Planning & Engineering

From concept to execution

In cooperation with us, you can expect concentrated, well-founded know-how in crane, assembly and transport issues. Industry-specific, personal and absolutely confidential. Through our involvement and the holistic, economic way of thinking for your project, we reduce interfaces. In this way, we increase quality and efficiency with the goal of shorter construction times as well as faster commissioning and higher schedule reliability. Benefit from our broad range of experience right from the concept phase.

YOUR STRONG PARTNER FOR HEAVY CARGO LOGISTICS

EMIL EGGER makes heavy cargo logistics easy for customers. We work according to a full-service concept. This means that we offer our customers all services from a single source, from consulting, through planning/engineering, to the actual execution and realization. Personal contact partners take responsibility for the challenges of our customers. Therefore EMIL EGGER is considered THE reliable heavy cargo professional.

 

PLANNING / ENGINEERING

  • Customer-oriented solution approaches
  • Individual concepts under consideration of the economic efficiency in the overall project
  • Feasibility studies from preliminary project
  • Driveability simulations & route tests for heavy and special transports
  • Basis for various decisions
  • CAD simulation of operations and preparation of 2D and 3D drawings
  • Many years of specific industry experience
  • Innovative and unique additional equipment

 

EXECUTION / REALIZATION

  • Smooth processes thanks to specialized teams in close cooperation with the client
  • Interface reduction for the customer thanks to extensive portfolio
  • Over 60 vehicle combinations for heavy and special transports
  • Over 50 mobile and crawler cranes up to 1000 t and over 30 loader cranes
  • Transport escort and permit service
  • Storage and handling in all dimensions
  • Moving and assembly teams
  • Lifting and sliding technology up to several thousand tons
  • Aerial platform and forklift rentals
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SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER

“Involve us in the early planning phase and benefit from our experience and know-how in heavy cargo logistics. Together, we lead every project to success.”

Michael Dudler
Division Manager Heavy Cargo Logistics, Member of the Executive Board

We minimize risks with conscientious and forward-looking planning that incorporates our entire know-how. Our focus is also always on our project partners when it comes to shortening interruption times. We solve the effort to accelerate the commissioning by effective work processes and if necessary also by night work.

When it comes to competent heavy-lift logistics, customers from all industries rely on our specific know-how. In particular, civil engineering (bridges & deconstruction, underpasses), construction crane assembly, module and prefabricated part construction, plant construction (MSWI, CHP plants & industrial plants as well as wind energy plants are part of our daily business and make us to the Swiss market leader in heavy cargo logistics.

Montage d’un pont sur le lac de Neuchâtel

Chantier Olma – St-Gall

DAM ON THE GRIMSEL – ASSEMBLY OF LUFFING JIB CRANES

Millimeter-precise positioning of concrete elements weighing up to 90 tons with the 1000-ton crawler crane

OVERVIEW ETE VEHICLE FLEET

TECHNICAL MANUAL

To quickly evaluate the appropriate devices, the technical manual is available as a PDF. On more than 300 pages you will find our heavy lift product range at a glance including technical drawings & dimension tables. Our project managers look forward to provide you with further information.

The entire vehicle fleet in the practical e-paper
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HEAVY CARGO EMPLOYEES
230
MOBILE CRANES AND CRAWLER CRANES
50
ORDERN PER YEAR
2500

THE NUMBER 1 IN HEAVY CARGO LOGISTICS IN SWITZERLAND

YOUR PARTNER FOR WEIGHTY PROJECTS
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750-metric-ton crawler crane for the new SBB Aare Bridge in Solothurn
With cantilevers extending up to 108 meters, EMIL EGGER supported the assembly of the new steel structure for the SBB Aare Bridge in Solothurn. A total of eleven bridge elements, weighing up to 71 metric tons each, were hoisted into place.
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Tandem lift using a 650-tonne and a 450-tonne mobile crane
Following the successful dismantling in June, the next milestone in the refurbishment of the Heideweg Bridge in Biel was reached in September: the new central section of the bridge was hoisted into place over Bernstrasse at the Brüggmoos junction.
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LR 11000 lifts new railway bridge into place in Wetzikon
The EMIL EGGER Group’s most powerful crawler crane was deployed during the replacement of the railway bridge over Usterstrasse in Wetzikon. After lifting two abutments, each weighing 210 tonnes, the new steel bridge, weighing 160 tonnes, was precisely positioned at its intended location.
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1,200-tonne railway underpass in Niederbipp postponed
As part of the refurbishment of the Scharnageln–Niederbipp section of the Aare Seeland mobil AG railway line, EMIL EGGER was able to support a challenging project involving heavy-lift logistics, lifting and relocation technology.
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Construction of the new Säntis cable car
The first cables for the new Säntisbahn have arrived at Schwägalp – and we were able to play a part in this special transport operation.
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Demolition work using the 450-metric-tonne mobile crane in Biel
During the night of 16 to 17 June 2026, EMIL EGGER was involved in the dismantling of the Heideweg Bridge in Biel. As part of the ongoing renovation work, the central section of the bridge over Bernstrasse at the Brüggmoos junction was dismantled.
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EMIL EGGER transports the H2-Sling hydrogen-powered aircraft
For the Swiss innovation project CELLSIUS Aero, EMIL EGGER was entrusted with an extraordinary transport mission: The H2-Sling, a hydrogen-powered experimental aircraft, was transported from Dübendorf to Payerne.
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Precise crane operation in winter conditions
As part of the construction of the new Säntis suspension railroad, EMIL EGGER was once again able to make a contribution to an important infrastructure project in Eastern Switzerland. Together with the fitters from Garaventa, the existing cabins of the Säntis suspension railroad were safely lifted down into the valley.
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Precision in time with rail traffic
On the first weekend in May, EMIL EGGER successfully completed another important construction phase on the Reuss Bridge in Lucerne. The listed railroad bridge – over which around 200 trains pass every day – is currently being extensively renovated. The last major renovation was carried out in 1987.
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Efficient lifting technology from EMIL EGGER for bridge renovation in Bern
The Seftau footbridge in Felsenau near Bern was successfully excavated on April 28, 2026. The 53-metre-long foot and cycle bridge connects the municipalities of Bern and Bremgarten bei Bern and is currently undergoing extensive renovation.
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