant decarbonization of our real estate portfolio.”
Madaster wants to strengthen the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector. To this end, it offers digital tools on its platform, such as material passports and indices for recording the economic and circular value of buildings. In addition, companies that are committed to the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector are networked. “We want to show that buildings are dynamic systems whose value retention can be realized through data transparency,” explains Marloes Fischer, Managing Director of Madaster Services Switzerland.
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research ( Empa ) have investigated when an investment in costly high-performance insulating materials such as aerogels can be worthwhile for builders. According to a media release , the 25 most expensive cities in Europe, North America and Asia were initially compared. The research team found out that the lucrative area gain through the more expensive aerogels at a square meter price of more than 8000 francs exceeds the additional costs of the thinner insulation variant.
The reason given is that high-performance insulation achieves the same insulating effect as conventional mineral wool, but only requires half to a quarter of the material used. Against the background of rising real estate prices and dense construction in cities, high-performance insulating materials such as aerogels could promote economical construction. Because the thinner the outer shell of a building, the more space is available inside.
The economic advantages calculated using an equation could have been shown in the 15 most expensive cities – including the four Swiss cities of Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Basel with the highest prices per square meter in Europe. Amortization was determined in the 14 most expensive cities in North America and in the ten most expensive cities in Asia. The knowledge could also support future planners when deciding on the appropriate insulation material.
According to a press release, Schindler and the building service provider ISS , headquartered in Zurich, have signed a global framework agreement to optimize ISS’ vertical mobility solutions. The cooperation makes the Ebikon-based provider of elevators and escalators the “preferred partner for the maintenance and modernization of elevators and escalators” in ISS buildings worldwide.
In particular, Schindler’s “real-time performance and maintenance monitoring” is to be used in ISS services. ISS specializes in the design of workspaces and building management and has buildings in more than 30 countries.
According to the media release, the focus of the partnership is on “tailor-made solutions to optimize the flow of people in buildings managed by ISS worldwide and thus make the stay in these buildings more pleasant”.
The cooperation should also help to support ISS in its sustainability efforts, according to Paolo Compagna, operational manager at Schindler. The Schindler Port 4D product will be used to achieve the intended net-zero emissions. It can reduce the energy consumption of an elevator group by up to 40 percent. Further support for achieving the sustainability goals should bring “modernization and the introduction of adaptive maintenance solutions”.
Walo Bertschinger has provided the Stadler Rail production halls in St. Margrethen with a new floor covering. According to a message on Facebook, an area of 19,000 square meters was covered with the Haypanol-D covering in the production halls for the assembly of trains. The Haypanol-D epoxy coating developed by Walo has been tried and tested in industrial buildings and parks for years. The finally hardened epoxy forms together with the scattered material of the quartz sand a very hard, clean and even surface structure.
According to a technical explanation on Walo’s special website for floor coverings, the seamless Haypanol-D litter coverings have high mechanical and chemical resistance. The property profile of the industrial floor coverings is adapted to the respective stress class. The anti-slip properties of the covering are coordinated according to the customer’s requirements. In addition, the system can also be designed as an antistatic or electrically conductive covering. The flooring has a longevity of up to 25 years.
The Stadler site in St.Margrethen in the border triangle is the competence center for double-deck multiple units within the Stadler Group, according to the Stadler Group website. After more than 20 years in Altenrhein, this production was moved to the newly built plant in St.Margrethen in 2020.
Brivo, Inc. from the US state of Maryland has entered into a partnership with Sitasys AG from Solothurn. The North American inventor of cloud-based access control and the so-called Smart Spaces technology integrates the cloud-based alarm management evalink talos from Sitasys into its platform. This integration is available on evalink marketplace .
“For customers who value central monitoring, we are pleased about the partnership with Sitasys AG’s evalink technology,” said Brivo founder and CEO Steve Van Till in a press release . This would allow security professionals to manage access, alarms and video surveillance more easily and save time, “without sacrificing performance”.
The Brivo integration combines alarm centers, tracking systems, cameras and access control in a unified security platform called Brivo Access. It uses analytics, business intelligence, and machine learning “to generate actionable insights from big data.”
“We are convinced that the integration of Brivo with our evalink technology will strengthen our overall offering and create added value for our joint customers,” says Peter Monte, CEO and founder of Sitasys AG. “The integration of cloud systems makes it easier for users to work in different tools within one platform and thus more efficiently.”
The construction industry is considered to be one of the largest industries in the world and at the same time the least digitized, write ConReal Swiss AG and ProMaterial Technologies in a joint statement . The two companies want to change the latter. To this end, they are building a platform that enables manufacturers, dealers and building contractors to connect directly and digitally.
"We are building a data standard with outstanding quality that will make online trade and communication in the construction industry more transparent and efficient," Nils Gagzow, Managing Director and co-founder of ProMaterial Technologies, is quoted as saying in the press release. Manufacturers should be able to use this data standard to place their offering digitally on the market. The products are described by an international industry standard so that dealers can access highly qualified product information, the press release explains.
ConReal, in turn, contributes the data from its own digital ecosystem to the project. Market information is collected here, for example data on what is being built, when, where and how. In combination, "the physical product and craftsmanship can be brought into play at the right time," says the statement.
Implenia will build a 1.2 kilometer long tunnel for Wärme Hamburg , the construction and real estate company from Opfikon informs in a press release . The tunnel is to connect the north of Hamburg to a new heating network. To do this, it will cross under the Elbe around 2 kilometers west of the Elbe tunnel for the motorway.
The work is divided into two phases, with the planning phase starting in October. Implenia has now received the order for further planning and construction work from the beginning of 2022, according to the announcement. The total order volume there is estimated at around 75 million francs.
The work should be completed by the first quarter of 2025. To this end, Implenia will first create diaphragm walls for the start and finish shafts with a depth of up to 42 meters. A tunnel measuring 1.16 kilometers long and around 4.5 meters in diameter is then to be drilled between them and lined with precast concrete elements. Implenia is also responsible for planning and installing the operating technology for the district heating pipeline.
"We are very pleased that we are able to create this large and complex infrastructure project for our customer Wärme Hamburg", Erwin Scherer, Head of Tunneling at Implenia, is quoted in the press release. "The fact that we are making a contribution to improving the sustainability of heat generation gives us additional motivation, because sustainability is an Implenia corporate value that we will also live by in this project."
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the requirements for official approval from Swissbau in January 2022 are not met. Last Friday, the MCH Group, as the organizer of Swissbau, was informed by the canton of Basel-Stadt that, in accordance with the ‘COVID-19 regulation, special situation’, the refusal to hold Swissbau from January 18 to 21, 2022 would be issued.
In initial discussions with leading exhibitors from all areas, despite the great disappointment, there was clear support for a postponement to the coming spring.
Swissbau 2022 has been postponed and will now take place from Tuesday, May 3 to Friday, May 6, 2022 in Basel.
Five Swiss experts have worked out why Switzerland is facing major challenges and how they can be tackled sensibly and efficiently. To this end, they have drawn up a so-called roadmap entitled “The Swiss structure is under pressure to adapt”.
With its bird's eye view of the entirety of buildings, streets, supply and disposal networks, traffic and much more, according to a report by the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ), the group wants to give a new impetus to the Swiss construction project that began ten years ago, and thus research and advance practice. Today Switzerland is facing massive challenges, for example due to climate change, natural hazards and population growth.
Under the direction of Peter Matt, Fritz Hunkeler, Hans Rudolf Ganz, Laurent Vulliet, Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne , and Empa Deputy Director Peter Richner identified five segments that are particularly affected by the upcoming challenges: the building stock, the Infrastructures for freight and passenger traffic as well as drinking water and sewage networks. They rate the need for action and the potential for impact in passenger transport and buildings as particularly high.
According to Richner, the group is pursuing several goals with the roadmap: “To show the importance of Switzerland as a structure for our society, to specify the need for action and, above all, to raise awareness that we can only develop a target-oriented strategy from an overall perspective. "
The Wettinger construction company Hächler is providing the Pfadi Hochwacht Baden home association with CHF 10,000 as a contribution to the renovation of the old Rütibuck scout home. According to a press release , the Hächler Group supports a non-profit organization every year. The donation of 10,000 francs replaces the usual gifts to business partners at Christmas and the turn of the year.
Who Hächler gives the donation to is never an easy decision, says the media release. There are many institutions that are worth supporting. This year Hächler chose the home club Pfadi Hochwacht Baden. He is the bearer of the old Rütibuck scout home in Baden. This was used by the scout department between 1932 and 1973. They then moved into the new youth center and the old scout home has since been available to children and youth organizations, school groups and sports clubs for weekly camps, training weekends or festivities.
This winter, the old Rütibuck scout home will be renovated and the outer shell will be subjected to an urgently needed energetic renovation, according to the Hächler announcement. That includes the renovation of the statics, the insulation of the outer walls, replacement of the old windows with triple-glazed wooden windows. The house will also have central heating and there will be a “gentle renovation inside” with adjustment and refreshment work such as painting and modernization of toilets and showers.
The donation to the old scout home is also the cover story of the company newspaper “ Der Hächler ”. An interview with Stefan Zantop, founding member of the Pfadi Hochwacht Baden home association, is printed there. And there are tips on donations or active help with the renovation.
Holcim is buying the American company Marshall Concrete Products , according to a media release . This specializes in concrete products for residential buildings and small businesses. It was founded in 1936 and is based in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
With the acquisition, Holcim wants to expand its position in the USA. "The acquisition strengthens our presence in this strong growth market and contributes to Holcim's overall strategy of expanding our range of low-carbon products and solutions," Jan Jenisch, CEO of Holcim, is quoted as saying.
According to the announcement, all Marshall Concrete Products employees will continue to be employed and integrated into Holcim's national subsidiary in the USA. No information is given about the purchase price.
Representatives of the Swiss steel and construction industry have formed an alliance for the recycling of used steel profiles in construction. According to a press release, representatives of the Swiss Steel Construction Center , the Christoph Merian Foundation , the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ), the Empa research and innovation building NEST and the Eawag water research institute met in situ at a round table in November , ZPF Ingenieure , Madaster and Sumami and decided to jointly promote the recyclability of steel profiles in Switzerland. The project team Purchasing Compass Recycling Management and the Metal suisse industry association were invited to the round table. The aim is to better understand the potential of steel profiles in the circular economy and to make it practicable.
A car park in Basel belonging to the Christoph Merian Foundation that is being demolished is to serve as a prototype project. According to the announcement, the construction office in situ, which has already implemented projects in this context, is supporting this. It is now being investigated how the dismantling of the steel profiles in the parking garage can succeed, where the steel profiles are reinserted and where they can be stored in the meantime. Steel profiles are considered to be particularly recyclable because they can be expanded in their existing form and usually integrated directly into new buildings. There is no loss of material or quality and no energy is required for melting or reshaping.
Through this energy saving, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced directly during construction. The direct reuse of building materials without recycling represents the greatest lever in reducing emissions in the construction industry. In addition to steel profiles, concrete, facade elements, windows or doors can also be reused.
For the Institute of Sustainability and Energy in the building of the University of Architecture, Building and Geomatics of the FHNW , circular economy is an important part of environmentally and resource-saving construction. In order to further develop research and education in the areas of energy-efficient and climate-neutral building, integral building technology, sustainable building and operation, resource-efficient and circular building as well as health aspects in buildings, the institute is establishing the professorship of circular building. The architect Andrea Klinge is to take over the corresponding chair.
Klinge studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, the FHNW informs in a message about the new professorship. After further training in sustainable building at the London Metropolitan University, the designated professor worked in various architecture offices in London, Rome and Berlin. Klinge is currently active at ZRS Architekten Ingenieure Berlin. The architect and trained carpenter have established a research department here, according to the announcement.
In her new position, Klinge wants to tackle “the current challenges in the construction sector”. "This is one of the most resource-intensive economic sectors in the world and contributes significantly to climate change," the professor-designate is quoted in the press release. “In order to meet the Paris climate goals, we urgently need consistent approaches that implement the necessary building turnaround in the construction sector.” According to Barbara Sintzel, Head of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy in Construction, Klinge “has specialist expertise in the use of ReUse components and renewable building materials to help achieve a breakthrough in practice with applied research and thus make the building turnaround possible ”.
Representatives of the city of Zurich broke ground for the construction of the Guggach III residential and commercial estate. At the intersection of Hofwiesenstrasse and Wehntalerstrasse, 111 non-profit apartments for around 300 people will be built in the coming years, according to a media release . The first tenants are expected to be able to move in in the second quarter of 2024.
The City of Zurich is developing the Guggach area in Zurich-Unterstrass together with the Simple Living Foundation. For this purpose, the city has given part of its land reserve to the public foundation under building law, according to the media release.
Two residential buildings with commercial units on the ground floor and a building for a kindergarten are being built on the 8,500 square meter property. A school with a gym and a park are to be built in another part of the area.
With its joint venture 14Trees and the British development finance institute CDC Group , Holcim wants to realize the largest 3D-printed house complex in Africa. In Kilifi, Kenya, the Mvule Gardens development is to create affordable living space in 52 buildings. The building material manufacturer has now announced this. The project is part of the regenerative ecosystem Green Heart of Kenya , a model for inclusive and climate-resilient cities. Construction will start in early 2022.
The project builds on Holcim's first 3D printed school in Malawi. It is intended to close an acute infrastructure gap. "14Trees is pioneering the use of cutting-edge technology to address one of Africa's most pressing development needs – affordable housing – and create life-changing infrastructure for entire communities," said Tenbite Ermias, CEO of CDC Africa, as quoted in the press release.
14Trees has set itself the goal of addressing the lack of affordable housing in Africa with 3D printing and intelligent design, while creating skilled local jobs at the same time. As demonstrated in Malawi, the technology can reduce a house's ecological footprint by more than 50 percent compared to conventional methods, according to Holcim. Accordingly, they have the EDGE certificate for resource- efficient buildings.
The MASS Design Group , an architecture firm based in the USA and Africa, designed the Mvule Gardens. They are designed to create affordable, sustainable and reproducible housing units that are adapted to the Kenyan environment.
The Ernst Göhner Foundation , based in Zug, is funding a research project for high-performance concrete at the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ). She has now made an unspecified amount available to the Empa Future Fund as start- up funding, according to a media release .
This supports a research project for more environmentally friendly concrete. This has a lower CO2 footprint than conventional reinforced concrete because it is more durable and stable. In addition, the self-tensioning concrete can be used more sparingly.
The project is a so-called high-risk-high-gain project. "The risk of failure is high, but there is also a lot to be won," Masoud Motavalli, head of the research department for engineering structures at Empa in Dübendorf, is quoted in the media release. Since 2008 he had approached potential sponsors with the idea of prestressed high-performance concrete.
The supply in the office space market rose from 5.5 to 5.8 percent year-on-year at the end of the second quarter of 2021. Thus, the coronavirus pandemic did not lead to the feared high values, writes Credit Suisse in a report on the study “ Office space market Switzerland 2022 ” by the Zurich-based bank. However, the authors of the study anticipate that the trend towards home office “will still bring some difficult quarters to the office market”.
Credit Suisse analysts explain that many inquirers were reluctant to rent new office space during the pandemic. They also expect that more and more companies will at least partially enable their employees to work from home in the long term. On the other hand, the analysts expect an increasing share of office work in the course of the digitization of the economy. In the medium term, this will result in stagnating demand for office space, according to the announcement.
The analysts currently see a connection between higher supply rates and construction activity across Switzerland. However, they have seen counterexamples in Lausanne and Geneva. While Lausanne “benefits from relatively robust demand despite higher construction activity”, weak demand in Geneva has led to an increase in the supply of space to 12.3 percent.
In the short term, the analysts expect a further increase in the supply of space, also because companies could implement existing plans to give up larger spaces. In the long term, however, they expect the average office rate to rise sharply. Over time, this will probably "overlay the trend towards home office space reducing and generate significant additional demand for office space in the long term".
A stiff breeze was blowing against those looking for accommodation in November. With an increase of 1.5 percent, the rents advertised have increased significantly across Switzerland. This difference is put into perspective, however, by looking at the longer-term development: over the past twelve months, the change is much more moderate at 1.0 percent. This is shown by the Swiss Real Estate Offer Index, which is collected by ImmoScout24 in cooperation with the real estate consultancy IAZI AG.
The drivers of the rent increase in November are the Greater Zurich Region and the Central Plateau, each with an increase of 0.6 percent. Due to their market size, they have a disproportionately large impact on the Switzerland-wide rent index. Rents have also risen in Central Switzerland (0.6 percent) and in Eastern Switzerland (0.4 percent). Virtually no changes can be observed in northwestern Switzerland (0.2 percent) and in the Lake Geneva region (0.0 percent), while rents in Ticino have fallen (−0.4 percent).
More expensive condominiums, stable house prices Those who want to buy a condominium were faced with 0.6 percent higher prices in November than in the previous month. This means that the national average price per square meter is currently around 8030 francs. For a typical apartment with 110 m² of living space, 880,000 francs are required. The asking prices for single-family houses (0.1 percent) hardly changed in November, which corresponds to a square meter price of around 7130 francs. A typical house with 160 m² of living space is advertised for 1,140,000 francs.
«The new corona wave should temporarily support the trend of rising property prices, since in the fragile economic environment hardly any rate hikes on the part of the central banks are to be expected. The duration of this policy, however, depends heavily on the further development of consumer prices, which have recently risen significantly, ”says Martin Waeber, Managing Director Real Estate, Swiss Marketplace Group.
As a general contractor, Implenia is building five buildings on the former Malley industrial site west of Lausanne, one of which has 19 floors and a second one with 24 floors. As the company reports , the order volume is CHF 200 million. It includes the construction of residential and commercial buildings for the first phase of construction called Central Malley . An area of 42,200 square meters is to be developed. 23,700 square meters are planned as office space, 3800 square meters for commercial units and 14,700 square meters for around 200 apartments.
The Central Malley construction project is the first step in the revitalization of the Malley industrial area. According to the information, the area is to be converted into a sustainable urban quarter with apartments, offices and commercial units. The concept for the development is based on ecological building, future ways of life and the Minergie P-Eco standard. The development of the new district fits into the spatial development plan for the Lausanne metropolitan area, which envisages several “ambitious architectural designs”. In this way, Implenia is making a contribution to the design of “promising future living and working environments,” says Jens Vollmar, Head of the Buildings Division, quoted in the press release.
As part of a renovation work in the Bad Ragaz SG thermal baths, the Dietiker construction company Walo Bertschinger renewed the floor coverings. According to a message from Walo on Facebook, the Walo bedding Haypanol D was laid with a special system constellation.
According to the company announcement, high demands were placed on slip resistance, UV resistance and optics in the thermal baths. In the system constellation used by Walo, these conditions of the client Grand Resort Bad Ragaz were met. The multi-layer structure of the covering and its technical properties also showed high chemical resistance, so that various cleaning agents, greases, other deposits and chemical solutions cannot harm the covering.
According to Walo, the architecture of the famous thermal baths with its special appearance corresponds to the snow-white surface.
Switzerland has only a few usable mineral resources that are also effectively used on the home market. This includes salt, which has recently become increasingly scarce due to the sometimes harsh winters. Switzerland is also a moated castle and this resource will become more and more important in the future. Nature also gives us the renewable raw material wood, which is used in a variety of ways in our buildings and is also exported!
It is often forgotten that our little Switzerland is “filthy rich” in the truest sense of the word! Our own sandstone quarry on the Rooterberg is located two kilometers from our company as the crow flies, 100 meters above the Veriset. Sandstone has been mined up there for over 200 years. Our company, which was founded in 1944, has also been mining this beautiful gray-blue sandstone since then. This noble plant, which originated 20 million years ago, can also be used as a kitchen cover without any problems. We will market this noble product in the future as Lion Stone with completely new surface treatments .
The lion monument in Lucerne, which was carved out of a former sandstone quarry, is only about four kilometers as the crow flies from our own quarry. It is exactly the same molasse sandstone . Our local material costs a fraction – in contrast to artificial stone or chrome steel! Our noble Ticino gneisses are not only a great eye-catcher, but thanks to the latest impregnation agents they are also suitable for kitchen covers without any problems. Partial darkening really only occurs with very poor care! The very latest impregnation methods, which do not change the color of the beautiful Swiss natural stones, make practical use seem harmless today. In any case, these are far superior to an artificial stone that has only been polished. The noble gray-blue of an onsernone gneiss matches light and gray kitchen furniture simply sensationally and at an affordable price!
The noble dark gray of the Onsernone is described by experts as the most beautiful gray in the world! Of course, Cresciano and Iragna also shine as light gray alternatives in every kitchen. The green Andeer, Valser or Verde Spluga also look very modern with wooden furniture and are therefore often used. The floor coverings from COOP are a shining example!
The oldest coverings are already 17 years old and appear almost new despite intensive use. The natural patina makes the floor very attractive. Our Rooterberger sandstone was laid as an example in 1983 in the Jesuit church in Root. 1974 also in the catholic church in Root! Despite their age and intensive use, the floors still look sensational! Somebody should say that sandstone is tricky and that in the public sector.
We must not forget one thing: Honor local work! In Switzerland, we meet all known safety regulations when mining natural stones and also meet all ecological standards in terms of sustainability. The wages in Switzerland are fair and correct, child or slave labor are foreign words in Switzerland! Thanks to the nearby quarries, the product meets all ecological requirements in terms of gray energy! There is simply nothing better than the use of Swiss natural stones in ecological and sustainable construction! You can also rely on Swiss natural stone, be it indoors or outdoors, as a great floor, wall covering or kitchen cover, Swiss natural stone is always a perfect choice!
A visit to us is worthwhile, but even the Internet cannot replace our beautiful exhibition in Root. We would like to invite you to visit us. We hope that you will use a lot of beautiful Swiss natural stones in the future and of course take into account our family-run Lucerne-based company based in Root, which has always advocated the use of Swiss natural stones since it was founded. We can boast that over 50% of our invoiced sales are made with Swiss natural stones!
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