Anliker and SOVAG break ground as construction project gets underway
Emmen - Anliker and SOVAG have held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the further development of the Buholz industrial site, where Anliker plans to construct a new operations center and new administrative building to serve its group of construction companies. SOVAG, a specialist in the processing of hazardous waste, is building a new operations facil
The Buholz industrial site in Emmen in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, is being further developed. To this end, an approved design plan is now in place. On September 24, the construction firm Anliker celebrated the official start of this project with a groundbreaking ceremony alongside the hazardous waste processing company SOVAG, as detailed in a statement.
SOVAG Sonderabfallverwertungs AG is constructing a new facility on the site to support the sorting and treatment of aqueous hazardous waste and sludge. The new facility is needed because the current site is being forced to make way for the Lucerne Bypass national roads project. "We have found an ideal replacement for our existing facilities at the Buholz site", as CEO Thomas Silvain explains in the statement. As such, around 20 jobs in the municipality have been safeguarded. SOVAG is a subsidiary of the French utility company Veolia.
Anliker is currently navigating the building permit process for the construction of a new operations building and new administrative building, with both facilities expected to be operational by the fall of 2028. "With these construction projects, we are strategically investing in the future of our company and our operations center", comments Roland Dubach, CEO of the Anliker Group, before adding: "At the same time, we are laying the foundations that will allow us to gradually modernize the existing infrastructure at the Buholz site, in addition to sustainably developing the location with an emphasis on employee needs".
The buildings are to be supplied with heating and cooling via a groundwater system. This will enable savings of 500 tons of CO2 per year in comparison with conventional systems.
