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What moves us, inspires us, and spurs us on

A glimpse behind the scenes: the stories that inspire and drive our team.

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Isabel Blatter

Isabel Blatter

'When the mountain calls'

Isabel Blatter takes us to new heights: as an avid skier and mountain touring enthusiast, she knows what you need in your backpack. Isabel tells us how she developed her passions, what motivates her and what teamwork and nussgipfel (hazelnut croissants) have to do with it.
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Suddenly, things happen very fast

Suddenly, things happen very fast

It is well known that putting theory into practice is not always easy. Each project is unique and brings its own challenges. How to keep track of everything? We spoke to Matthias Vescovi about what it’s like to be involved in a project that’s in its construction phase, the challenges such a project can entail, and what delivering high quality work in such a setting has to do with time and acceptance.
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From technical committee to competence network

From technical committee to competence network

Merely having specialist knowledge is no longer enough. As a growing company, we too are confronted with questions of knowledge transfer and, as a result, quality assurance. We spoke to Ulla Hartmann, Jens Schmidt, Andreas Münzmay and Christian Hengemühl about an internal transformation that requires equal parts of courage and curiosity. We explore which structures are needed to ensure long-term quality – and which structures should be broken down.
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Uwe Vollrath

Uwe Vollrath

When music becomes the gateway to self-discovery and expression of personality

At TBF, Uwe serves as a Senior Project Manager, primarily focusing on solutions related to railway power supply systems. One might say his life revolves around electricity, voltage, and energy, but perhaps not quite as initially assumed. Electricity doesn't just flow through overhead lines for Uwe; it resonates equally through vocal cords and drum sets. In conversation, he shares with us how he can sound as gentle or as raw with the same energy. It's a story of passion, discipline, self-assurance – and ”screaming”.
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Moving on in complex times

Moving on in complex times

Adaptation instead of stagnation - Markus Juchli and Joachim Rutz in an Open-Air Talk about floating Damocles swords, unfortunate timing, and what opportunities arise when you get going anyway.
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Insight into our extended range of services

Insight into our extended range of services

Why we prefer to develop without guidelines. Our service, Business consulting (UB), should perhaps better be called Business development. In this exchange with Léonie Mollet, Andreas Sägesser and Áedán Christie tell us how they live process design themselves by trying out, learning, sharing. Here it becomes clear that the spirit of adventure with the necessary willingness to experiment leads to success - and that is why our motto continues to be: Exploring Together!
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‘Servus, München!’: bringing our skills to Bavaria

‘Servus, München!’: bringing our skills to Bavaria

We’re more than ‘just’ engineers and planners... and we’re very happy about that fact! It’s something we really enjoy doing.
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Michael Jäggi

Michael Jäggi

‘I’ve never lost my ability to laugh.’

In his moving story, Michael Jäggi tells us why he has a guitar collection instead of a photo album. Looking back at his life, he says we should accept life and all its ups and downs.
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Áedán Christie

Áedán Christie

«The Zurich Chamber Singers»

When your own body becomes the instrument, it moves more than just the singer. Áedán talks about how music touches people and brings them together.
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Full speed ahead on the wind

Full speed ahead on the wind

A proposal meets with enthusiasm. Jan and Lars recount how they were able to fulfil a long-pursued dream together with TBF: sailing a 49er.
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Christian Müller

Christian Müller

‘I want to be able to do that too’

Christian Müller tells us how fulfilling a childhood dream guides him through life, and why music is part of who he is. Band member, label owner and album releaser – how can you make music the centre of your life and what does this have to do with an engineering office?
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Night shift in New Zealand

Night shift in New Zealand

An interview with Léonie S. Mollet about making the working world agile – and why, thanks to TBF, she’s able to live this experiment herself.
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Waste treatment - a radical 100 year transformation

Waste treatment - a radical 100 year transformation

An excursion with David da Silva

Project manager at TBF in the area of waste treatment – about old habits, technological change, a pioneering spirit put into practice, and lots and lots of hot air.
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Torsten Wenk

Torsten Wenk

Touchdown Warriors!

Torsten Wenk offers us an insight into the world of American football. In Winterthur, he trains the tough lads and star players of tomorrow. What exactly is the appeal of American football, and why do kids play with belts and flags rather than protective padding?
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Beyond the borders.

Beyond the borders.

Don Camillo and Cinque stelle? Export cup-holder or knocked out in the first round? La vie en jaune? Thomas Vollmeier, Margit Löschau and Roberto Macchi have their finger on the pulse of our outposts.
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No plans, but plenty of direction

No plans, but plenty of direction

Quality matters to all of us. Whether we’re working on internal topics or with our customers and partners: we always share the common goal of reliable and future-oriented solutions. Digitalisation opens up new opportunities that go far beyond technical tools. For instance, work digitalisation can enhance transparency and enable seamless collaboration – which results in improved quality. Susanne Haag and Dominik Schenk tell us what digitalisation means for their day-to-day work and which opportunities stem from it.
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A competition with a vision

A competition with a vision

In early June 2024, a group of people gathered in a sports hall in Frauenfeld, in the canton of Thurgau. What brought them together? Their joint commitment to a project that rethinks how pedagogy and architecture can go together.
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New Work

New Work

What the New Work Environment Has to Do with Our Own Learning

Energy doesn't just flow into our project work but also engages us beyond that. On our journey as a learning organization, we invest a lot of energy into our own development. Personal learning plays a significant role: it helps us navigate the new work environment autonomously and ensures that we, as a company, are constantly evolving. But how do we support this ongoing change?
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Milan

Milan

From Z to M – Building bridges between countries and cultures

Milan, the capital of Lombardy and design, is the setting for our latest adventure! Lucas Preatoni, Irene Grave, Kilian Carrarini and Sergio Mazzotti take us on a journey characterised by learning, discovery and curiosity. How can cultural particularities be used as drivers of innovation?
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Knowing and acknowledging one's knowledge gaps

Knowing and acknowledging one's knowledge gaps

Thomas and Áedán on complexity: did it exist before or has it just begun? What motivates the oldest and youngest partner in the company. Two perspectives on complexity and their encounters with it.
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The flagship\n Sesto San Giovanni project

The flagship Sesto San Giovanni project

Until just a few years ago, sewage sludge (the sludge produced during wastewater treatment) was not subject to sufficient regulation in Italy. However, there’s now plenty happening in this area. We talked to our Ticino team about the Sesto San Giovanni project and about sewage sludge treatment in Italy in general.
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Michèle Müller

Michèle Müller

Learning (through) your own strengths

Michèle talks to us about how uncertainty can guide development, how dialogue is linked to learning and why she isn’t a penguin who wants to fly.
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Léonie S. Mollet, Isabel Ammann, Marco Serraino

Léonie S. Mollet, Isabel Ammann, Marco Serraino

Three employees discuss work models for the future that are in place today.

It’s sometimes claimed, tongue in cheek, that ‘TBF has at least as many work models as employees.’ This claim is far from wrong... Léonie S. Mollet, Isabel Ammann and Marco Serraino discuss the advantages and challenges of this flexible working arrangement. They all agree that in this environment, trust and individual solutions reliably produce better results.
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Spatial planning – why less land doesn’t mean less space, and how a participative approach makes the planning process easier

Spatial planning – why less land doesn’t mean less space, and how a participative approach makes the planning process easier

A conversation with Richard Zickermann – Project manager for socially challenging plans involving structured chaos, greenfield development, future meeting places and long strips of disused land.
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Daniel Länzlinger

Daniel Länzlinger

«The Pinguins»

Why the world is a disk – at least on the ice, and why ice hockey has much more to offer than cold feet and broken noses. Daniel explains it all without skating on thin ice.
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Kostadin (Koki) Kochev

Kostadin (Koki) Kochev

Switch the hose on!

We had an opportunity to learn more about Zurich’s volunteer fire service. Koki tells us all about the skill involved in waiting for orders and how acting impulsively can be dangerous. He also reveals what the fire service and engineering have in common.
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Three individuals, three perspectives, a single recipe: the TBF career path.

Three individuals, three perspectives, a single recipe: the TBF career path.

This is why at TBF, we do more than just fill vacancies – we give our employees freedom. We don’t believe in fixed profiles. It’s about taking people as they are, with all their strengths and expertise. Ronja Allenfort, Jens van Holt and Markus Luchsinger talk about their highly personalised career paths at TBF.
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Nadia Bruderhofer\n Marianne Böller

Nadia Bruderhofer Marianne Böller

Acrobatic symbiosis

Two of our employees, Marianne and Nadia, give us a quick look at their hobby – Acroyoga. Why are they fascinated by this particular form of yoga, and what distinguishes it? What skills do you need to practice this potentially dangerous form of exercise, and what should you know about it?
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The pleasure of change

The pleasure of change

An interview with Andreas Sägesser – TBF’s learning organisation expert – on the power of collaboration, individual scepticism, shared ‘a-ha’ moments and mutual progress.
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Locations Switzerland

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Schwanengasse 12
3011 Bern
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Quai du Seujet 10
1201 Geneva
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Via Besso 42
6900 Lugano
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Beckenhofstrasse 35
Postfach
8042 Zurich

Locations Germany

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Alsterarkaden 9
20354 Hamburg
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Mauerkircherstrasse 9
81679 Munich
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Schlossstrasse 70
70176 Stuttgart

Location in Italy

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Via Napo Torriani 29
20124 Milan