Business Consulting

Project Planning and Spatial Planning

For a large proportion of interventions and projects in natural and agricultural areas (including agricultural land, forests, alpine grassland and pasture areas), both a building permit and a landscape protection permit must be obtained.

From building-law advice through to actual construction planning and project support (including the opening and management of the construction site through to completion, and the preparation of final and interim accounts), the Business Consulting Department advises and supports the following construction projects:

• New construction, extension and conversion of farm buildings
• Construction of manure storage facilities, slurry pits and liquid manure tanks
• Construction of alpine pasture buildings
• Construction of irrigation reservoirs
• Land improvements
• Changes to land-use and landscape plans
• Construction of forest and farm access roads
• Deep wells, small wastewater treatment plants and spring catchments

Valuation and Business Management

What value can be assigned to a property, an asset or a right? How high is the damage incurred? For these and similar questions, the SBB offers consulting services and prepares expert reports:

• Income-value appraisals of closed farms
• Market-value appraisals of real estate and properties
• Calculation of lease rates
• Assessment of damage cases (e.g. fire, loss of earnings)
• Expropriations
• Easements of all kinds
• Valuations for upgrading building land and buildings

Financing an investment project should be planned just as thoroughly as its implementation. In practice, however, things often look different: many only deal with costs and how they will be covered shortly before the project starts. The Business Consulting Department provides advice, prepares business and financing plans, and carries out economic farm business analyses.

Farm Bookkeeping

Whether you are planning investments, talking to the bank, or preparing for farm succession, having an overview of your own business figures helps you make strategic decisions.

With its farm bookkeeping service, Business Consulting offers an efficient and at the same time cost-effective solution. All operating costs, including depreciation, as well as expenses that are not tax-relevant are recorded. This gives farmers a clear overview of what remains of their income after all costs have been deducted.