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Uniting opposites to create a world we want to live in Drees & Sommer is a partner-managed, global consulting company providing a single source of consultation and implementation services for the real estate, infrastructure and industrial markets. The company delivers sustainable, innovative, and economically viable solutions that meet each client’s unique needs. Founded in 1970 and long recognized as a pioneer in driving sustainability and digitization, today Drees & Sommer employs more than 6,500 people at 70 offices. The company’s interdisciplinary teams are involved in around 6,500 projects worldwide, working to create a livable future and unite concepts which can at face value appear to be opposites: tradition and future, economy and ecology, analog and digital, efficiency and well-being. As ‘intrapreneurs’, the Drees & Sommer Partners are personally responsible for managing the company. "the blue way" We think and act sustainably and holistically. In doing so, we take all facets of sustainability into account. Economy, ecology and functionality are inseparable for us. We call this basic principle ‘the blue way’. It pervades our entire company – internally and externally. ‘the blue way’ combines reason and emotion. Stringent, goal-oriented processes that allow space for creative freedom. In our projects, we always include the creative right hemisphere of the brain and the rational left hemisphere. This results in holistic thinking.

Gruner at a glance Founded: 1862 in Basel, Switzerland Legal form: Since 1970, public limited company owned by the founding families and employees Employees: more than 1,200 from 50 countries Locations: 39, in Switzerland and internationally Projects per year: around 6,000, of all sizes Our Expertise - Building construction management - Building services design and environmental control - Digital Engineering Solutions - Energy Engineering - Environmental Engineering - Fire Safety and Building Physics - Geomatics Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering - Infrastructure Engineering - Real Estate Engineering - Safety Engineering & Management - Spatial Development - Structual Engineering - Sustainable Water Resource Management As a leading engineering and planning company, Gruner offers a comprehensive range of services for private and public building owners. In the areas of building construction, infrastructure and energy, Gruner advises and supports its clients throughout the entire life cycle of buildings and infrastructure: from strategic planning to commissioning and management to renovation, demolition and reuse. We are distinguished by our expertise, specialist knowledge and many years of experience with complex construction projects. Thanks to interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative approaches, we set standards in engineering methods and the application of digital processes and continue to develop together with our clients. Our employees are at the heart of our business. As part of Gruner, they not only shape projects, but also the future. We offer them a dynamic working environment that focuses on responsibility, flexibility and personal development. Together, we create space for ideas and promote a strong corporate culture that combines environmental awareness and innovation.

Once a two-man company – today we are number 2 on the Swiss real estate market and the largest owner-managed Swiss company, with headquarters in Frauenfeld. Another 13 locations throughout all of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein guarantee proximity to our customers through these regional establishments. Our employees’ great potential ensures project understanding wherever you are. HRS stands for involvement, perspective, innovative energy and enormous experience. We have been successfully accompanying our customers for decades and have transformed many a vision into reality – buildings that have fulfilled their meaningful service to mankind for generations. We are independent, have a sense of personal responsibility and strive for exceptional performance „all down the line“. This has given us a great competitive advantage. Our references are the proof.