Specogna Bau

What Specogna Bau does

Specogna Bau AG is a Swiss family-owned construction company founded in 1944 by Josef Specogna, headquartered at Steinackerstrasse 55, Kloten, in the Zurich North region. The company operates a full-service construction platform organized into six service lines: Hochbau (residential, commercial, retail, healthcare, and leisure building construction), Ingenieurtiefbau (civil engineering covering bridges, galleries, cut-and-cover tunnels, and road construction), Betonbelagsbau (machine-laid concrete paving for airport aprons, highways, and industrial surfaces, with 30+ years of specialization and proprietary 3D machine control), Betoninstandsetzung (concrete repair and restoration for highways, bridges, and industrial buildings), UHFB (Ultra-High Performance Fiber-reinforced Concrete for bridge piers, high-rise foundations, and tunnel walls), and Kundenabteilung (renovation and building preservation). The company is family-controlled, operates within Specogna Holding AG (established 2009), and is led by Ralf Specogna (President of the Board) with Marc Specogna on the executive team and Artur Koch as CFO.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led, enterprise field sales targeting federal agencies (ASTRA), cantonal Tiefbauämter, municipal authorities, and major enterprise clients including Flughafen Zürich, SBB, Kinderspital Zürich, Migros, ewz, Raiffeisenbank, and Zoo Zürich. Revenue is generated through competitive bidding on individual construction projects, with project values ranging from 0.2 Mio CHF for small renovations to over 237 Mio CHF for consortium (ARGE) mega-projects such as the ARGE Nordring. The firm forms consortiums (ARGE) with sister companies within the Specogna Holding group — including Jak. Scheifele AG, HASTAG St. Gallen Bau AG, and TIBAU AG — to bid on infrastructure projects exceeding individual capacity. Pricing is contract-specific with multi-year timelines on complex projects, and revenue is inherently project-based with no recurring SaaS or subscription component.

The company's competitive positioning rests on 80+ years of operating history, ISO 9001/14001/45001 certifications, an in-house Werkhof (workshop/maintenance facility) at Oberglatt with automation mechanics, an active apprenticeship pipeline for skilled trades, and specialization in UHFB and machine-laid concrete paving where few Swiss competitors combine equivalent depth. Geographic reach is concentrated in the Zurich metropolitan area with active projects across at least seven Swiss cantons including Zurich, Schwyz, St. Gallen, Aargau, Thurgau, Schaffhausen, and Ticino. Headcount is 200+ employees as stated on the company homepage.

Name

Specogna Bau

Legal name

Specogna Bau AG

Website

https://specogna-bau.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Specogna Bau AG is a family-owned Swiss construction company founded in 1944 and headquartered in Kloten, delivering civil engineering, building construction, machine-laid concrete paving, concrete repair, and UHFB services to government agencies and enterprise clients across Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990), Industrial Building Construction (236210), Utility System Construction (2371)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Site Works EPC (Earthworks, Roads, Drainage, Foundations) (EUAEADAA)

Keywords

• Civil engineering construction
• Building construction services
• Concrete paving specialist
• Concrete repair restoration
• Ultra-high performance concrete

Headquarters

HQ city

Kloten

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: One-time project-based revenue from construction contracts. Services include Hochbau (high-rise/residential construction), Tiefbau (civil engineering), Betonbelagsbau (concrete paving), Betoninstandsetzung (concrete repair), and Kundenabteilung (customer department for renovations). Revenue varies significantly by project size from 0.2 million to over 100 million CHF.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Specogna Bau AG is a Swiss construction services provider delivering building construction (Hochbau), civil engineering (Ingenieurtiefbau), specialized machine-laid concrete paving (Betonbelagsbau), concrete repair and restoration (Betoninstandsetzung), ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete works (UHFB), and renovation/building preservation services (Kundenabteilung). The company serves government agencies, infrastructure owners, and enterprise clients across the Zurich metropolitan area and throughout Switzerland through project-based contracts ranging from 0.2 Mio CHF to over 237 Mio CHF.

Product overview

Specogna Bau AG is a Swiss construction company offering a diversified portfolio of construction services organized into six main offerings: (1) Hochbau for general building construction across residential, commercial, and infrastructure sectors; (2) Ingenieurtiefbau for civil engineering including bridges, galleries, tunnels, and road construction; (3) Betoninstandsetzung for concrete repair and restoration; (4) Betonbelagsbau for specialized machine-laid concrete paving (airports, highways, industrial); (5) UHFB for ultra-high performance fiber concrete material; and (6) Kundenabteilung for remodeling, renovation, and building preservation projects. The company is part of the Specogna Holding AG group, established in 1944 and headquartered in Kloten, Zurich.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Specogna Holding AGcoreOthers · 1 January 2009Parent holding company established in 2009 with headquarters in Kloten. Specogna Holding AG serves as the umbrella organization for the group of companies, providing shared services while maintaining individual company autonomy. The holding is described as one of the leading providers of construction services and total solutions in Switzerland.
• Jak. Scheifele AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Zürich. Collaborates on joint ventures (ARGE) for major infrastructure projects including the Velotunnel HB project.
• Meier + Jäggi AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Zofingen, specialized in construction services.
• O. Aeschlimann AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Zofingen, providing specialized construction services.
• Suter Bautenschutz AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Horgen, specialized in building protection and waterproofing services.
• HASTAG St. Gallen Bau AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in St. Gallen, providing construction services in Eastern Switzerland.
• TIBAU AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Regensdorf, providing specialized construction services.
• Heinrich Benz AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company under Specogna Holding based in Weiach, specialized in wood construction.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Jak. Scheifele AG: Zürich-based construction firm under the Specogna Holding network, collaborating on ARGE joint ventures; operates in the same regional Hochbau/Tiefbau market with directly overlapping capabilities.
• Frutiger Group AG: Swiss construction group with civil engineering, building construction, and concrete services; another directly comparable family-influenced regional contractor competing for many of the same federal and cantonal tenders as Specogna.
• Marti Holding AG: Privately-held Swiss construction group covering civil engineering, building construction, tunneling, and specialty concrete works; closest mid-sized peer to Specogna Bau with overlapping Tiefbau and Hochbau capabilities and similar consortium-based bidding model.
• Anliker AG Bauunternehmung: Swiss construction firm with Hochbau and Tiefbau capabilities serving both public and private clients across central Switzerland; similar mid-sized general contractor profile competing for comparable project types.
• Walo Bertschinger AG: Swiss general contractor with strong civil engineering, road construction, and concrete paving practices, including heavy-load surface work — comparable to Specogna's Betonbelagsbau and Ingenieurtiefbau offerings.
• Eberhard Bau AG: Swiss family-owned construction company specializing in civil engineering, concrete construction, and infrastructure projects across the Zürich region — a like-for-like regional competitor with comparable service portfolio.
• Stump Bohr AG: Swiss specialist contractor focused on foundations, civil engineering, and concrete construction; comparable to Specogna's Ingenieurtiefbau and UHFB specialty segments for complex underground and structural work.
• Aarvia Bau AG: Swiss civil engineering and road construction company; named ARGE consortium partner of Specogna on major projects, making it both a partner and a competing bidder for the same federal/cantonal infrastructure tenders.

Broad incumbents

• Implenia AG: Switzerland's largest construction and real-estate services group, active in civil engineering (Tiefbau), building construction (Hochbau), and large-scale infrastructure — directly comparable service mix to Specogna Bau but at significantly greater scale and with international exposure.

Others

• Holcim AG: Swiss-headquartered global building materials supplier (cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete); adjacent ecosystem participant that supplies key inputs to Specogna's concrete-paving and UHFB operations rather than directly competing in contracting services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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