Güntensperger Baumanagement AG

What Güntensperger Baumanagement AG does

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG is a privately held, founder-owned Swiss construction management firm headquartered at Nordstrasse 190 in Zürich-Wipkingen. Founded in 2013, the company operates with a team of 18 professionals led by three partners (Roman Güntensperger as Managing Director, plus Philip Müller and Marc Henzi). It delivers project and construction management services — including cost estimation (KGS/KS/KV), scheduling, tendering, on-site construction management, and full SIA 102 commissions — for residential, school, and senior-living building projects primarily in the Zürich metropolitan area, with extensions into the cantons of Aargau, Thurgau, and Zug.

The firm's core customer base consists of Zürich-region housing cooperatives and nonprofit foundations developing cooperative and social housing, the City of Zürich's municipal building authority (Amt für Hochbauten), Swiss Federal Railways (SBB AG Immobilien), and a handful of institutional and private developers. Notable project mandates include Wohnsiedlung Brüderhofweg (CHF 112M), Ersatzneubau Salzweg (CHF 100M), Brisgi-Areal Baden (CHF 98M), and multiple school and senior-living developments for the Stadt Zürich. The firm differentiates through personal continuity of senior leadership on every project, deep expertise in Swiss sustainability certification frameworks (Minergie variants, SNBS, SNBA, 2000-Watt-Gesellschaft, DGNB), and a proprietary cost database drawn from executed projects that supports accurate early-phase estimates.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue, with engagements structured as total commissions (Gesamtbeauftragung SIA 102), individual commissions, work consortia (ARGE), or general planner roles. Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise field sales: engagements are sourced through public tenders, direct commission, and referrals from a tight network of Zürich architects (EM2N, Müller Sigrist, Gigon/Guyer, among others). Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company maintains no proprietary software platform, no app or API, and operates with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, positioning it firmly as a human-capital-intensive traditional professional services business rather than a technology-driven firm.

Name

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG

Legal name

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG

Website

https://guentensperger-baumanagement.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG is a Zürich-based construction management firm delivering project management, cost planning, tendering, and on-site construction supervision for housing cooperatives, public-sector clients (notably Stadt Zürich and SBB), and foundations across the Zürich metropolitan area, employing 18 professionals under a partner-led model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Project Management

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD), Project Management & Owner’s Rep Services for School Capital Projects (EDAEABAN)

Keywords

• Construction project management
• Cost planning services
• Building economics consulting
• Construction supervision services
• Tendering procurement management

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Project and Construction Management Services: Professional services revenue generated through project and construction management mandates for building projects. Services include cost estimation, cost planning, tendering/procurement, on-site construction management, and quality assurance from early project phases through to handover. Engagement types include total commission (Gesamtbeauftragung SIA 102), individual commissions, work consortia (ARGE), and general planner roles. Revenue is project-based and likely recurring from long-term client relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG provides professional construction project management services for building projects in the Zürich region, covering cost estimation, scheduling, tendering, on-site construction management, and full SIA 102 total commissions from early feasibility through handover. Services are delivered as either comprehensive single commissions or as discrete work packages within ARGE consortia for housing cooperatives, public-sector clients, foundations, and private developers.

Product overview

Güntensperger Baumanagement AG is a construction and building management firm, not a software company. The company offers a unified service portfolio of project and construction management services for residential and school building projects in the Zürich region. Their core offerings include Projektmanagement (Project Management), Kostenermittlung (Cost Estimation), Terminplanung (Scheduling), Ausschreibung (Tendering), and Örtliche Bauleitung (On-site Construction Management). They also provide Wettbewerbe (Competition Support) as a specialized service module and Gesamtbeauftragung SIA 102 as a comprehensive full-service contracting option covering the entire project lifecycle. These services are delivered through their team of 18 employees based in Zürich-Wipkingen.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Projektmanagement (Project Management) Comprehensive project management services for construction projects, including organization setup, contract management, project optimization, and cost controlling throughout all project phases, for developers, housing cooperatives, public clients and foundations.
• Kostenermittlung (Cost Estimation) Professional cost estimation services covering KGS (rough cost estimates ±20%), KS (cost estimates ±15%) and KV (cost estimates ±10%) accuracy bands to support accurate budget planning for construction projects across feasibility, design and execution phases.
• Terminplanung (Scheduling) Scheduling and timeline planning services covering project phases from preliminary planning through construction and commissioning, ensuring timely project delivery for organizational clients.
• Örtliche Bauleitung (On-site Construction Management) On-site construction management including coordination of all contractors, quality assurance, cost and schedule control during the execution phase, delivered as a discrete mandate or as part of total commissions for developers, cooperatives and public clients.
• Ausschreibung (Tendering) Professional tendering services including preparation of specifications, bid evaluation, negotiation, and contract award for construction projects, supporting clients through public and private procurement processes.
• Wettbewerbe (Competition Support) Building economics assessments and cost estimates for architectural competitions, ensuring market-appropriate cost evaluations in early project phases using current construction cost data from realized projects, available to architects, general planners and developer clients.
• Gesamtbeauftragung SIA 102 (Full Service Contracting) Complete project lifecycle services following the Swiss SIA 102 standard, covering preliminary project, building project, tendering, execution planning, execution, and commissioning phases from initial cost estimates through to final handover, delivered to developer, cooperative and public clients.

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Swiss Prime Site Solutions AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGüntensperger has provided construction economics assessments and cost estimates for architectural competitions on behalf of Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG. This is a competition-related engagement where Güntensperger's role is to provide market-accurate cost assessments early in the design competition phase.
• Meili Unternehmungen AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGüntensperger has provided construction economics assessments and cost estimates for architectural competitions commissioned by Meili Unternehmungen AG. Role is limited to competition phase cost evaluation.
• Planpartner AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGüntensperger has provided construction economics assessments and cost estimates for architectural competitions in partnership with Planpartner AG. Involvement is limited to competition phase cost evaluation services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Itten+Brechbühl AG: Large Swiss planning and construction management firm with strong Zurich presence, serving public, cooperative, and institutional clients across residential and school projects. Highly comparable in service offering, scale bracket (a tier above Güntensperger), and customer base.
• b+p baurealisation AG: Zürich-based construction management firm offering project and construction management services across residential, school, and commercial projects. Directly comparable in service mix, geography, and client base; Güntensperger has actually partnered with b+p in ARGE consortia (e.g., Hegianwandweg).
• GMS Partner AG: Swiss project and construction management firm serving housing cooperatives, municipalities, and institutional developers. Comparable in service scope and target segments, with similar focus on multi-phase residential settlements.
• Schnetzler Engineering AG: Swiss construction management and engineering firm active in residential and public-sector projects in German-speaking Switzerland. Comparable boutique PM with overlapping service offering and client type.
• Eichenberger Projektmanagement AG: Swiss construction management firm specializing in cost planning, project management, and construction supervision for residential and public-sector projects. Closely comparable boutique PM firm with overlapping Zurich-area client base.
• HSSP AG: Zurich-based construction management and cost-planning consultancy serving housing cooperatives, public clients, and developers. Comparable in service portfolio (Projektmanagement, Kostenplanung, Bauleitung), geographic focus, and cooperative/public client mix.

Broad incumbents

• EBP Schweiz AG: Swiss consulting and engineering firm with significant construction management practice serving public and cooperative clients. Overlaps in cost planning and PM for institutional/municipal building projects in German-speaking Switzerland.
• Drees & Sommer Schweiz GmbH: International construction and project management consultancy with a Zurich office. Competes in the same Swiss PM market but offers broader portfolio (including digital, ESG, and consulting) at greater scale and with international reach.
• WSP in Switzerland: Global engineering and project management consultancy with Swiss offices. Provides program and construction management for institutional and public-sector clients; broader portfolio but competes for similar Zurich mandates.

Regional players

• Amberg Engineering AG: Swiss engineering and project management firm with strong Zurich presence. While more infrastructure/tunneling-weighted, its Zurich building PM practice competes for similar cooperative and public-sector mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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