Quality, safety and cost reduction
Since 1963, besides the climbing formwork for chimney construction, Wayss & Freytag has also been using a newly developed slip form, first only for cylindrical…
The first fully mechanized shield machine drills through Munich
In the years 1966 and 1967, the North-South-Line (Line 6) of the Munich underground railway was built in a joint venture under the…
The Olivetti building in Frankfurt
One of the most striking buildings built by Wayss & Freytag AG with their own slip form department was the administrative building of „Olivetti GmbH“ in…
Over the Rhine bridge to Switzerland
Start of construction of the 211 m long three- span bridge over the river Rhine was on June 18, 2003. The bridge connects Rheinfelden (Baden) with Rhyfälde…
The hotel IMPERIAL in Carlsbad
The Hotel IMPERIAL in Karlovy Vary, which was completed in 1911 after a turnkey construction period of only one and a half years by Wayss & Freytag AG, is still…
Relocation of Headquarters to Frankfurt a. M.
After the First World War had been lost and Palatine had been politically separated from Deutsche Reich and renamed Westmark by the occupying forces, the…
Foundation
Driven to maintain excellence
On June 15, 1875 Conrad Freytag and his brother-in-law Carl Heidschuch founded Offene Handelsgesellschaft Freytag & Heidschuch (a general partnership)…
The „Neustädter Klärbecken“
On November 26, 1903 in Neustadt an der Haardt the Wasser- und Abwasserreinigung GmbH, a subsidiary, was founded which successfully dealt with the design and construction…
The Stuttgart experiments
In 1904, tests were carried out on the resistance of concrete structures against torsion and the adhesive power of reinforcement bars in concrete under the guidance of Emil…
The arch bridge in Grünwald
The bridge over the river Isar near Grünwald was the first bridge to be designed and carried out by Emil Mörsch in his capacity as technical director of Wayss &…
