
Railroad modernization in the sensitive Alpine region
STRABAG is continuing the renewal of the Central Railway line in the Haslital. The modernization project is intended to ensure flood protection there. The location of the construction site, which runs through several nature reserves, is a particular challenge for logistics and

Modern site project in Sittertobel focusses on renewable energies
The St.Gallen municipal utilities will supply the Sitter Valley industrial and commercial site with CO2-neutral energy. They are relying on wood pellets and heat pumps. Sitter Projekt AG and Mettler Entwickler are realising an area with up to 600 workplaces

Selection of future-oriented start-ups strengthens digital property development
Swiss Prime Site's 27th Accelerator Programme has found four winners. The property company will team up with the Zurich start-ups Jurata, Legartis, Optiverse and Epic Fusion from Bern, which are active in the field of artificial

Electrochemical breakthrough in the fight against contaminated sites
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) have developed an electrochemical process that converts environmental toxins such as DDT and lindane into valuable industrial chemicals. This technology can be used to clean up contaminated landfill sites or soil on


Strategisches Wachstumsprogramm setzt auf Digitalisierung und Effizienz
Das in der Spezialchemie angesiedelte Unternehmen Sika hat ein Fast-Forward-Programm für Wachstum und Stabilität vorgestellt. Vorgesehen sind einerseits Investitionen, zum Beispiel in die Digitalisierung, und andererseits Einsparungen in dreistelliger

Renovation creates modern space for research and teaching in Zurich
The Carum Foundation has had the former nurses' tower block of the University Hospital Zurich extensively renovated and has now inaugurated it. It will continue to be used for educational and health purposes and offers space for 350 workstations on 17

Circular building with reeds
On Lake Neusiedl, a detached house with a thatched roof shows how circular construction can be achieved with local, regenerative materials. The building combines architectural quality, ecological responsibility and pioneering work for natural building materials in new construction. With appeal far

Bassersdorf plans the next growth step
Bassersdorf is getting serious about the development "along the tracks". At the consultation event on December 3, 2025, the municipality showed how a little-used commercial area south of the train station is to be transformed into a mixed-use district with housing, workplaces and plenty of green

The real estate sector is a support for the canton and the citizens
Ticino's real estate market can play a strategic role in creating affordable and sustainable housing. Coordinated planning and solutions using surface rights could support both families and the canton, generating lasting social and economic


Renewable gas strengthens local supply
Green Power Aarau AG is now processing part of the sewage gas from the AWAU wastewater treatment plant in Telli Aarau. The gas will be fed into Eniwa's natural gas network. Its volume is to be significantly increased with the planned construction of the new wastewater treatment

Central Switzerland’s first alpine solar plant goes online
The Sidenplangg solar plant has fed electricity into the grid for the first time. The plant at an altitude of 1800 to 2000 meters is the first in Central Switzerland. It is already generating 13% of the planned electricity and is due to be completed by the end of 2028. It was initiated by

Frauenfeld integrates old town car park into Smart Parking
The Altstadt multi-storey car park on Promenadenstrasse in Frauenfeld is the first private car park to be included in the city's Smart Parking system. There are already plans to connect the car park in the Passage shopping centre following its renovation. The Smart Parking system is based on a

Education cluster Polyfeld Muttenz
At the cantonal school site Kriegacker in Muttenz, a new focus location for vocational education is being created with the first stage of the Polyfeld secondary school campus. The Baselland Vocational Training Center will receive a comprehensively renovated tower, a new workshop building, a triple

La Rasude Lausanne
The city of Lausanne is publishing the plan for the La Rasude district, marking the start of the next stage of one of its most important transformation projects. A new part of the city is to be created in the currently underused, heavily sealed area directly next to the train station, combining

From the depot to a climate-resilient urban district
In the north of Lucerne, Reussbühl West is a new, dense and green urban district. Over the next few years, up to 800 apartments, a variety of commercial spaces and an urban grove with a sponge city function are to be built on the 56,000 square meter site, which is currently partly used for

Earth architecture as a model for the building of tomorrow
In northern China, the traditional Dikengyuan construction method shows how extreme climatic conditions can be compensated for with the simplest of means. Hole-in-the ground houses cut deep into the loess soil have been creating comfortable interiors for thousands of years. Without heating, without


New urban quarter at Winterthur railroad station
With the Stellwerk 2 project, SBB and the city of Winterthur are creating a compact, sustainable ensemble with 66 apartments, office, healthcare and educational spaces as well as a greatly expanded bicycle station by 2028. The result is an urban hinge between rail infrastructure, everyday mobility


New headquarters strengthens the future of the hydropower company in Kriens
ANDRITZ Hydro is relocating its headquarters to the Schappe Centre in Kriens. With the move, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, the service provider for hydropower plant construction wants to secure its options for further







