Key data of the new build

Production hall, office building, and covered trucking yard

Construction time:

About 14 months, estimated completion in March or April, 2012

Construction costs:

About CHF 51 million

Outline of building Specifications

The entire main structure will be split into basically two uses: a six-floor office section(basement, ground floor, and 1st trough 4th floors) and a three-floor production hall (basement, ground floor, and 1st floor).
The basement of the production hall is equal in height to the basement of the office section; the ground floor of the production hall occupies the entire structural height of three office floors (ground floor, 1st floor, and 2nd floor). The uneven rooflines of the office section and production hall are due to the permissible building heights and the terrain dropping away to the southeast.
The underground area being built during phase 1 of the main structure (submitted as a separate, general construction request on June 4, 2010) is designed as a parking garage.

1. Measurements and Volumes

Production hall basement (B) / ground floor (GF) / 1st floor (UF) (Including central high-rack warehouse spanning several floors)

In summary
Gross floor area      18,000 m2
Net floor area            17,700 m2
SIA gross volume   133,900 m3

Office building basement / ground floor / 1st-4th floors (Including central atrium spanning several floors)

In summary
Gross floor area     10,500 m2
Net floor area           10,100 m2
SIA gross volume     39,800 m3

Covered trucking yard (Useable area in addition to the trucking yard)

Covered usable area 1,300 m2

2. Construction / structural analysis

Production hall

High-rack warehouse spanning several floors   Cast-in-place concrete
3rd upper floor                                               Steelwork
Ground floor                                                  Concrete element structure
Basement                                                     Cast-in-place concrete

Office building

Basement to 4th UF                                       Cast-in-place cores
Column-slab-column construction                    Concrete
GF to 4th UF along façades                             Brick wall slab

3. Development

Production hall

Vertical connections   Stairwells / escape stairs
                                 Automated in the high-rack warehouse
                                 Light-duty elevator, south
                                 Heavy-duty elevator, central
Basement                  External ramp (6% and 13% incline)
Parking garage           External ramp

Office building

Vertical connections   Stairwells / escape stairs
                                 2 passenger elevators per core zone
                                 1 passenger elevator in northeast core zone

4. Building shell / insulation

Production hall

The entire building shell is designed generally on the Minergie standard.
Façade           Post-and-beam glazing
                          Sandwich elements
Roof                    Insulation and roofing still to be chosen
                        Protective layer extensively landscaped
Photovoltaics       Use of the maximum possible area of the roof

Office building

The entire building shell is designed generally on the Minergie standard. The shell of the office section consists of glass in two different applications: recessed transparent surfaces made up of post-and-beam glazing, and opaque structural components with a glass curtain façade.

5. Building services

Entire building

In general, every effort has been made to use ground water to heat the buildings, as well as provide cooling for the building services and industrial operations. As much as possible, the heat generated by industrial operations will be recovered for building services' use.