Service Areas

Service Areas

SSB SAUERWEIN & SCHAEFER offers excellent value in engineering, design, procurement, project management, construction and construction management services. Whilst providing these services, SSB Group attaches the highest importance to environmental and social impact concerns, quality assurance, as well as information management systems.

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    Project Development

    SSB AG creates and facilitates viable solutions and strategies to deliver critical infrastructure projects. Our experienced team is capable of navigating complex and dynamic relationships within governments and private sector enterprises in achieving successful outcomes for all stakeholders in large infrastructure projects.
    SSB AG acknowledge the implementation of an early project support system is integral in ensuring a successful proponent-led approach in project development. SSB AG develop, with the help of in-house expertise and specialist localised consultants, project development plans from the conceptual to completion phase of projects including:

    • Feasibility studies
    • Environmental and social management solutions
    • Design solutions
    • Stakeholder management plans

    At SSB AG, we believe we are well suited in not only identifying obstacles and challenges for major infrastructure projects but also opportunities in providing value to all stakeholders.

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    Construction of Large Infrastructure Assets

    SSB AG apply state-of-the-art construction processes to deliver sustainable projects in the energy, water, transport and commercial building sectors. Most projects are undertaken using our own civil-works divisions, reducing costs whilst also improving delivery time and quality.
    SSB AG has experience in working across a range of different project delivery models including but not limited to:

    • Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC);
    • Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Finance (EPC-F);
    • Public Private Partnerships (PPP);
    • Build, Own, Operate, Transfer (BOOT).
    Scope

    The scope of services SSB AG bring to the different projects and delivery models includes:

    • Budget and cost development, delivering on-time substantiated cost estimates and price certainty based on a solid track record of project management and risk analysis experience.
    • Procurement, SSB AG procure goods and services worldwide to not only service our international projects, but also satisfy international financing arrangements.
    • Project Scheduling, SSB AG develops realistic, in-depth design and construction schedules and can tailor those schedules to meet the needs of the customers.
    • Construction Risk Management, Price certainty, complemented with a risk-management plan that considers potential market changes, can and will provide likely cost scenarios to support a sound decision-making process.
    • Value Engineering, SSB AG actively explore the latest design and construction alternatives that have the potential to enhance the performance/constructability of projects. Inherently, this can often lead to significant opportunities for cost savings during the design, construction, operation and maintenance phase of projects.

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    Operation and Maintenance of Infrastructure Assets

    SSB AG utilises extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of major infrastructure projects in order to enhance the operational and management phase of assets. SSB AG is well adept in adding value to various O&M activities including:

    • Development and management of condition assessment and inspection programs
    • Development of asset management programs
    • Maintenance supervision and training
    • Development of facility management and maintenance programs
    • Energy management

    These activities ultimately ensure SSB AG is able to secure and extend the operational life of assets providing maximum value to all project stakeholders.

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    Infrastructure Investment and Financing Solutions

    Finance

    SSB AG work with a number of leading banks and insurance providers across a range of different project delivery models in securing affordable funding for major infrastructure projects. With support from a wide range of financiers in both the UK and Switzerland, export credit agencies from multiple countries including Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the UK, SSB AG is well structured to facilitate the financing of country defining infrastructure projects.

    Infrastructure Investing

    SSG AG are active within infrastructure debt and equity investing, focusing on a combination of both green and brownfield projects within developing and emerging markets. At the heart of this is core infrastructure investing, integral to society whilst also providing long term investment opportunities. SSB AG’s infrastructure investment strategy encompasses the following asset characteristics:

    • Long term income derived through the O&M phase
    • Rate regulation
    • Availability agreements
    • Reliable partners i.e., top-tier industrial companies, governments and municipalities.

    SSB SAUERWEIN & SCHAEFER is a globally active group of construction companies. The Group offers competent consulting, professional planning and design services as well as the entire range of activities required for the successful completion of construction projects.

    ADDRESS

    Bahnhofstrasse 69a, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland

    PHONE

    +41 43 299 62 42

    EMAIL

    info@ssbgroup.ch