Implenia builds Switzerland's first patient hotel
Dietlikon, 22 June 2015 – Implenia is building Switzerland's first patient hotel in the western part of the country; it is due for completion in autumn 2016. On behalf of the client, Retraites Populaires, a 3-star hotel with 114 patient rooms is being constructed on the campus of the University Hospital (CHUV) in the middle of Lausanne. The project partners – CHUV, Retraites Populaires and Reliva Patientenhotel AG – were joined at the foundation laying ceremony this lunchtime by Pierre-Yves Maillard, Head of Canton Vaud's Healthcare and Social Security Department, and Anton Affentranger, CEO of Implenia. The patient hotel will be run by Reliva Patientenhotel AG in close cooperation with CHUV on the basis of an innovative, and currently unique, utilisation concept. It will provide care services, accommodation and catering. The hotel guests are patients who require hospital care, but who are mobile enough to stay in the patient hotel. Implenia is carrying out the job as total contractor.
Implenia sees great potential in the health market: 70% of current healthcare properties were built before 1980, so there is a great need for both modernisation and brand new building. "We're very pleased that Implenia has the opportunity to carry out this beacon project, which will provide us with another very good reference," says Anton Affentranger. The project acquisition is evidence of Implenia's great health know-how, as well as of the company's varied services and strong regional presence. For complex building projects, Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company offers integrated services, from planning and coordination to actual construction.
Artist's impression of the lobby area at Switzerland's first patient hotel, which Implenia is building in Lausanne.
For more information about the project, please visit: www.reliva.ch
Implenia press contact:
Natascha Mathyl
Communications Manager
Tel.: +41 58 474 74 77
Implenia is the leading construction and construction services company in Switzerland. Formed in 2006 from the merger between Zschokke and Batigroup, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of history in the construction industry. Implenia brings the expertise of its highly skilled Modernisation & Development, Buildings, and Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Sectors, as well as its Switzerland and Norway Regions under the single roof of a nationally and internationally active company. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all its divisions, 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. With Bilfinger Construction, Implenia has a strong platform in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian markets from which to exploit the "infrastructure" megatrend.
Implenia has its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich and employs around 8500 people. In 2014 it posted pro forma turnover (including Bilfinger Construction) of around CHF 3.6 billion. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). For more information, please visit www.implenia.com.
