Reichenbacher Hamuel Group

A signi­fi­cant trans­for­ma­ti­on is taking place in bridge con­s­truc­tion: thanks to modern block gluing of lami­na­ted tim­ber, struc­tu­ral com­pon­ents with pre­vious­ly unat­tainable cross-sec­tions and lengths can now be manu­fac­tu­red. Com­bi­ned with pre­cise 5‑axis CNC machi­ning, this enables the crea­ti­on of com­plex bridge com­pon­ents with spans of over 45 meters and more.

Seri­al tim­ber con­s­truc­tion is syn­ony­mous with speed, pre­cis­i­on, and repea­ta­bi­li­ty. Howe­ver, com­pa­nies must ask them­sel­ves how well their pro­duc­tion pro­ces­ses are pre­pared for this. And whe­ther they can relia­bly manu­fac­tu­re lar­ge-for­mat com­pon­ents to a con­sis­tent stan­dard of qua­li­ty – even as pro­duc­tion volu­mes increase.

Can entre­pre­neur­ship and the cou­ra­ge to repea­ted­ly achie­ve extra­or­di­na­ry things be pas­sed on to suc­ces­sors? The ans­wer is yes: Treppenbau.ch, a com­pa­ny based in Gan­ter­schwil, Switz­er­land, shows how inno­va­ti­ve spi­rit can be seam­less­ly car­ri­ed on.