Timber Construction

From the very first draft to attractive timber buildings, from a small individual house to multi-floor office buildings Swiss timber engineering faces all challenges. Indeed, in 1995 the industry's performance was impressive: 1700 timber construction companies counted 16000 staff, and an additional 2300 persons were working for 160 units producing timber construction. elements. According to the latest figures, during 1996-2001 both the number of production units and staff increased by 21% and 6%, respectively. And since the ninties, the modular prefabrication is soaring which explains the sharp increase by 41% of these manufacturers during 1996-2001. In 1995, experts estimate that Swiss timber construction enterprises processed approximatively 835000 m3 of timber and wood-based materials into 750000 m3 of various products, such as bearer systems, modular elements for interior design, etc.


Associations
Holzbau Schweiz
FRM Fédération romande des entreprises de menuiserie, ébénisterie, charpentes, des fabriques de meubles et des parque
VGQ Schweiz. Schweizerischer Verband für geprüfte Qualitätshäuser

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