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  • Nüssli builds a stadium for the Swiss Confederation

    Nüssli builds a stadium for the Swiss Confederation

    The event and construction service provider Nüssli , based in the St.GallenBodenseeArea, was responsible for the construction of the arena for the 22nd time for the Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival , which takes place from August 26th to 28th in Pratteln BL. According to a press release , the company from Hüttwilen has been building the festival arena for the largest sporting and cultural event in the country since 1961. With six stands and seating for 50,900 spectators, the arena is one of the largest temporary stadiums in the world.

    In addition to the festival grounds, an athletes' village has also been created since June. In order to connect this with the festival area, the ten-strong Nüssli team decided on a footbridge over the nearby railway tracks. Nüssli received support from the army and civil defense. At peak times, up to 300 people were scheduled on the construction site.

    While the majority of the 300,000 building elements from projects in Switzerland were transported to Pratteln in the Basel area, certain components such as stair and roof elements as well as the company's premium grandstand for VIP guests from abroad and major international projects had to be brought in.

    After the crowning of the wrestling king, Nüssli starts dismantling again and transports the components to the next event.

  • Biochar makes the Swiss more sustainable

    Biochar makes the Swiss more sustainable

    The Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival ( ESAF ), which is held every three years, will take place in Pratteln from August 26th to 28th this year. Subsequently, Industrielle Werke Basel ( IWB ) will process the 245 cubic meters of sawdust used for the sawdust rings and the wood chips from other areas of the festival site into around 8 tons of biochar, IWB informed in a statement . Around 20 tons of CO2 are stored long-term in this biochar. The project is part of the federal government's sustainability strategy.

    Sawdust is in itself a climate-friendly material because it is CO2-neutral, explains IWB. However, the conversion into biochar further improves the CO2 balance. Because the biochar obtained in the pyrolysis process in the absence of oxygen and at temperatures of 600 degrees Celsius removes the CO2 from the atmosphere over the long term. As a "welcome by-product", the pyrolysis also produces waste heat, which IWB feeds into the district heating network.