Grund- und Tiefbau AG Basel

Name

Grund- und Tiefbau AG Basel

Legal name

Grund- und Tiefbau AG Basel

Website

https://grundundtiefbauag.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering & Underground Construction

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Cable Installation & Construction Services (trenching, duct banks, HDD, pulling, cable laying) (EUADADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Underground Utility Duct Banks, Conduit & Vault Construction (IMAFAHAG)

Keywords

• Trenchless construction services
• Civil engineering construction
• Specialized foundation engineering
• Water management systems
• Underground infrastructure installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based civil engineering services for infrastructure construction, including trenchless installations, water management systems, and specialized foundation work. Revenue is generated through competitive bidding on construction projects for municipalities, developers, and industrial clients.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Grund- und Tiefbau AG Basel is a Swiss civil engineering contractor that delivers underground construction services in three specialized areas: trenchless pipe installation (pipe jacking, horizontal boring, pipe ramming, microtunneling, tunnel construction, and sewer connections), water-related construction (well construction, dewatering, groundwater lowering, pump testing, and well maintenance), and special deep foundation work (piles, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, anchoring, shotcrete, and underpinning). Services are sold to municipalities, government agencies, and private developers on a project-by-project basis.

Product overview

Grund- und Tiefbau AG Basel is a Swiss civil engineering and construction company offering specialized construction services organized into three main service areas: Trenchless (trenchless pipe installation and tunneling), Wasser (water-related construction including wells and dewatering), and Spezialtiefbau (special deep foundation work). The company operates as a unified service provider with expertise in underground construction, water management, and specialized foundation engineering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trenchless Construction Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Implenia AG: Switzerland's largest construction and real-estate services group, active in civil engineering, tunneling, and underground infrastructure. Competes with Grund- und Tiefbau on Swiss underground construction tenders and frequently acts as the prime contractor on projects where smaller specialists sub-contract trenchless or special-foundation scopes.
• Marti AG: Major Swiss construction group with deep underground, tunneling, and foundation engineering capabilities. The company website styling and shared digital assets (e.g., Marti-named favicon paths) suggest affiliation or partnership, and Marti operates overlapping trenchless, dewatering, and special foundation services in the same Swiss market.
• Herrenknecht AG: Global leader in tunnel boring machines and microtunneling equipment, frequently executing and supporting trenchless tunneling projects. Provides technology and execution capability that overlaps with Grund- und Tiefbau's microtunneling and Stollenbau services, though at materially larger scale.
• Walo Bertschinger AG: Established Swiss civil engineering and construction contractor with capabilities in underground works, special foundations, and infrastructure projects. Comparable in serving the same municipal and private infrastructure clients across Swiss cantons.

Direct peers

• Frutiger AG: Swiss construction group providing civil engineering, underground construction, and special foundation services including piling, shoring, and dewatering. Directly comparable in service mix (trenchless-adjacent, water management, special foundations) and Swiss regional market focus.
• Specogna Bau AG: Swiss specialty civil engineering contractor focused on underground works, foundation engineering, and pipeline construction. Comparable mid-sized specialty operating in overlapping Swiss-German-border geographies with similar trenchless and special foundation capabilities.
• Sachtleben Ingenieur- und Tiefbau GmbH: German specialty contractor in underground pipeline construction, HDD, and trenchless pipe installation. Directly comparable in core trenchless technique stack and water/sewer infrastructure focus.

Regional players

• Gebr. Huber AG Tiefbau: Swiss regional contractor specializing in civil engineering, sewer/water pipeline construction, and underground utility work. Comparable in trenching, pipeline, and dewatering scope focused on the Basel and broader Swiss-German-border market.
• Stump-BTE AG (Stump Gruppe): Swiss specialty contractor in bored piles, anchors, shoring, and ground engineering — overlapping directly with Grund- und Tiefbau's Spezialtiefbau service line. Comparable in regional Swiss focus and specialty foundation customer segments.

Emerging players

• Bohrtec GmbH: Specialty contractor focused on horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and trenchless pipe installation. Comparable in core HDD capability and target use cases (underground utility installation without surface disruption), though geographically focused on the DACH market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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