The traditional building material wood inspires again and again to new applications and solutions. We are pleased to be involved in this and will be happy to inform you about the latest developments.
We wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the coming year be as successful as the past one. Many thanks to our customers for the trust they have placed in us and for our productive partnerships.
Timber construction continues to conquer the construction world in leaps and bounds. We are pleased about this - and together with us, the climate is pleased. The versatility and innovative properties of wood are impressive and its use in the building program supports a possible path to climate neutrality.
The «Pro Elsau Foundation» built a mixed-age residential development with nine terraced single-family homes, 31 apartments, underground parking and visitor parking. The offer is complemented by cultural and health programs that create a unique living experience in HOFWIS.
The team from Timbatec Vienna volunteered to build a weather shelter for the non-profit organization «Train of Hope» and «House of Hope». Great commitment for a good cause.
The new office premises at the Lucerne site were officially opened together with customers and business partners. Many interested participants accepted the invitation to gain an insight into Timbatec Lucerne's office infrastructure.
Three elongated school buildings and a striking central building with a double gymnasium and attached head building together form the school ensemble of the «Nägelimoos project» in Kloten. Impressive spruce/beech trusses set architectural accents as a gymnasium ceiling construction. Timber construction of superlatives.
Bob Gysin Partner (BGP) and Mierta and Kurt Lazzarini Architects win the competition team for the design of the Du Lac residential building in St. Moritz. Timbatec contributes its expertise in timber construction, fire protection, statics and construction.
Good timber architecture is valuable. That is why we support the Prix Lignum. It recognizes the innovative, high-quality and forward-looking use of wood in buildings. With a total of 583 entries, the field of participants is broad and high-caliber.
The Generationenhaus Langnau wins an award at the Prix Lignum 2024 in the Central Region. The competition, which has a nationwide reach and represents the multifaceted nature of the timber (construction) industry, takes place every three years. The prize recognizes the innovative and forward-looking use of wood in buildings.
Together with customers and business partners, the teams from Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz rocked the roof terrace at Falkenplatz 1 in Bern. The reason for the celebrations was the 10th anniversary of the Bern office.
Timbatec meets Architecture Days: Among the many events on offer, the team from the Vienna office decided to visit Seestadt Aspern and take part in the city walk.
The planning team Mireya Heredero Architektin, Zurich, Balliana Schubert Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Zurich and Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Zurich win the study contract for the further development of Badi Muri AG. Congratulations.
Open day at Timbase on Saturday, July 6, 2024! Immerse yourself in the world of the innovative apartment building in Thun with Switzerland's first wooden basement and TS3 technology.
The Federal Ministry of Labor and Economy has granted Timbatec Holzbauingenieure ZT GmbH the authority to act as an engineering consultant for civil engineering. In accordance with the ordinance of 01.01.2022, Timbatec Holzbauingenieure ZT GmbH will use the superordinate professional title «Ingenieurkonsulent für Bauwesen» in its business dealings (details in the link below).
Timber construction continues to conquer the construction world in leaps and bounds. We are pleased about this - and the climate is pleased with us. The versatility and innovative properties of wood as a material are impressive, and its use in the building program impressively supports the path to climate neutrality.
Timbatec is expanding its local presence in Central Switzerland with an additional new office location at Alpenquai 28A in Lucerne. The aim is to be able to support and accompany customers and projects even more closely. Our teams will be on site from Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Welcome Lucerne.
From 2022 to 2027, the Wiesental school in Baar will be replaced by four new buildings. The east building is currently being realized. A triple gymnasium is being built in the middle of two flanking head buildings, over which an imposing, two-storey truss will span as a supporting structure.
Insights into ergonomics and health promotion at the computer workstation as well as a tour of Saldome 2, the wooden dome salt storage building at Schweizer Salinen AG in Möhlin, were the highlights of Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG's team day, edition 2 in 2024.
Four new colleagues - Manon Scheidegger, Kelly Allemann, Fabian Schlatter and Lukas Weiss - have started their internship year at Timbatec in recent weeks.
With the «Lysbüchel» site development, Immobilien Basel-Stadt is gradually transforming the former industrial area into a lively district of Basel on a 26,000 m² site by means of various construction measures.
Our interns Jonas Hoffmann and Louis Holtkamp have successfully defended their bachelor thesis. The Timbatec teams are proud of you and congratulate you on this success. We are always delighted to support young talents and accompany them in their training.
The planning team Gautschi Lenzin Schenker Architekten AG, Aarau, david & von arx landschaftsarchitektur gmbh, Solothurn and Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Zurich win the study contract for the Sauerländer-Areal development in Aarau. Congratulations.
Congratulations to Johann Maître, David Marty, Tobias Büttiker and Josua Bieler on successfully completing their training. They passed the federal examination for fire protection specialists VKF / AEAI with flying colors.
An interdisciplinary project team comprising EM2N Architekten AG, Jäger Baumanagement AG and Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG emerged as the winner of the project competition for the «Portal UZH» at the University of Zurich out of a total of 14 participating teams.
Congratulations on the company's 10th anniversary. Urs Bryner, timber construction engineer and building physicist. All team members of the Timbatec family are proud of you and thank you for your co-operation.
A big thank you to our customers and business partners for their cooperation in 2023. We wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year in 2024.
The project team with Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Atelier Soto Freiraum & Landschaft and Winfried Schneider Produktdesign has won the study contract for the Boostocksteg Spreitenbach project. Congratulations.
The Zelgstrasse residential development in Uster is an impressive showcase project that illustrates the transition from solid construction to sustainable timber construction with the help of TS3 technology. Thinking in concrete - building with wood. Be part of it. --> click here (Invitation in German).
In her position as Head of Marketing and Research at Timbagroup Holding AG, Dr. Bettina Franke strengthens all the individual companies belonging to the group with her specialist knowledge and industry expertise.
Congratulations to Selina Regamey, Phil Fehse, François Gross (all BSc) and Muriel Althaus (MSc) on their successful bachelor's degrees in timber construction at the BFH Architecture, Wood and Construction in Bern and a master's degree in MSc Engineering at ETH Zurich. We at Timbatec Holzbauingenieure are proud and look forward to continuing our successful collaboration with you.
On Thursday, October 19, 2023 the inspection of this exciting real estate project took place. The new apartement building «Scherli», built in sustainable timber construction and according to Minergie-P standards, convinces aesthetically as well as functionally.
In the next ten years, school buildings will be needed for around 3000 additional classes. These will preferably be built with regional wood. A good example of this was built in Prêles on the Plateau de Diesse above Lake Biel. The new school complex was officially opened on 22 September.
The offices of VPA Architektur Zürich, extrã Landschaftsarchitekten from Bern and Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Zürich have won the project competition announced by the city of Dietikon for the redesign of the Luberzen school complex. The MOSAIK project was particularly convincing due to the use of wood and its ecological construction.
A first-class timber construction: Christian Wassmann skilfully integrated a rock into the new home for his family. We accompanied the project in New York as structural engineers. Full details of the architect's project can be found in the "Architecturaldigest Report" on the following page.
Successful exhibition days at the forestry fair in Lucerne. Our start-up Scrimber had many exciting conversations with wood-loving trade fair visitors. The feedback on the technology and the arguments for Scrimber are convincing. Many thanks for the great interest and the numerous visits.
Successful graduations and new hires at Timbatec. Here we provide insights into the personnel changes at Timbatec. We warmly welcome our new employee Muriel Althaus and the new employees Lorenz Obrist, Stefan Dangl and Jonas Unruh and wish them a good start.
Timber construction is developing rapidly. As a leading timber construction engineering company, we are always looking for motivated specialists for the exciting projects throughout Europe. We look forward to getting to know you. Find out more about our vacancies here.
The study "Ecological Indicators for Investors: Comparison of Timber Construction - Solid Construction" shows a clear result: timber buildings perform better than solid buildings with regard to the implementation of climate protection targets and net zero.
Lignum, the Swiss timber industry, informs, raises awareness and publishes on important topics related to wood. Lignum defines the state of the art with its latest publications "Holzschutz im Bauwesen" and "Schallschutz im Holzbau". We recommend these publications to planners of timber construction projects.
swiss-architects.com selects the recently completed conversion and extension project on Giessliweg in Basel as Building of the Week. The apartment building was extended by three storeys and forms the end of a row of houses from the 1980s. We had the pleasure of accompanying englerarchitekten gmbh sia in the planning of the timber construction as specialist planners.
Podcasts have become a popular way to get information because they offer listeners the flexibility to listen to content when and where they want. In the latest episode of the be-inspired podcast, Stefan Zöllig shares his vision: building entire cities out of wood. Matthias Huber talks about TS3 technology in the timber construction podcast. Click here for the podcast episodes.
The new apartment building in Buchs AG combines the advantages of timber construction and solid construction. The wooden floor slabs, which are only 39 centimeters thick, rest on filigree supports - beams are not necessary. Thus, the large rooms and window fronts are not impaired by disturbing cross beams. This is possible thanks to TS3 technology.
In June we have a jubilarian and two employees. We are proud to count Silvia Stucki to the Timbatec team for ten years and thank her for her great work. We welcome the two new team members Lucie Favre-Bulle and Marcel Muster and wish them a good start.
proHolz Tirol, together with the Chamber of Civil Engineers | Arch+Ing Tirol and Vorarlberg, awards the Holzbaupreis Tirol every four years. The Naturquartier Weissache in Kufstein receives recognition for its exemplary use of wood.
On May 05, Lignum Fribourg presented Armasuisse with the Swiss Wood label. For the refurbishment of the multi-purpose hall HUM in Payerne, Swiss wood turned out to be the most economical solution. Timbatec accompanied the renovation project as timber construction engineer and submitted the certification application as Swiss Timber specialist partner.
The Building Award evaluates and honors outstanding, particularly remarkable and innovative engineering achievements in construction. The Rynetel wildlife bridge has been nominated for the award. This is a strong sign that in the future, infrastructure construction projects will increasingly be realized in timber construction.
With the realization competition "Mehrzweckgebäude Hafenwestseite - Südspitze" the city of Neustadt in Holstein is looking for a project as the end of the promenade. The proposal of Urban Agency from Düsseldorf could convince the jury and landed on the 1st place. Timbatec was allowed to accompany the architectural office during the competition.
Our interns Selina Regamey, Phil Fehse and François Gross have successfully defended their bachelor thesis - we are proud of you and congratulate you on this success. It is always a pleasure for us to support young talents and to accompany them in their education.
In the 23rd district of the city of Vienna, renovation measures and roof extensions have begun on five apartment blocks. This will result in 44 new attic apartments with 2,380 m² of additional living space. Timbatec accompanied the refurbishment project through all planning phases.
The Liv Suites in the seven-story wooden building in the heart of the city of Lucerne offer a modern living experience. The shingle facade is an eye-catcher. Fire tests allow the continuous larch cladding without disturbing aprons or fire bars.
The TS3 technology revolutionizes timber construction. It enables timber structures without beams. Together with Timber Structures 3.0 AG and merkli degen architekten, we showed the more than 200 architects present at the Baumuster-Centrale in Zurich what is possible today.
The multifunctional laboratory building on the Irchel campus of the University of Zurich is a good example of how office and educational buildings are built with wood today. A recently published study by WüstPartner proves that office buildings in timber construction are competitive.
Last week, employees of the Office for Land and Buildings (AGG) and the Civil Engineering Office of the Canton of Bern visited the Competence and Innovation Center Wood Biel. In addition to wildlife crossings in timber construction, the focus was particularly on the feasibility study on heavy-duty bridges.
Stefan Zöllig completely dispensed with concrete for his apartment building in Thun. The house is built on the first wooden basement in Switzerland and does not need heating. NZZ Format highlights the showcase project in a report on SRF.
Timber Finance, as part of the Timbagroup, is launching the «ZKB Tracker Certificate Dynamic on the Timber Finance Forest-based Construction Basket», the first structured financial product that allows investors to invest in the carbon impact of the forest and timber construction industry.
The "Unternehmenstag Holz Biel" is the unique meeting point in Switzerland for students and companies from the wood industry. Timbatec as a training company is gold sponsor of this event. We are looking forward to exciting conversations with future trainees.
Scrimber is the solution for dispensing with steel and concrete in building construction. This is an important contribution to climate protection. On Thursday, 02.03.2023 the second general meeting of IG Scrimber will take place. Interested persons are invited to attend.
It is probably the largest new building project ever seen in Küttigen. In the district of Rombach, the Baumgarten superstructure is currently being erected. Timbatec is responsible for the workshop plans of all timber components.
Product development has always been part of our self-image. To this end, we work closely with leading universities and research partners. We make patent-free innovations available to the industry for the further development of timber construction, others we outsource to our own companies. Here we provide an insight into our Innovation Lab.
In the village center of Gretzenbach in the canton of Solothurn, a wooden building is being constructed with twelve apartments and a village store. The balconies cantilever over 3.5 meters - without any disturbing supports. A sophisticated suspended construction makes it possible.
From 09-11 February 2023, the Salon Bois took place in Bulle. The largest trade fair around timber construction in Western Switzerland celebrated its 20th birthday this year. We thank all visitors for the interest and the many exciting conversations.
Philipp Lutz and Stefan Rüegg have successfully completed the specialist examination to become VKF fire protection experts. This means that they can assume the function of the QA fire protection officer for projects of the highest quality assurance level QSS3 and QSS4. Congratulations!
What seemed impossible for a long time is now reality: basements made entirely of wood. Andreas Burgherr gave a lecture on basements in timber construction at the Baumusterzentrale in Zurich. Here you can find the recording of the event and further exciting information.
The Office for Forests and Natural Hazards of the Canton of Bern launched the innovation competition "Ideas Pool KliWa" and awarded prizes to particularly promising projects for a climate-smart forest of the future. Scrimber, a spin-off of Timbatec, won the first prize. Here you can find exciting reports from the Berner Zeitung and the trade press.
Before we close our offices from 23.12.2022 until 08.01.2023, we provide insights into our year 2022. Read here interesting facts about our work and the Timbatec team. We would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us and wish you a relaxing holiday season and a happy new year.
The architectural firm fesselet krampulz architectes from Vevey wins the competition for the new school and sports facility Champagne in the canton of Vaud with the King Kong project. We have the privilege of assisting the architects in the implementation of this project as timber structural engineers.
When the timber industry gathers in Innsbruck, the year draws to a close. This year, more than 2,500 wood enthusiasts flocked to the International Timber Construction Forum and followed exciting presentations such as the one by Lukas Rüegsegger on wildlife bridges in timber construction.
Every year, we hold four team days with the entire workforce. On November 25, we visited Hilti's production facilities in Schaan and then enjoyed a Christmas dinner together. It was impressive to see what plans Hilti has for timber construction.
The «CircularTower» project brings circular construction to life. The «Setzkasten» project by the Biel-based architectural firm Inhelder Osterwalder Architekten in collaboration with Timbatec Holzbauingenieure was recommended for implementation.
Holzbaunetzwerk and Timbatec invite to the Salon Timbatec in Vienna, which this time deals with the question: How can the framework conditions for timber construction be improved in politics, urban planning and investors?
What seemed impossible for a long time is now a reality: wood can also be used for structural components in contact with the ground, such as basements or garages. In order to be able to mass-produce such components from wood in the future, the Bern University of Applied Sciences is still clarifying some research questions. In Schattenhalb BE, a garage is currently being built entirely of wood.
In the recently occupied apartment buildings on the lower right bank of Lake Zurich, the advantages of TS3 technology and timber construction are both tangible and visible: the column-and-plate design allows flexible room partitioning, and the timber ceilings run from the inside to the outside without complex cantilever connections. Learn more here.
With rising energy prices, the replacement of fossil heating systems is becoming even more interesting for building owners. The first step in replacing a heating system is the "renewable heating" impulse consultation. It is free of charge and without obligation. As recognized GEAK experts and "renewable heating" impulse consultants, we will be happy to support you in your renovation project.
The newly founded Swiss Timber Engineers Association of Construction - STE-AoC
will strengthen Lignum as a board association from 2023. Andreas Burgherr is the first president of the new association.
In Grossaffoltern, the school complex is being expanded with a new building containing classrooms for the entry level. To ensure that the construction phase progresses as quickly as possible, the timber construction elements are prefabricated. For this, planning accurate to the millimeter is the be-all and end-all. Click here for the report and the webcam.
As a training company, we are always happy to welcome new interns. Today we would like to welcome Jonas Hoffmann, who is studying wood construction and finishing at the Technical University in Rosenheim and is completing his internship in our office in Zurich.
Our strong growth in recent years requires well-organized structures and processes. We are pleased to have been able to win Lisa Paradis for organizational development. Lisa studied Process and Product Management at the BFH AHB in Biel and is very well connected in the wood industry. We extend a warm welcome to Lisa.
The working methods in timber construction have changed from manual processing to mostly CNC machining. Consequently, CAD drawing programs are predominantly used today and plans are created digitally from the very beginning. The new STE-Compact publication "Plan representation in timber construction", which was created under the direction of Lukas Rüegsegger, is an aid for collaboration in timber construction.
Building on existing structures curbs urban sprawl and is good for the climate. In our latest issue of Timber and Technology magazine, we highlight this topic with five exciting building projects, interviews, facts and figures.
On the Rosenhügel above the city of Vienna, living space for 2,300 people is being created on various building sites. Timbatec accompanies the building site 7 as local construction supervisor - here ten multi-family houses in timber construction were recently handed over to the new owners.
TS3 technology is the result of over ten years of research by Timbatec together with leading universities. TS3 has been an independent company since 2014. Now it is time for a new wind: Sven Bill has taken over the management of Timber Structures 3.0 AG, succeeding founder Stefan Zöllig.
The Mooseggstrasse generation house in Langnau is complete. At the inauguration ceremony, Joel Hächler presented a certificate proving the storage of 379 tons of CO₂ in the wood used. This corresponds to the CO₂ emissions of 29 circumnavigations of the earth in a mid-range vehicle.
We extend a warm welcome to Stefan Schmalz. After his carpentry apprenticeship, Stefan attended the foreman and foreman school in Burgdorf and later studied wood construction engineering in Biel. We are pleased to have been able to win Stefan for the Timbatec team and wish him a good start.
On 01.07.2022 Sven Bill has taken over the management of Timber Structures 3.0 AG. He succeeds founder Stefan Zöllig, who remains in the company as a member of the management and as a member of the board of directors.
For the last two years, Timbatec has been involved in the DeepWood research project together with the Bern University of Applied Sciences and Arts, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and other business partners. DeepWood aims to show how several construction trades can plan simultaneously in a common model.
Like the previous version, the updated and expanded KBOB list represents life cycle assessment data in the construction sector. Corrections have been made in various areas to bring the theoretical values closer to reality. Wood products perform significantly better than before.
In the Tech Cluster Zug, the sculpture Semiramis was recently erected, symbolizing the connection between high-tech and nature. TS3 and Timbatec made a significant contribution to the fact that the complex wooden shells now seem to float weightlessly at an airy height.
In the 1970s, the army had a great need for new multi-purpose buildings and had two types of halls developed for this purpose. These buildings are getting on in years and are being renovated and strengthened against earthquakes. Two construction projects have been completed.
With the inauguration, the project partners have achieved an important goal: proving that power-to-gas plants can function on a large scale and thus contribute to supplying the country with renewable gas. In terms of construction, the new building in Dietikon is also exemplary: from the parking ceiling upwards, the plant building is a purely wooden structure.
Infrastructure construction is one of the largest CO₂ emitters in Switzerland. Through the increased use of wood, it could contribute to decarbonization. As part of the ICTB, a prestressed box girder element for heavy-duty bridges was inaugurated at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Here you can find a review of the successful event.
Architecture critic and columnist Benedikt Loderer sets out ten commandments for the new architecture and explains why concrete should be dispensed with today. Find out here why we share Mr. Loderer's opinion.
Infrastructure construction is one of the largest CO₂ emitters in Switzerland. Through the increased use of wood, it could contribute to decarbonization. On Monday 09 May, a prestressed box girder element for heavy-duty bridges will be inaugurated at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. We cordially invite you to the inauguration.
At the moment there are a lot of events taking place. The number of registrations for the aperitif is modest and the event is therefore unfortunately canceled.
The performative house by the Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin office will soon be ready for occupancy. Thanks to sliding and rotating components, high-quality living space is being created on a very small footprint at Stampfenbachstrasse in Zurich. Such solutions are highly interesting for us engineers.
Many events have had to be cancelled or postponed recently. Now the industry may meet again. We are looking forward to participating in various events in the coming weeks. Here you will find our calendar of events.
In timber construction, 3D planning has been standard for decades, and the perfection of the components and processes is impressive. Our vision is that all planners work simultaneously and team-oriented in one model. Your opinion is important to us, take part in our survey.
Under the well-known address the website of our sister company TS3 presents itself in a fresh design
- now also in French. More informative, more modern and more specific: discover here all the features, learn how TS3 was developed or take a 3D tour of a TS3 building.
The Zurich Timber Finance Initiative, an initiative of Timbagroup, has launched the "Timber Finance Carbon Capture & Storage Index". The index focuses on the CO₂ storage effect of wood and, with 30 selected listed companies, tracks the forestry and timber industry in the USA, Canada and Europe.
In spring 1997 Stefan Zöllig founded Timbatec in Steffisburg as a sole proprietorship. In the 25 years of operation, Timbatec has grown into a successful timber construction engineering company. We celebrated this with a ball, together with the entire Timbatec staff.
The motion "Research and innovation of wood as a material for use in infrastructure construction as a decarbonization contribution" was adopted in the Council of States and the National Council. Now it is up to us to present solutions on how steel and concrete can be replaced by CO₂-storing materials in the future. The RTS daily news shows the enormous potential of wood.
The new Wier retirement and nursing home in Ebnat Kappel will one day be home to 95 people. It is being built with wood from the region. Foresters from the communities felled over 3,500 cubic meters of wood last winter, which was later processed into wooden components. Follow the construction via webcam.
Every month, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology honors an object of the month. In January, the Alszeile residential complex in Vienna received the award.
Where locomotives were once built, an urban living space full of forward-looking ideas is being created in the middle of Winterthur. The showpiece wooden building "Krokodil" and the first stage of the townhouses have been completed and occupied. Now the second construction stage of the townhouses has begun.
Before we close our offices from 24.12.2021 to 09.01.2022, we look back on an exciting and for timber construction very successful year 2021. Read here interesting facts about our work and the Timbatec team. We would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in us and wish you a relaxing holiday season and a happy new year.
The motion "Research and innovation of wood as a material for use in infrastructure construction as a contribution to decarbonization" was adopted in the Council of States and the National Council. The task now is to replace reinforced concrete with CO₂-storing materials such as wood in infrastructure construction. Timbatec is looking forward to this exciting task and is happy to support the federal government.
With the new energy law in the canton of Zurich, oil and gas heating systems must be replaced by climate-neutral heating systems at the end of their service life. This is a good time to have the entire property checked for energy efficiency. We accompany you as a GEAK expert in this process.
For the Tech Cluster Zug, researchers from ETH Zurich are building a planted architectural sculpture together with Müller Illien landscape architects, Timbatec and other partners. The 22.5 meter high structure consists of five geometrically complex wooden shells and is currently being produced by robots at ETH.
From January 18 - 21, 2022, Swissbau will take place as one of the leading trade fairs in the construction and real estate industry. We look forward to welcoming you at our booth or at a presentation by Andreas Burgherr or Stefan Zöllig. Find out here where Timbatec and TS3 will be present everywhere at Swissbau.
The "Timber Finance Initiative" focuses on wood against climate change. Timber Finance wants to become the Swiss competence center for sustainable timber investments and thus connects the timber construction and finance industries. The startup, based in our offices in Zurich, was co-founded by Stefan Zöllig, among others. We wish you a good start.
On 17.11.2021 Salon Timbatec was held in the recently completed apartment buildings Alszeile. In the last moment before the lockdown, numerous guests attended the lectures and the tours through the building. We thank the non-profit Bau- und Siedlungsgemeinschaft Familienwohnbau, Riepl Kaufmann Bammer Architektur and Strobl Holzbau for the successful event.