Walo Bertschinger

Walo Bertschinger is a Swiss construction company, family-run in the 4th and 5th generation, with over 100 years of experience. It operates in Switzerland, the USA, and Great Britain, with 21 locations and about 2,511 employees. The company is active in various construction markets, including flooring, energy & water, real estate & industry, and transport routes & infrastructure.

Walo Bertschinger was founded in 1917 in Zurich, initially performing reinforced concrete and road construction. In 1921, the company completed its first major track construction order for the Zurich city transport. From 1933, concrete flooring was installed, and in 1939, colored asphalt and paving were used at the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich. In the 1940s, the company expanded into underground, tunnel, dam, and landfill construction, including runway construction at Kloten airport in 1946. In 1951, tunnel construction for the Mauvoisin power plant began. During the 1960s, the company expanded its European activities, including asphalt hydraulic engineering in Austria in 1960, and worked on the Gotthard road tunnel from 1969 to 1978. In the 1970s, it built tank storage facilities in Rothenburg and Niedergösgen, and the Hornbergbecken in southern Germany. In the 1980s, it constructed the Stettbach railway station. In the 1990s, it performed concrete rehabilitation using high-pressure water on the Europabrücke in Zurich, and worked on the upper basin for a pumped storage plant in China. From 1997 to 2007, it worked on bridges in Wassen and Göschenen.

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