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Cathedral care: the 1,100 steps of Cologne


An exciting contract for ZÜBLIN and its subsidiary TORKRET at the base of the Cologne Cathedral: For the renovation of the cathedral staircase, the project team from the Structural Maintenance Subdivision put its trust in digital component tracking. With success: the first construction phase of the complex restoration project was completed on time before the start of the new carnival season.
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ZÜBLIN – committed to sustainability in construction


Ed. Züblin AG has taken on a pioneering role in the industry with regard to the systematic deployment of sustainable processes on construction sites in Germany. ZÜBLIN is the first company to be awarded the Sustainable Construction Site base certification by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). The base certification serves as a basis for the planned certification of individual construction sites. Pilot project is the Saalburgallee construction site in Frankfurt.
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ZÜBLIN Construction Logistics: making sure everything runs smoothly during construction


Complex construction sites function like factories: personnel, material, machines, everything has to be in the right place at the right time. Like at Frankfurt Airport, for example, where ZÜBLIN Construction Logistics is coordinating the entire infrastructure for the construction of the new Terminal 3. The efficient organisation of construction-related processes is the business unit’s speciality.
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Digital component tracking for more transparency


What? When? Where? - A new digital tool from Ed. Züblin AG sheds light into the jungle of materials on the construction site: ZÜBLIN's component tracking provides all those involved in the construction with a transparent overview as the basis for the precise coordination of material quantities and delivery dates.
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Takt time planning goes digital on ZÜBLIN’s construction sites


Digitalisation is making inroads into the construction site. The latest development at ZÜBLIN is a digital version of the takt board, a central instrument for LEAN.Construction. By digitalising takt time planning and control, ZÜBLIN takes the transparency of construction workflows to a new level.
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ZÜBLIN Timber brings visions of wood to life


From the vision to the successful implementation in partnership: In the new film “Visions of Wood” ZÜBLIN Timber, the timber construction specialist of the Ed. Züblin AG, presents a selection of special projects that show what is possible with wood. Projects that reflect the love for wood as a building material - and the passion and privilege to work with it.
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Tip top roof renovation thanks to TORKRET


The characteristic concertina roof of the Mariendom church towers above the village of Neviges as a landmark that is visible for miles around.
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With the helicopter in the Höllentalklamm


To transport the bridge weighing over 4 t into the narrow gorge, it was divided into some 600 individual parts, some of which were flown to the entrance of the gorge by helicopter from where they had to be transported manually to the site for assembly. The custom bridge and walkway elements were prefabricated by ZÜBLIN’s Structural Steelwork subdivision in Hosena, Brandenburg.
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Successful teamwork: ZÜBLIN hands over new Axel Springer building to the client, publishing company Axel Springer SE


Three years after the start of construction, general contractor Ed. Züblin AG handed over the keys for the architecturally and structurally sophisticated new Axel Springer building in Berlin to publishing company Axel Springer SE, on schedule and within budget.
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ZÜBLIN teamconcept: partnering leads to cultural change on German construction sites


The idea eventually sets new standards: 25 years ago, this was the foundation for the ZÜBLIN teamconcept and the starting signal for a comprehensive cultural change on German construction sites.
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Three blastings, two bridges and one lateral slide


The construction of the Rinsdorf and Rälsbach valley bridges along the A45 motorway during ongoing traffic is a particular challenge – even for the experienced ZÜBLIN bridge construction team.
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ZÜBLIN teamconcept and the new Axel Springer building: how partnering helps complex construction projects to succeed


ZÜBLIN is realising an architectural highlight for Axel Springer SE in Berlin. The new office building with free-standing, three-dimensionally curved atrium façade designed by Rem Koolhaas provides exemplary proof of the possibility to plan the success of even complex large-scale projects.
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Stuttgart 21 – The high art of concrete construction


ZÜBLIN Timber plays a major role in the new railway station Stuttgart21: the wood construction experts from Aichach supply the complex formwork for the 28 chalice-shaped concrete pillars that will support the new station roof.
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