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Who we are

Operating internationally with Swiss roots, WALO is a family-owned business now being led by the fifth generation. For over 100 years, WALO has been committed to the combination of consistency and innovation.


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WALO is active as an innovative total solutions company in all markets of the construction industry. With its decades of experience and the permanent development of sustainable as well as economical solutions, the family-owned company has established itself as a reliable partner in the construction industry and infrastructure projects in Switzerland and worldwide.


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We have successfully implemented many challenging projects and are proud to let our references speak for our work.


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Career

Good construction and thus satisfied customers require precise work. All our employees, from unskilled workers to engineers, play a key role in ensuring that we achieve this goal time and time again.


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With our locations in three countries, we are by your side worldwide.


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Our History

Tradition is good. So is innovation.

Operating internationally with Swiss roots, WALO is a family-owned business now being led by the fifth generation. For over 100 years, WALO has been committed to the combination of consistency and innovation.

The Chronicle

A long history of economic activity

1917

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Foundation in Zurich. Road and track construction becomes company tradition

The First World War is still in progress, the first reinforced concrete work and road construction is carried out by WALO.1921 first major track …construction order from the Zurich city transport authority: construction of new streetcar tracks. More

1930s

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On solid ground: Flooring

From 1933 concrete pavements are installed for the first time:
1939 Landi, National Exhibition, Zurich, with colored asphalt pavements and …paving, from 1950 synthetic resin pavements and branches throughout Switzerland. More

1940s

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Business segment expansions: Civil engineering, tunneling, dam and landfill construction

1946 runways and taxiways at Kloten Airport, Zurich, Switzerland. 1951 tunnel construction for Mauvoisin power station, Grande Dixence, Valais, …Switzerland. More

1960s

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Underground mining – with tunnels, galleries and projects, operating throughout Europe

Expansion of European activities: 1960 asphalt hydraulic engineering, Austria. Key projects for Switzerland:1969–1978 Gotthard road tunnel.

1970s

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Oil crisis as a booster for civil engineering and building construction

In action for a secure supply in Switzerland:
1972–1974 tank farm in Rothenburg, Lucerne, Switzerland, Niedergösgen, Solothurn, Switzerland. …
1972 Hornberg basin, Southern Germany.
1980–1982 Stettbach station, Switzerland. More

1990s

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Against the ravages of time: concrete renovation with high-pressure water

Numerous motorways and bridges exhibiting corrosion damage: 1991–1994 Europa Bridge, Zurich, Switzerland. 1996–1997 upper reservoir for pumped …storage plant in Tian Huang Ping, China. 1997–2007 bridges of Wassen and Göschenen, Switzerland. More

2010s

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Tram track construction is speed construction

Urban development and infrastructure in Switzerland as an investment in the future:
2004–2011 Glattalbahn, Zurich, tram Bern-West, …Cornavin-Bernex, Zurich West, City of Zurich.
2013 redesign of Zurich's Sechseläutenplatz.
2015 renovation of the Rudolf Brun Bridge, Zurich. More

2020s

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Tradition is our basis. Innovation our way to the future

Tradition is our basis. Innovation our way to the future.International and national networking: 2014–2020 Zurich Airport and The Circle, Switzerland. …2019–2024 Schwamendingen enclosure, Switzerland. More

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