Ground-breaking ceremony for new town hall in Bülach
Dietlikon, 21 May 2019 – Implenia, together with representatives of the town of Bülach, architects Baumschlager Eberle and other guests held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new town hall on Monday. The ceremony marked the start of construction work on the new administrative building at the Sechtbach site.
Working as total contractor, Implenia is building a five-storey town hall for the town of Bülach in accordance with plans drawn up by architectural firm Baumschlager Eberle. The new building’s location has outstanding public transport connections and is only a few minutes’ walk from the historic town centre. It will provide a central home for various civic institutions, with a central square between the swimming pool, civic hall and town hall. The new building will meet the Minergie-P standard. The plan is to complete the basic build by the end of January 2020 and the building envelope by the end of July 2020. The interior fit-out will then follow. Handover to the client is scheduled for February 2021. After a short operational set-up phase, the civic authorities will move into the new town hall in early spring 2021.
“With this ground-breaking ceremony, we’re delighted to start building the new town hall; we’re right on track,” said Andrea Schmidhauser, Project Manager at Implenia. “This is a milestone in Bülach’s history,” said Hanspeter Lienhart, Councillor of Bülach, at the ceremony. “Our city is getting a new, highly functional building in a central location, which gives Bülach’s citizens a single point of contact for multiple civic services and which will allow us to optimise internal administrative processes. We are enjoying a professional and very smooth working relationship with the total contractor and the planning team.”
Implenia, working as total contractor, is building the new town hall in Bülach. The ground-breaking ceremony for the five-storey building was held on Monday with representatives of the town of Bülach, Baumschlager Eberle architects and other interested parties. Fabio Ranieri (Implenia), Christian Mühletaler (town clerk, Stadt Bülach), Hanspeter Lienhard (Councillor, Stadt Bülach), Andrea Schmidhauser (Implenia), Thies Böke (Baumschlager Eberle Architekten), Stephan Marending (Baumschlager Eberle Architekten), Beat Gmünder (Stadt Bülach), Fabian Vatrella (Implenia) (from left). (Image: Implenia)
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Implenia is Switzerland’s leading construction and construction services company. It also has strong positions in the German, French, Austrian, Swedish and Norwegian infrastructure markets, as well as significant building construction and civil engineering operations in Germany and Austria. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings the expertise of its highly skilled construction units together under the roof of a company active throughout Europe. With the broad offering of Implenia and the deep experience of its specialists, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility. Implenia, with its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich, employs more than 10,000 people in Europe and posted revenue of around CHF 4.4 billion in 2018. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information can be found at www.implenia.com.
