Building conservation

Repairs, conversions, extensions and reinforcements require a prudent approach to the building fabric in order to preserve or increase its value. The safe and sustainable use of the buildings, besides aesthetic and economic aspects, is ultimately in the foreground.

Our services in detail

Building check (asbestos, heavy metals, PCBs, legal compliance)
Technical assessments (supporting structure, earthquake, building physics, building services, energy efficiency)
Inventories (strength and thickness measurements, location of reinforcement and cables, potential measurement as a basis for assessing the state of corrosion of reinforcement, crack width measurement and monitoring, humidity and dew point measurement, etc.)
Assessment of historical and new materials and technologies in natural stone, masonry, wood, concrete, plaster, iron and steel, aluminium, ceramics, glass, plastics
Feasibility studies and strategies, concepts and variant studies
Determination of the remaining service life of components and structures, investment and ROI calculations
Repair and restoration planning for conventional, historic and landmark buildings
Static security checks flaccid and prestressed structural systems
Earthquake inspection of buildings and reinforcements in stock
Dismantling and disposal of buildings

YOUR CONTACT PERSON(S)

Milutin Scepan

Civil Engineer ETH/SIA
Business Engineer STV
Head of Building conservation domain
Member of the Executive Board Henauer Gugler SA

Tel: +41 44 360 58 53
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Luca Lafranchi

Msc Civil Engineer ETH
Specialized in static and structures planning
Head of structural engineering, Berne

Tel: +41 31 350 85 02
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