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  • Digitised road network for the district of Horgen

    Digitised road network for the district of Horgen

    From mid-July 2025, iNovitas from Baden will be mapping the streets in the district of Horgen. The company is creating a three-dimensional digital image of the public road network, according to a press release. The data obtained from the model is intended to form a basis for the areas of administration, utilities management and planning. The digital image reduces the time and effort required for inspection trips and inspections and should therefore provide an efficient organisation for maintenance and planning directly from the office.

    The municipal and cantonal roads of Adliswil, Kilchberg, Langnau am Albis, Rüschlikon, Thalwil and Oberrieden will be digitised. The municipality of Horgen had already commissioned iNovitas to carry out this work at an earlier stage. The data is recorded exclusively on public roads. According to the press release, people and number plates are anonymised, thereby protecting personal rights. The captured image and geodata is provided via the web-based infra3D platform and is only available to authorised specialists or administrative bodies with the appropriate authorisation.

  • Professionalisation of the management of residential and commercial properties

    Professionalisation of the management of residential and commercial properties

    Wincasa wants to break new ground in property management. The property service provider, which is part of Implenia, is splitting its corresponding services into the residential and commercial divisions, Wincasa announced in a press release. Employees will be trained in newly created functions and job profiles.

    The new Target Operating Model (TOM) is intended to professionalise the two areas and enable even more needs-oriented and use-oriented management of different properties. “The aim of the TOM project is to implement an operating model that covers today’s management requirements,” says Philipp Schoch, Head of Property Management at Wincasa, in the press release.

    As part of the project, Wincasa will set up 18 physical locations throughout Switzerland by the end of 2025 for the management of residential tenants and eight locations for the management of commercial tenants. The so-called walk-in locations in the residential sector can be used, for example, to clarify questions about the tenancy agreement or to report damage. In the commercial sector, on the other hand, “it’s about more complex properties, long-term tenancy agreements and vacancies that are more significant,” explains Schoch. Here, Wincasa wants to deploy qualified specialists “who provide highly professional support to commercial tenants in all phases of the management process”. Real-time monitoring of important key figures such as vacancy rates at the locations should show property owners the measurable success of the new management model.

  • Prix SVC Eastern Switzerland 2024 goes to Zindel United

    Prix SVC Eastern Switzerland 2024 goes to Zindel United

    Zindel United from Maienfeld has won this year’s Prix SVC Ostschweiz, the Swiss Venture Club(SVC) announced in a press release. The prize honours innovative companies in the region for outstanding achievements that enable sustainable economic success to be realised. “Zindel United realises its vision – developing complete solutions from ideas for future generations, inspiring people and protecting the environment in the process – in an exemplary and pioneering manner,” said jury president Andrea Fanzun in the press release, quoting from his laudatory speech.

    Zindel United specialises in construction-related services. The family-run company, now in its eighth generation, is committed to the circular economy in the construction industry. To this end, Zindel United relies on local raw materials and, according to the company, “is making a relevant contribution to achieving the 2050 climate targets with Switzerland’s first demonstrably CO2-neutral concrete”.

    Märchenhotel AG from Braunwald GL and Huber Fenster AG from Herisau AR were awarded the silver and bronze medals in the competition. The multi-award-winning Märchenhotel for families with children has developed into one of the largest tourist employers in the canton of Glarus since it was founded in 1977. Huber Fenster AG, now in its fifth generation, specialises in custom-made windows and façade elements that meet the architect’s specifications.

  • Siemens Smart Infrastructure acquires Brightly

    Siemens Smart Infrastructure acquires Brightly

    Brightly Software , a software-as-a-service (SaaS) facility and maintenance management company based in Cary, North Carolina, has acquired Siemens Smart Infrastructure . A corresponding agreement has already been signed, Siemens informed in a statement . The purchase price is $1.575 billion plus a performance-based earn-out component.

    The takeover is intended to promote the growth of the Zug-based Siemens subsidiary in the digital and software as a service divisions. In particular, the acquisition will complement the offerings of Siemens Smart Infrastructure for building technology "with established cloud-based solutions in key sectors such as public infrastructure, education and healthcare as well as manufacturing," according to the release. At the same time, Siemens wants to use Brightly's position in the American market. In addition, the Group expects synergies with a net cash value in the mid three-digit million range.

    "With Brightly, we are taking a big leap forward and are taking the operation of buildings to the next level," Matthias Rebellius, Member of the Management Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Smart Infrastructure, is quoted as saying in the press release. The acquisition of Brightly supports Siemens' vision to "create fully autonomous buildings that continuously learn from the people who live in them and adapt to their needs".

  • Tech Cluster Zug: More than just hot air

    Tech Cluster Zug: More than just hot air

    V-Zug employs around 2000 people at the Zug location. A few years ago, the former subsidiary of Metall Zug – Metall Zug is still the largest shareholder – was faced with an all the more serious decision: Where should production be in the future? The choices were a land reserve in Risch-Rotkreuz or moving abroad. In the end, the decision was made in favor of the previous location in Zug; a strong commitment with a vision: on the 80,000 m2 site, the production of V-Zug and other Metall Zug subsidiaries will be concentrated on around a third of the total area. In the coming years, a tech cluster is to be built on the free space. When completed, the area will offer around 3,000 jobs and living space for 300 people. The goal is an actual ecosystem of innovative technologies and services. The future users should come from areas such as cleantech, simulation technology or sensor technology or be related to the core competencies of Metall Zug – i.e. building technology, kitchen, food and cleaning.

    Climate neutrality as a goal
    Now the idea of such a cluster is neither new nor groundbreaking. On the other hand, the goal that Metall Zug has set itself for the realization is innovative: the area should be largely energy self-sufficient. Therefore, together with the local energy supplier, a separate energy system, the so-called Multi Energy Hub, is being implemented. The various areas of the energy sector and industry are linked – a holistic approach in which the areas interact and are connected to one another. Thanks to this sector coupling, the Tech Cluster Zug is not only supplied with energy, but also generates some of it itself. The area will have its own power grid for medium and low voltage. Several water networks with different temperatures enable the generation of cold and heat from the groundwater. The waste heat from industrial production is used to heat the apartments on the one hand and the seasonal groundwater and earth storage tanks on the other. In addition, comprehensive photovoltaics ensure a further step towards CO2 neutrality. Incidentally, the Tech Cluster Zug will be car-free: An intelligent mobility and parking system – the Mobility Hub Zug Nord – is intended to create sustainable solutions for urban areas.

  • Halter redesigns the center of Wetzikon

    Halter redesigns the center of Wetzikon

    With the demolition of buildings in the northern part of the planned new development, the Schliere-based construction company Halter AG has started to redesign the center of Wetzikon . According to the media release , a lively center with shops, services and apartments is to be built there by the end of 2025. In the past two years, Halter AG, as the developer, has brought the project to construction maturity together with the Wetziker architectural office meierpartner . The investor is Turintra AG Zurich, represented by UBS Fund Management. The investment volume on the 9013 square meter area amounts to around 138 million Swiss francs. 

    The shell construction work for the building construction of the first stage is to begin in the spring. Delivery is planned for November 2023. The second stage should be ready for occupancy in November 2025. According to a statement by Halter AG, the superstructure offers space for shops and restaurants, public-oriented uses and a medical center. Rental apartments ranging in size from 2.5 to 4.5 rooms for different target groups are being built on the upper floors. Some of the rental apartments are offered according to the MOVEment concept, in which electronically movable room elements create living comfort in a small space.

    114 apartments and 35 MOVEment apartments are planned. 3,100 square meters are planned for the services area, and 4,600 square meters for sales and gastronomy. Garages for 176 cars, 34 motorcycles and 450 bicycles will be created.

    A central city lane for pedestrians and passers-by and a city square are to be created in Wetzikon. A "Spanish Step" is intended to serve as a cross connection between Bahnhofstrasse and Jörg-Schneider-Park as well as the Wetzikon vocational school.

  • Avobis buys Rimaplan and Centerio

    Avobis buys Rimaplan and Centerio

    Avobis is taking over the real estate service provider Rimaplan and the start-up company Centerio, which specializes in the marketing and management of commercial real estate, Avobis informs in a press release . In addition to the headquarters in Zug, both new acquisitions have a branch in Regensdorf ZH and belong to the entrepreneur Martin Döbeli. The two partners have agreed not to disclose the price of the takeover, which is retroactive to January 1st.

    Rimaplan and Centerio are to complete Avobis' range of services in the development, planning, realization and marketing of commercially used properties and areas. "Rimaplan and Centerio enjoy an excellent reputation in the market as competent real estate service providers", Sandro Sulcis, Co-CEO of the Avobis Group, is quoted in the press release. "Your portfolio of services in the areas of development as well as the marketing and management of commercially used properties and areas ideally complements that of the Avobis Group."

    Martin Döbeli will step down from the operational management of his two companies, but will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rimaplan and Centerio. In addition, Döbeli will participate as a shareholder in Avobis Group AG, according to the announcement. The two new subsidiaries are to operate independently under the existing names "until further notice".