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Mars Habitat Challenge 2024 is supported by the sponsors: ACO, Amberg Group, Belloli, Implenia and SIKA.

Innovative rainwater management for the environmental conditions of tomorrow

Rainwater poses ever greater challenges to landscape architects, urban planners, architects as well as developers and operators. On the one hand, rainwater is a precious resource that is vital for flora, fauna and people; on the other hand, it harbors huge dangers. This is precisely where ACO's system chain offers solutions for a holistic approach to dealing with rainwater.

Our mission - We protect people from water and water from people.

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Amberg offers expertise in the complete cycle of infrastructure design, construction and maintenance for over 50 years. Amberg's extensive know-how results from more than 800 completed projects worldwide.

The intelligent use of surface and subsurface space is always in focus. For Amberg's customers and partners, this combination of experience and knowledge results in an optimal cost and schedule efficiency.

The strength of Amberg is its wide range of services in the complete life cycle of infrastructure buildings. The unique combination of the companies Amberg Engineering, Amberg Technologies, Amberg Loglay, Amberg Infra 7D, Amberg Infocon and the Hagerbach Test Gallery to the Amberg Group enables a strong cooperation. Solutions, products and services are developed together and implemented successfully. In-house software developments, the application of the latest working methods such as BIM and the use of machine learning show the innovative strength of Amberg.

This combined innovative strength is the key to successfully shape the digital future. New and alternative ways of using surface and subsurface space, especially in urban areas, will be of great relevance in this future. Amberg takes up these challenges. By creating competence centres, Amberg is able to channel the know-how of all its companies into the development of sustainable solutions. Amberg can count on its own visionary experts, draw on the experience of successful projects and benefit from active research cooperation.

Amberg Group Website

BELLOLI SA is a family-owned company founded more than 100 years ago. Headquartered in Grono, Switzerland, the company specialises in the manufacture and supply of products, machinery and equipment for the tunnelling and construction industries. In its own workshop, BELLOLI manufactures various types of rock bolts and accessories.

Belloli SA Website

As a leading Swiss construction and real estate service provider, Implenia develops and realizes living spaces, working environments and infrastructure for future generations in Switzerland and Germany. Implenia also plans and builds complex infrastructure projects in Austria, France, Sweden and Norway. Founded in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. The company brings together the expertise of highly qualified consulting, planning and execution units under one roof to form an integrated, multinational leading construction and real estate services provider. With its broad range of services and the in-depth experience of its specialists, the Group is able to implement complex major projects and provide construction support throughout the entire life cycle and in close proximity to the customer. The focus is on customer needs and a sustainable balance between economic success and social and environmental responsibility. Implenia, headquartered in Opfikon near Zurich, employs more than 8,500 people across Europe.

Implenia Website

A fundamental element of SIKA's successful research and development work is the strategic focus on clearly defined core competencies.

Sika's core competencies sealing, bonding, damping, reinforcing and protecting load-bearing structures offer a wide range of applications in both construction and industry, e.g. in cars, commercial vehicles, ships and machines of all kinds.

Sika Schweiz Website
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For around 60 years, the renowned Swiss Amberg Group has been a leader in engineering and surveying services for railway, metro, underground and specialised civil engineering. 

The family-owned company is an innovative knowledge, engineering and technology provider in the field of logistics and infrastructure for smart cities, hubs and networks. We provide outstanding solutions for our customers through innovatively combining above-ground and underground space utilisation.

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Amberg Engineering

Your underground experts 

  • Rail tunnels, including high-speed rail
  • Metro lines
  • Tunnel and shaft infrastructure
  • Caverns with large cross-sections
  • Energy storage and utilities 

Engineering at its best 

  • Numerous services for your entire project cycle, from feasibility, planning and construction to renewal of your infrastructure
  • Trained specialists and experts in planning and design, geotechnics, and project management
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Amberg Technologies

Infrastructure experts 

  • Rail, metro and tunnels
  • Underground spaces
  • Mining and shafts 

Systems and solutions 

  • Slab track, tamping, mapping, surveying and inspections
  • Tunnel machine guidance
  • Tunnel profile measurements and stakeout
  • Undulation
  • Layer thickness control
  • Surface inspection
  • Geological predicting during tunnel excavation
  • Surveying, data analysis and maintenance
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Amberg Infra 7D

Digital infrastructure experts 

  • Data acquisition and processing
  • Monitoring
  • Measurement of geotechnical tasks
  • Maintenance and operation
  • Process optimisation and digital continuity 

Solutions and services 

  • Geo-monitoring
  • Mobile mapping
  • Geomatics
  • Inspection services
  • Digital construction
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Amberg Loglay

Smart cities and construction logistics experts

  • Manage stakeholders across the value chain
  • Improve construction mobility in dense cities
  • Unlock up to 50% of the true potential of assets
  • Integrate circular economy principles into construction
  • Use smart data throughout the supply chain 

Solutions for construction sites 

  • End-to-end digital logistics processes
  • Rapid prototyping and smart sensors (IoT)
  • Logistics concept and manual (3D/4D)
  • Integration of logistics data
  • Logistics insights management (LIM)
  • Construction logistics management (CLM)
  • Management of external hubs and consolidation
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Amberg Infocon

Design and construction experts 

  • Design and BIM integration
  • Coordination between different disciplines
  • Information workflow setup
  • Facility management and BIM integration
  • Visualisation 

Services 

  • BIM implementation and creation of models
  • Clash detection, coordination and clash resolution
  • Construction documentation and shop drawings
  • 4D simulation and 5D estimation
  • Underground utilities
  • Laser scan to as-built models
  • IT solutions – BIM integration with FM application
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VersuchsStollen Hagerbach

VersuchsStollen Hagerbach - The underground future lab 

Recently named a research infrastructure of national importance, we have been providing the space and expertise to turn visions into innovations for over 50 years. 

Your analysis and testing requirements 

  • Real scale test and prototype environment
  • Analysis of construction material
  • Training facility
  • Unique location for your event 

Our facilities and services 

  • Various test sites, test procedures and management
  • Concrete and rock laboratory
  • Training environment and syllabus
  • Seminar rooms, event cavern and restaurant
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QAECY

AI agent as a service for the construction industry 

  • AI agent dedicated to the AEC industry
  • Easy access to complex project information
  • Helps in taking confident, informed decisions
  • Opens data silos, unlocks all content and uncovers context
  • Effortless interaction with your most valuable asset – your collective knowledge 

Solution and services 

  • AI agent as a service
  • Strategic consulting and training
  • Development of tailored solutions
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