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This new build for the City of Basel Canton Ministry for Environment and Energy is the first inner-city administration building in Switzerland designed to gain Swiss Minergie-A ECO certification. As befits the ministry’s remit, the zero-energy office building is intended to serve as a shining example of highly resource-efficient construction and inspire like-minded projects.

Our three apprentices Timo Meerstetter, Stefanie Steinacher and Dan Scharwächter achieved double-gold with their bridge made from wooden lolly sticks in a competition run by the Swiss Association of Road and Transportation Experts (VSS) – winning first prize overall and in the special category “aesthetics”. Congratulations all round!

The 83rd ImmoTable was held at Zurich Canton Electricity Works in Dietikon on 21 March. Each event highlights the advantages of a business region or location, together with interesting projects in the private and public civil engineering sectors and prime examples of plot utilisation. The ImmoTable forum is a major B2B event for the Swiss construction and real estate sector.

A cosy, ecologically sustainable community of six detached, timber family homes. Instead of being lined up in a row, the buildings are arranged in a natural pattern. This group of privately owned houses with gardens has a shared open space at its heart and communal parking areas. The buildings are carefully arranged to create differently accented spaces in between. Neighbours can interact and socialise in the shared open space at the heart of the community. Two houses have already been sold.

From 10 to 13 January 2019, the 10th Longines CSI Basel Grand Prix took place in the St. Jakobshalle arena. The world’s best show jumpers gather in Basel every year to compete in this prestigious event. We are delighted to have had this opportunity to be a part of producing and constructing the entire podium area for this spectacular occasion.

The Talk section in the December issue of Holzrevue examines the potential of wood when it comes to adding extra storeys and constructing new replacement buildings. The trend towards high-density building in cities and agglomerations is bringing wood to the fore. Our division head Remo Marti took part in the discussion.

We enjoyed an exciting afternoon in the company of some of our customers at Emil Frey AG in Safenwil, to the south-east of Basel, on 18 October. Besides a “Cultural artefacts on 4 wheels”-themed tour of the museum, we took part in a high-octane driver training course. We were taught various techniques for taking bends, avoidance tactics and driving and braking on snowy and wet road surfaces. We then enjoyed a hearty and relaxing lunch/supper stretching into the evening.

The annual “Technology meets Architecture” timber construction forum took place on 20 September this year. We once again relished the chance to welcome plenty of visitors to Eiken to take part in our talks and discussions about the endless possibilities of timber construction.

Häring acted as the complete contractor for a project at Rigistrasse 24 in Zurich to add an extra storey to an apartment building and rearrange what had previously been the top floor.

The development project in Bhutan is making good progress. The first building there – the dining hall, constructed from locally produced glulam – was completed in spring 2018.

Around 35 years ago, Häring planned two wooden bridges in the Wald district of the canton of Zurich. Originally designed for pedestrians, they now need to support a street-cleaning vehicle and new, solid floor panels.

Last week, Häring welcomed a group of visitors from Iran who were keen to find out more about the company’s dome solution and to visit the Saldome in Rheinfelden.

The “Multigenerational Living” project instigated by Wittnau housing cooperative to provide affordable accommodation juxtaposes rural tranquillity with urban elegance.

Visitors to the Kirchenweg project yesterday got the chance to find out how to increase usage and financial returns as they enjoyed an aperitif on site.

The job of erecting the exhibition stands at the Baselworld trade fair for clocks and jewellery, which ran until yesterday, was beset with tight deadlines and cramped working space.

First prize in the Niederlenz local authority’s competition to reward overall effort has gone to the “Kleiner Fuchs” project (German for the “small tortoiseshell” butterfly in the family Nymphalidae).