Sensational - HC Ajoie is cup winner and is looking forward to a new stadium made of wood

Wood construction is experiencing a real boom in Switzerland. boom in Switzerland. Apartment buildings with more than 300 apartments, hotels or sports stadiums made of wood bear witness to this. Building owners are increasingly ordering their more and more often from community-owned wood. Timbatec knows how to make posts and beams from the trees of the Timbatec knows how to make posts and beams for large projects from the trees in the community forests. The ice rink in Pruntrut is a prime example.

Compliance of the tendering procedures
The Federal Law on Public Procurement Procurement defines the type of procedure of a tender. Depending on the construction project, the threshold value for the the invitation procedure is CHF 250,000 or CHF 500,000. From a construction volume of 9.57 million Swiss francs must be put out to public tender. In these cases, Swiss wood may not be specified in invitations to tender. The use of own wood can be an ideal solution in these cases. The provision of the by the building owner is particularly interesting because the degree of the degree of processing of the product is optional. The builder can use the The client can provide the wood in the form of logs, sawn timber or glued products.

There are two different ways of Wood utilization from own forests: In the case of direct In the case of direct use, components are made from the exact trees that the forest forest provides. Traceability is guaranteed at all times. The requirements for product types, quantities and qualities must be known at an early stage. known at an early stage. In the case of indirect use, foresters cut the quantity required for a construction project and makes it available to a sawmill. In the indirect use of wood may be exchanged with similar products on the Swiss market. market may be made.

Ice rink Porrentruy with wood from the municipality
InPruntruy, the existing ice rink is being completely renovated is being adapted to today's needs with a total renovation. The new Raiffeisen Arena made of wood with 4,650 seats will be the home arena of the Cup-winning ice hockey team HC Ajoie. The building owner is relying on the direct use of wood from the municipal union "Synidicat intercommunal District de Porrentruy (SIDP)".

Timbatec developed already in the pre-project phase concept for the use of wood and has accompanied the process since then. In winter 2018/19, ProForêt SA harvested around 2,000 m3 of coniferous wood and 1,000 m3 of hardwood. The sawmills Yves Bernard in Sonvilier and Rais in Courcelon sawed the softwood into beams and boards. From the by-products, the Schilliger Holz company in Küsnacht glued multi-layered solid wood boards. This significantly increased the roundwood yield.

The hardwood was processed by the Corbat company in Vendlicourt. From ash and beech wood, Ducret-Orges SA and Fagus Switzerland produced glulam beams for the main roof structures.

In mid-May, the next phase of the installation is planned. The Batipro-Ducret consortium is responsible for the installation of the wooden structure.