SIA Vaud

What SIA Vaud does

SIA Vaud (Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes — Section Vaud) is the Vaud cantonal section of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, a professional association founded in 1874 and headquartered at Avenue de Rumine 6 in Lausanne. The section serves architects, civil engineers, and related construction professionals in the canton of Vaud by providing access to SIA norms and standards (including the recently published SIA 390/1 carbon-budget norm and its evaluation tool), continuing education (webinars and Lunch&Learn sessions), construction site visits (the 'En chantier' series), public debates (the Urbanités series on urban planning, biodiversity, density, and related topics), and the 'à voir - architectures romandes' architectural guide publication, now in its sixth edition.

Its core "products" are programmatic and editorial rather than technological: the 'à voir' guide (CHF 16–22 depending on membership status, sold direct and through Payot, FNAC, and other retailers), the Urbanités debate series, the En chantier site-visit series run by the Engineers' Group, free member webinars on SIA standards, and educational construction-site banners co-developed with the Fédération vaudoise des entrepreneurs. The underlying platform is the Swiss SIA federation's standards infrastructure, maintained through approximately 200 commissions and applicable across the national 15,000-member, 18-section, 24-society ecosystem into which SIA Vaud is integrated.

SIA Vaud is a nonprofit professional association and operates as part of the national SIA structure rather than as a commercial enterprise. Its revenue mechanics are derived from membership subscriptions (managed at the national SIA level), unit-priced publication sales, and event/CEU registration, with most continuing-education content offered free to members. It coordinates with five other French-speaking sections (Fribourg, Genève, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais) plus the Bienne-Seeland regional group via a Romande coordinator, and has no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or external investors.

Name

SIA Vaud

Legal name

SIA Vaud (Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes - Section Vaud)

Website

https://vd.sia.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

SIA Vaud is the Vaud cantonal section of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA), a nonprofit professional association headquartered in Lausanne that serves architects and engineers through SIA norms, continuing education, construction site visits, public debates, and the 'à voir' architectural guide series.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Engineering Professional Association Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Architecture, Planning & Surveying (AIA, Planning, Land Surveyor CE) (EDAAALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architecture, Construction & Building Codes Reference (Design, BIM, Safety Codes) (EDAGAGAH), Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Professional association
• Architectural publication
• Construction standards
• Continuing education
• Urban planning events

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Publications Sales: SIA Vaud generates revenue through the sale of architectural publications including the 'à voir' guide series featuring contemporary Romandie architecture, priced at CHF 16-22 depending on membership status.
2. Membership Fees: As a section of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, SIA Vaud operates through membership subscriptions, with the national SIA having approximately 15,000 active members across Switzerland.
3. Event Registration and Continuing Education: SIA Vaud organizes continuing education events including Lunch&Learn sessions and webinars, some free for members and some with registration requirements, covering topics such as the SIA 390/1 tool.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SIA Vaud is a professional association serving architects and engineers in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It provides continuing education (including webinars on SIA standards), publishes the 'à voir' architectural guide series featuring contemporary Romandie architecture, organizes the Urbanités debate series on urban planning topics, and coordinates construction site visits (En chantier) through its Engineers' Group. The association also produces educational materials such as construction site banners and serves as a regional section within the national SIA federation that develops technical norms and standards essential to Swiss construction.

Product overview

SIA Vaud (Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes - Vaud Section) is a professional association for architects and engineers, not a technology company. Its offerings include the 'à voir' architectural guide book series, the Urbanités public debate series on built environment topics, construction site visits ('En chantier') organized by the Engineers' Group, continuing education/webinars on SIA standards (such as the SIA 390/1 carbon footprint tool), and educational materials like construction site banners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Urbanités: Debate series organized by SIA Vaud on topics related to urban planning, architecture, and sustainable development.
• En chantier
• à voir
• Lunch&Learn

Products and services

• 'à voir' - architectures romandes Architectural guide books featuring nearly 100 contemporary Romandie architectural projects with photographs, drawings, and technical information, addressing both specialists and the general public. Six volumes have been published since 2005, with the sixth edition covering the period 2022-2024.
• Urbanités debates Public debate series addressing urban planning and built environment topics for SIA Vaud members and the broader public. Topics covered include carbon budgets, biodiversity, AI and sustainability, density, and renaturation of rivers, with presentation materials and reports made available on the website.
• En chantier - Construction site visits Construction site visits organized by the Engineers' Group to showcase engineering projects and expertise in the Vaud region. Visits include hospitals, towers, data centers, and infrastructure projects such as EPFL thermal infrastructure, the Malley Phare tower, and the CIO Maison Olympique.
• Formation continue (Continuing education) Webinars and Lunch&Learn training sessions covering SIA standards and tools, including training on the SIA 390/1 tool for carbon footprint analysis. Sessions are offered free for SIA members, with registration required via online form.
• Bâches didactiques (Educational banners) Educational banner series designed to be displayed on construction sites, explaining the major stages of construction work and highlighting the diversity and complementarity of the professions involved. Co-developed with the Fédération vaudoise des entrepreneurs.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered regional and core.

• French-speaking Sections Coordination (Coordination romande)regionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014SIA Vaud participates in coordination with five other French-speaking sections (Fribourg, Genève, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais) and the Bienne-Seeland regional group. Anna Hohler serves as the Romandie coordinator working to harmonize and dynamize section activities.
• Fédération vaudoise des entrepreneurscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIA Vaud collaborated with the Fédération vaudoise des entrepreneurs (Vaudoise Entrepreneurs Federation) to create educational banners for construction sites. These banners explain the major stages of construction work while highlighting the diversity and complementarity of the professions involved.
• SIA National (Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architects)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIA Vaud is a regional section of the national SIA, which comprises 18 sections and 24 specialized societies. The national organization develops standards and norms essential to the Swiss construction industry through approximately 200 commissions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SIA (Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes): National parent organization of which SIA Vaud is a regional section. Operates the same professional-association model for architects and engineers across Switzerland, develops SIA norms, and coordinates the 18 sections. Direct organizational counterpart at the federal scale.
• Fédération vaudoise des entrepreneurs (FVE): Vaudoise contractors' federation that partnered with SIA Vaud on educational construction-site banners. Comparable peer as a regional construction-industry association serving overlapping constituents in the Canton of Vaud and engaging in joint training/advocacy initiatives.
• Schweizerischer Baumeisterverband (SBV): National Swiss builders' association representing the construction-industry contracting sector. Comparable peer because it operates a parallel professional-association model for construction stakeholders, with advocacy, training, and standards-engagement functions similar to SIA Vaud's.
• SIA Genève: Sister SIA section for Canton of Geneva. Direct peer because it runs the same professional-association model, participates in the Romandie coordination, and shares members, publications (e.g., 'à voir'), and programming with SIA Vaud.
• BSA / FAS (architectes.ch): Swiss federation of architects focused on advocacy, professional identity, and continuing education for architects. Comparable peer because it serves an overlapping Swiss architect constituency, although with a narrower architectural-only mandate than SIA Vaud's engineering-inclusive scope.

Broad incumbents

• RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects): UK chartered body for architects offering continuing professional development, publications, and advocacy. Comparable peer due to its similar mandate around professional competency, standards awareness, and public engagement around the built environment, including the validated CE framework.
• AIA (American Institute of Architects): Largest US architectural professional association. Comparable peer because it offers continuing education, advocacy, publications, and member services for architects, mirroring SIA Vaud's value proposition at a much larger national scale and serving as a global benchmark for association-led CE.

Others

• CRB (Schweizerische Zentralstelle für Baurationalisierung): Swiss center for construction rationalization publishing construction-cost and process standards (CRB standards). Related peer because it operates an adjacent standards-and-knowledge ecosystem intersecting with SIA norms and the continuing-education programs SIA Vaud delivers.
• SNV (Schweizerischer Normenverband): Swiss national standards body responsible for SN/EN/ISO standards in Switzerland. Related peer because it co-publishes and disseminates construction and engineering norms, intersecting with SIA Vaud's standards-adjacent continuing-education role.

Emerging players

• USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council): US-based sustainability-focused building council promoting LEED certification. Comparable peer because SIA 390/1 carbon-budget work parallels USGBC's sustainability standards, training, and credentialing model in mission, programming approach, and emerging role as a regulator-adjacent authority.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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