02.10.2020
The Swiss League ice hockey season starts today. For the time being, HC Ajoie will play away games until it can inaugurate the new ice stadium - built of wood from the surrounding forests - on November 18, 2020. Here you can already take a virtual tour of the stadium.
The new Raiffeisen Arena made of wood with 4'650 seats will be the home arena of the ice hockey cup winner HC Ajoie. The stadium was built of wood from the "Syndicat intercommunal District de Porrentruy (SIDP)". Timbatec already developed a concept for the use of wood in the pre-project phase and has Timbatec developed a concept for the use of wood in the pre-project phase and has accompanied the process ever since. Today the stadium is almost finished and can be visited in a virtual tour. (click on image)
Early planning is key
Anyone who wants to build with local wood
planning early: to ensure that the wood is available in good time, the community
the forestry teams of the municipality must be involved in good time. For the ice rink in Pruntrut
Timbatec developed a concept for the use of wood from the surrounding communal
wood from the surrounding community forests. Regional companies sawed beams from it,
boards and glulam lamellas for the construction of the ice rink. From the
by-products were used to produce multi-layer solid wood panels, which are also
used in the ice rink. This significantly increased the log yield. More
about the use of Swiss wood can be found here .
Over 1,000 tons of CO2 stored
The wooden structure not only provides protection against wind and weather - it also stores 1,161 tons of CO2.
it also stores 1,161 tons of CO2 . Because: Trees
trees convert CO2 into oxygen and carbon through photosynthesis.
carbon. Thus, one cubic meter of wood relieves the atmosphere of around one ton of this
greenhouse gas. Anyone who wants to make a contribution to climate protection today builds with wood. However, wooden buildings are not only more ecological than comparable
steel and concrete, but they are also usually completed more quickly. Therefore
more and more investors are turning to timber construction.