The Coop Warenhaus St. Annahof on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse was reopened in November 2019 after eight months of renovation. Timbatec inspected the ceiling constructions of the upper two floors. The staircase was also extended.
The old metal structure was reinforced by Buchs et Plumey SA. Timbatec was responsible for the constructive details and dimensioning of the roof and the building envelope. Likewise, Timbatec controlled the thermal bridges and surface condensation risks.
The sales area of the Landi Plaffeien in the canton of Fribourg was doubled with the extension and conversion project to about 600 square metres. Timbatec planned the timber construction work for the 2.9 million Swiss franc project.
Two farmers took over the Hallwil "Haldenhof" farm. They would like to run the farm in an animal-friendly and ecological way and therefore planned a conversion in order to be able to supply the farm as independently as possible. A "Besenbeiz" (little café) is to supplement the range of services.
The Haus zum Lindengarten on the Hirschengraben in Zurich was built in 1725. The renovation was carried out in 2018-2019, but with the least possible interference with the existing building fabric.
SBB's service facility in Biel, which is around one hundred years old, is a listed building. Timbatec analyzed the condition of the roof structure made of timber and developed the renovation options in cooperation with the monument preservation authorities.
The listed building "Alte Trotte" from the 16th century has been extensively renovated. The 12 private rooms with common kitchen, large living room as well as wet cells and common rooms offer space for up to 14 people.
The former farm with barn and shed has been converted and now houses apartments, studios and a playgroup. The intercultural garden remains a meeting point and place for encounters.
Thanks to a new facade and an addition of another storey, the office building of Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank in Zurich appears in its latest splendour. Timbatec was responsible for the timber construction engineering services.
Not far from Zurich Altstetten railway station, the PWG Foundation modernised and extended an apartment building. Timbatec was responsible for the construction project as wood engineer and fire protection planner
The listed semi-detached house from the 16th century had to be repaired. The building fabric was to be preserved and the living comfort brought up to a modest but contemporary standard.
In Villars-sûr-Glâne, two school buildings were renovated and the gymnasium and the wooden connecting wing were rebuilt - while the school was running. For everyone involved, this meant planning the work very carefully.
Gstaad has made its sports centre fit for the future. In addition to the construction of a wellness area and the wooden supporting structure of the indoor swimming pool was comprehensively renovated. Timbatec analysed its condition and defined the renovation measures.
It is an institution in Zurich: the "Alte Tobelhof", where a restaurant has been catering to guests from all over the region for over fifty years. Because the business no longer met today's requirements, the City of Zurich, as the owner, had the listed courtyard comprehensively renovated.
The covered wooden bridge at the exit of Trubschachen leads across the Ilfis and opens up the Steinbach and Buhus area. It does not have to carry a lot of traffic, but sometimes it has to carry heavy vehicles.
The property is a four-story apartment building near Lake Zurich. The ground floor is for office use, the upper floors serve as apartments, the attic is undeveloped.
The baroque Haus zum Kiel is located at Hirschengraben in Zurich's Old Town. The building showed strong settlements and various damages to the building structure and load-bearing structure. Timbatec AG was commissioned to check load transfer paths and to define measures in the reconstruction.
As part of a roof structure renovation in the attached indoor swimming pool of the Märchenhotel Bellevue in Braunwald, it was necessary to find an aesthetic solution for (originally) oversized beams. The solution was presented in the form of a steel undervoltage made of authentic chrome steel.
The barn on the Jetschwil estate in Düdingen was built around 1793. In the following years, the barn and the roof structure were adapted or rebuilt to the constantly changing uses.
The existing apartment building on Salvatorstrasse was completely renovated to create more space, comfort and aesthetics. The living space extension consists of hollow box elements, which rests at the front on a post and purlin construction and is clad with a glass front.
The two-family house in Oberhofen on Lake Thun, beautifully situated, was to be adapted to the client's ideas after a change of ownership and converted into a single-family house. For the energy supply a full-area occupancy of the roof with photovoltaic elements was planned.
The historical but dilapidated 350 year old parsonage in Maschwanden was completely renovated.
A five-story apartment building and 2 x 3 row single-family houses are grouped around the existing mill building.
The apartment building on Segantinistrasse in Zurich was completely renovated and upgraded to the Minergie-P standard with a prefabricated new building envelope. The completely new building technology is integrated into the prefabricated timber elements, which were placed in front of the existing external walls.
A farmhouse in the centre of the village (of monument conservation importance) in poor structural condition had to be renovated or partially replaced. It was planned that the economic part would be dismantled and rebuilt, the residential part only to be renovated.
This property in Steffisburg belongs to the Höchhus Foundation and is a listed building. Höchhus is one of the oldest buildings in the village.
Renovation and redevelopment of the tenth barn, Grundbachareal. The tenth barn was one of the oldest preserved buildings in the city of Thun. After a fire in 1999, it had to be renovated in cooperation with the monument preservation department of the Canton of Berne.
The existing building in downtown Thun was converted into business premises and apartments. Three high reinforced concrete girders were installed on the first floor, which protruded about 70 cm into the structure gauge from above. The planned shop should be column-free with a smooth ceiling soffit. The existing beam layers should remain unchanged.
Switzerland:
Thun Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Niesenstrasse 1, 3600 Thun
Tel: +41 58 255 15 10
Zürich Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Ausstellungsstrasse 36, 8005 Zürich
Tel: +41 58 255 15 20
Delémont Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Avenue de la Gare 49, 2800 Delémont
+41 58 255 15 40
Bern Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Falkenplatz 1, 3012 Bern
Tel: +41 58 255 15 30
Austria:
Headquarters Vienna (A)
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers GmbH
Im Werd 6/31a, 1020 Wien
Tel: +43 720 2733 01
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