OREANDA-NEWS.  A new hotel and commercial development is to be built at Route de la Berg?re 1A in the town of Meyrin, Canton Geneva. The project is located opposite the Richemont site and the Zimeysa train station, which is currently being renovated and expanded. The project owner, Compagnie des Parcs, has given Implenia the general contracting mandate to build the complex, which will have a floor area of 30,000 m2. Designed by De Giuli & Portier Architectes SA, the project includes a premium three-star hotel built around a central atrium with a 500 m2 glass frontage. There will also be commercial units and an underground car park with 300 spaces. The energy-efficient building will meet the standard of the “Minergie” label. It will be ready for future tenants by 2018, after only 26 months of construction work starting in 2016. Compagnie des Parcs is pleased to work together with Implenia: "We chose Implenia as our general contractor because it has the technical and logistical know-how to make this forward-looking project a successful reality."

Implenia, Switzerland's leading construction and construction services company, also has a strong position in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian infrastructure markets. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings together the expertise of its highly skilled sectoral and regional units under the single roof of a company active throughout Europe. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all areas of construction, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility.

Implenia has its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich and employs approximately 8500 people around Europe. In 2014 it posted pro forma turnover (including the former Bilfinger Construction GmbH) of around CHF 3.6 billion. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554).