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  • Walo repairs important bridge in the USA

    Walo repairs important bridge in the USA

    Dietiker-based construction company Walo Bertschinger is rehabilitating one of the most important bridges in the eastern United States. According to an announcement on Facebook, Walo is rehabilitating the roadways of the twin Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River with its ultra-high strength and fibre-reinforced concrete (UHPC). It is the largest application of its kind in North America to date, extending the life of the bridge by decades, Walo’s announcement says. Three-quarters of the surface was completed in time for the summer break, it said. The final phase will be tackled in the autumn and completed in December.

    In its statement, Walo recalls that the bridge between the states of New Jersey and Delaware was designed 71 years ago by Swiss engineer Othmar Ammann. The bridge builder also designed and built the George Washington Bridge in New York City. The suspension bridge over the Hudson River connects Manhattan with New Jersey.

    The Delaware Memorial Bridge, currently being repaired by Walo Bertschinger, bears its name “Memorial” in memory of the fallen from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait after its occupation by Iraq.

    The Delaware Memorial Bridge connects Pennsville in New Jersey and New Castle in Delaware. On the website of the operating company Delaware River and Bay Authority in New Castle, the double bridge with a length of more than 3 kilometres is described as an important link in the transport system for the entire eastern United States.

  • Walo installs new flooring in the Gübelin Museum

    Walo installs new flooring in the Gübelin Museum

    Walo Bertschinger has installed a new floor covering in Lucerne’s Gübelin Museum. According to a message from the Dietiker construction company on Facebook, the order was placed in the summer of 2021. The work is in the final phase, the message says. The goal is a floor covering that adorns the museum as an additional work of art.

    The client imagined a warm floor with various rubber granules and a wooden frieze, according to the Walo report. The company ‘s own HALTOPEX rubber granulate was recommended to her. According to the company, this covering is particularly suitable for conversions, is very elastic, hard-wearing and easy to maintain. The optics are also inviting.

    After inspecting a similar property, the client placed the order. From this April, work was carried out in the museum. The sub-floor was reprofiled and reinforced and a new sub-layer of epoxy mortar installed. The final installation of the HALTOPEX covering began in May. The work is nearing completion.

  • Walo drives digitization forward

    Walo drives digitization forward

    According to a message on Facebook, the Dietiker construction company Walo Bertschinger is introducing the digital ordering and delivery process with Q Site for all 13 business areas of asphalt road construction. From planning the paving process and coordinating the ordering of mix with the asphalt plant to controlling the paving process, Walo employees will use the Q Site software in the future.

    The software application Q Site has been developed by Q Point in Langenthal BE. There are several fields of application. Q Asphalt says on Q Point’s special website that the system offers support both in the office and on the construction site with the construction site app over the entire cycle of a construction project. From planning to execution to the final documentation, it provides helpful key figures to build easier, faster and more successfully.

    Project planning is given as an example. According to Q Point, the system automatically delivers a ready-to-use installation and logistics concept including a complete employee and equipment deployment plan as well as a calculation of the trucks required.

    According to the Facebook message, Walo Bertschinger assumes that even more efficient work processes can be achieved with this “upgrade”.

  • Implenia is renovating the Gubrist tunnel

    Implenia is renovating the Gubrist tunnel

    The Federal Roads Office has awarded the Gubri consortium (ARGE Gubri) the third lot for the renovation of the two existing tubes of the Gubrist tunnel, Implenia reports in a statement . The construction and real estate company from Opfikon has a 40 percent stake in the consortium and is in charge. The remaining 60 percent are held equally by the Dietiker construction company Walo Bertschinger and Anliker based in Emmen LU. The total order volume is estimated at CHF 184 million in the announcement. Implenia will account for CHF 74 million of this.

    As part of the contract, the partner companies will set up 22 new SOS niches in the second tube and refurbish the existing 24 SOS niches in the first tube. In addition, the roadway in both tubes will be lowered by 30 centimeters and a new, higher intermediate ceiling will be installed, explains Implenia. The aim is to adapt the driving space to today's requirements.

    The refurbishment of the two tubes is planned to follow the establishment of a third tube of the Zurich northern bypass, which is currently under construction. The start of the preparatory work for the renovation of the two existing tubes is dated autumn. The takeover of the project is in line with Implenia's strategy of "focusing on large, complex infrastructure projects with the Civil Engineering Division," the statement said.

  • Walo completes work at Kesswil train station

    Walo completes work at Kesswil train station

    Walo Bertschinger completed the renovation of a track section at Kesswil station in the short time available. According to a statement on Facebook and on the company’s dedicatedwebsite for this project, it has rehabilitated 595 meters of track for SBB in just seven days.

    In order to meet the time challenge, the work steps had to be precisely interlinked. The close coordination between the various performance centers for transport and logistics, civil engineering, track construction and road construction was carried out by Raphael Reber, construction manager for track civil engineering, according to Walo.

    In order not to endanger the increased volume of traffic with the replacement buses, a concept was worked out with the municipality and the SBB. A temporary bridge was used to calm the volume of traffic in the town of 1,000 inhabitants and to bring around 1,000 trucks to the construction site by a shorter route. In addition, a 600 meter long construction slope was built along the construction site.

    First the rails were removed and then the old ballast was excavated. This was washed and processed. Due to the washed material and the resulting shorter transport routes, Walo was able to guarantee savings of around 65 tons of CO2. A new drainage system was installed for the substructure renovation.

    After the provisional approval of the SBB for the use of the washed ballast, the laying of the tracks could begin. Around 1,000 new sleepers were used for the 595 meter stretch. A report of the construction work with comments from the construction management can be seen on YouTube.

  • Walo awarded by EcoVadis

    Walo awarded by EcoVadis

    According to a message on Facebook, the Dietiker construction company Walo Bertschinger AG has been awarded bronze certification in the sustainability ranking of the international independent agency EcoVadis . The company received the bronze award in its very first application. According to the statement, the certification is a motivation for further improvement in the area of sustainability.

    Walo, headquartered in Dietikon, operates internationally and is a fourth-generation family business. According to the company’s website , Walo has been combining consistency and innovation for 105 years. The Walo Group employs 2,450 people at 21 locations in three countries.

    EcoVadis evaluates the sustainability performance of companies in the areas of environment, working conditions, procurement and ethics. According to the announcement, over 90,000 companies have already been assessed.

  • Walo installs new flooring at Stadler

    Walo installs new flooring at Stadler

    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.

  • Walo Bertschinger renovates the Bad Ragaz thermal baths

    Walo Bertschinger renovates the Bad Ragaz thermal baths

    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.