Who we are
Operating internationally with Swiss roots, WALO is a family-owned business now being led by the fifth generation. For over 100 years, WALO has been committed to the combination of consistency and innovation.
What we do
WALO is active as an innovative total solutions company in all markets of the construction industry. With its decades of experience and the permanent development of sustainable as well as economical solutions, the family-owned company has established itself as a reliable partner in the construction industry and infrastructure projects in Switzerland and worldwide.
Projects
We have successfully implemented many challenging projects and are proud to let our references speak for our work.
Career
Good construction and thus satisfied customers require precise work. All our employees, from unskilled workers to engineers, play a key role in ensuring that we achieve this goal time and time again.
In 2018 WALO USA was awarded the sub-contract for the first machine paved Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Overlay in Sheldon, Iowa. Cramer & Associates Inc. chose WALO as a sub-contractor for the restorative UHPC overlay project, due to our expert know-how and extensive experience with Ultra-High Performance Concrete applications. The client, Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), who has been pioneering in UHPC applications since 2004 and UHPC as an overlay on a small bridge deck in Buchanan County in 2016.
As next step in the development and adaption of UHPC for infrastructure rehabilitation, Iowa DOT decided to implement it on a primary road bridge in Sheldon, Iowa. The bridge measured 205 feet by 44 feet.
In the restorative overlay concept, a 1.75-inch thin layer of UHPC is placed on the bridge deck as a protective layer, making them waterproof and helping to save on any additional costs by sparing the expense of deck repair and full deck replacement for many decades. The 9,020 square feet UHPC overlay job was completed in less than ten workdays with our mechanized UHPC paving equipment, by our Swiss-American construction team and with support from Cramer & Associates Inc. and Ductal.
One lane of the bridge remained open for public at all times for the course of the project to minimize traffic disruption to the traveling public.
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Headquarters
Giessenstrasse 5
Postfach, 8953 Dietikon 1