Guttet-Feschel

Pipe replacement, Bachalpe spring supply line

  • Client: Municipality of Guttet-Feschel
  • Construction management / contact person: Markus Heinzmann, Emch und Berger
  • Project manager: Erhard Burgener
  • Foreman: Marco Gruber
  • Construction period: August 2023 - October 2023
  • Construction costs: $1.35 million

Technical data: 

  • 3,000 m trench length
  • 4,500 m³ trench excavation
  • 3,000 m cable protection pipes
  • 3,000 m pressure pipes

Object description:

The Bachalpe spring supply pipe has been replaced over a length of 3 km. The excavation and backfilling work was carried out using a walking excavator. This was also used to lift the pressure pipes into the trench. A section of around one kilometer had a gradient of 40% or more.

Requirements

  • Partially steeply sloping terrain
  • Weather conditions on the alp, partial snowfall

Special features

  • Transport optimisation through preparation of casing material on site.

Contact persons

Erhard Burgener

Head of Structural & Civil Engineering Department
Member of the Executive Board

+41 27 948 05 06

erhard.burgener@volken-group.ch

Marco Gruber

Foreman