2019 was a good year for Timbatec - and for timber construction

17.12.2019

Wood construction is experiencing a real boom. Increasing market shares, apartment buildings with over 300 apartments and high-rise buildings made of wood are testimony to this. We are pleased to be part of this positive development. A brief review at the end of the year.

2019 was a good year for Timbatec - and for timber construction

The year began with a handover of staff. Timbatec was once founded by Stefan Zöllig as a sole proprietorship in Steffisburg. in Steffisburg. Thanks to successful business activities and strong growth, Timbatec was converted into a GmbH (limited liability company) in 2006 and into an AG (public limited company) in 2013. On January 1, 2019, Andreas Burgherr took over the chairmanship of the management of the Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG - Stefan Zöllig is devoting more time to Timber Structures 3.0 AG and the market launch of the revolutionary timber construction technology. That this step was the correct one, shows the successful business year of Timbatec and the positive development of Timber Structures 3.0 AG.

Lighthouse projects for Timbatec
In Winterthur, the largest wood sue&til, the largest timber building in Switzerland. No sooner had the last tenants moved into their apartments at the beginning of 2019 than the work began on the Krokodil in the Lokstadt - also in Winterthur, where locomotives and locomotives and engines were built. An important building block is the Krokodil wooden building with over 250 apartments.

Great wooden buildings are not only created on the ground, but also at airy heights. Thanks to weight, wood can be used where steel and concrete don't stand a chance. have a chance: For example, in multi-story additions. A good example of this is the addition to the cardboard factory in Deisswil near Bern. On a new quarter is being built on top of the old factory building with 170 rented apartments and commercial space.

We are proud of these lighthouse projects. In the current year year, we have had the privilege of working on 350 timber construction projects in North America. The use of Swiss wood is a particular concern for us. At the moment, the new ice rink in Pruntrut is being erected - thanks to thanks to far-sighted planning using wood from the surrounding forests.

Construction site photo crocodile

Site shot of the works at the wooden house Krokodil with over 250 apartments.

Good employees for exciting projects
The exciting projects offer projects offer new challenges for our 33 employees every day. employees in Thun, Bern, Zurich and Vienna. Thanks to the new and spacious office in Zurich and the additional office space in Bern, our team could team continued to grow: in 2019, Fabian Zumbühl and Joel Hächler joined the team. engineers joined the team. At the beginning of 2020, we will welcome three interns from the Bern University of Applied Sciences with us.

Successful year for Timber Structures 3.0 AG
Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG develops modern products and technologies. One of them is so promising that it has been outsourced to a startup: TS3 -The Timber Structures 3.0 AG.

2019 is the year of the Breakthrough of the groundbreaking timber construction technology. At the beginning of the year, TS3 realized its first project in North America (Naikoon Stairs) and took the opportunity to train the first application engineers in the USA. USA. An important milestone in the development of TS3 followed in the fall of 2019: In Grossaffoltern four apartment buildings were completed with over 2000 m2 of TS3 floor slabs. TS3 wins silver at the Innovation Award Wood 2019 for the great development. For the upcoming year 8000m2 of TS3 floor slabs are already planned.

We are looking forward to an exciting year 2020 and wish you a happy holiday season.

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