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Thirteen years, over two billion Swiss francs in construction volume.

Clients include Goldman Sachs, Novartis, Siemens, IBM, Amazon, Hilti, Lonza, Credit Suisse and LinkedIn. A selection of current and completed mandates.

Ritz-Carlton Zermatt — Ultra-Luxury Resort
CHF 245M  ·  2025 — Current

Ritz-Carlton Zermatt

Ultra-luxury resort & residences · Zermatt, Switzerland

Owner's representation & project management for Europe's first Ritz-Carlton ski resort. 67 hotel rooms, 24 branded residences, longevity retreat, ski-in / ski-out — opening 2028.

Hilti — Operation Logistik Center, Urdorf
CHF 49M  ·  2025 — Current

Hilti Schweiz

Operation Logistik Center · Urdorf, Zürich

In-house overall project responsibility for the new Hilti logistics centre. Full SIA 31–53 phase management with board-level reporting.

Goldman Sachs — Bahnhofstrasse 3, Zürich
CHF 20M  ·  2024 — 2025

Goldman Sachs

Office refurbishment & extension · Bahnhofstrasse 3, Zürich

Senior project management for the high-end refurbishment and extension in Zurich's financial district. Complete SIA 31–53 phases with interdisciplinary team coordination and reporting.

Credit Suisse — Hauptsitz Paradeplatz, Zürich
15 PROJECTS · CHF 150M  ·  2023 — 2024

Credit Suisse / UBS

Programme management · worldwide

Steering 15 concurrent large-scale projects worldwide as part of the CS/UBS merger. Budget up to CHF 10M each.

Lonza — GMP-Laborneubau, Visp
CHF 200M  ·  2022 — 2023

Lonza

GMP laboratory new-build · Visp, Wallis

Independent project management for a major pharmaceutical laboratory in Visp. Change management, site supervision and LSO training coordination.

Amazon Music Flagship — Berlin
FLAGSHIP · 360 m²  ·  2021 — 2022

Amazon Music

Flagship Berlin · second worldwide after New York

AHO 1–5: time-critical premium fit-out of a creative music-industry flagship with high security requirements.

IBM — Rechenzentrum-Neubau, Ehningen HQ
DATA CENTRE · 20,000 m²  ·  2021 — 2022

IBM

Data centre new-build & migration · Ehningen HQ

AHO phases 1–3: parallel management of new-build and critical IT infrastructure migration.

Amazon — Office Hamburg, Fast-Track-Sanierung
FAST-TRACK · 220 m²  ·  2021

Amazon Hamburg

Fast-track refurbishment · Hamburg

Short-notice, cost- and time-critical refurbishment in the Amazon portfolio with fast-track delivery.

Amazon — HQ Luxemburg, Europäischer Rollout
DIRECTOR · 4 COUNTRIES  ·  2020 — 2021

Amazon EU

European roll-out · DE · LUX · ES · UK

Led the pitch presentation and coordinated all European AECOM offices for the Amazon roll-out.

Rolande LNG — Tankstellen-Rollout, Deutschland
DIRECTOR · NATIONWIDE  ·  2020 — 2021

Rolande LNG

Nationwide LNG fuelling-station roll-out · Germany

Director-level programme management for the nationwide LNG fuelling-station roll-out.

Siemens — Verwaltungsgebäude Nonnendammallee 101, Berlin
HERITAGE-LISTED · 77,000 m²  ·  2019 — 2021

Siemens SRE

Headquarters Siemensstadt · Nonnendammallee 101, Berlin

Multi-phase refurbishment of a heritage-listed administrative building during operations.

P3 Logistics — Logistikzentrum, Kamen
AHO 4 — 5 · 84,000 m²  ·  2019 — 2020

P3 Logistics

Logistics centre new-build · Kamen

Construction planning and site supervision for a large-scale logistics centre. Interface between main contractor, authorities and client.

LinkedIn — Büroneugestaltung & Erweiterung, München
AHO 1 — 5 · 530 m²  ·  2018 — 2019

LinkedIn

Office redesign & extension · Munich

Full AHO 1–5 refurbishment. Relocation of all staff, new kitchen, meeting rooms and complete redesign; tendering and procurement.

Novartis Campus — Bürosanierung, Basel
60,000 m²  ·  2018 — 2019

Novartis

Office refurbishment · Basel Campus

Refurbishment of two buildings on the Novartis Campus. Multi-stakeholder coordination, cost management and tender responsibility.

Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps — Luxus-Chalets & Hotel, Österreich
CHF 280M  ·  2019

Six Senses Kitzbühel

Luxury chalets & hotel · Kitzbühel Alps, Austria

Project management for a hotel with 77 rooms, 45 apartments and 13 chalets in the premium segment. Developer: Staininger Group / Kitzbüheler Alps Projekt GmbH.

Gebr. Heinemann — Duty-Free Travel Value Store
5 STORES · DUTY-FREE  ·  2016 — 2017

Gebr. Heinemann

Duty-free · airports Hamburg, Ljubljana, Budapest, Copenhagen, Berlin-Schönefeld

AHO 1–5: design management, site supervision, cost and contract management for five international travel-retail stores at European airports.

Tom Tailor — Retail-Rollout, Storefront
12 STORES · RETAIL ROLL-OUT  ·  2015 — 2016

Tom Tailor

12 stores · Germany

Development of the store construction manuals, design management, tendering and site supervision for the nationwide roll-out of 12 stores.

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IN PREPARATION  ·  HAMBURG

Wohnquartier Bergedorf

Residential development · Hamburg-Bergedorf

Residential neighbourhood development in Hamburg-Bergedorf — mandate in preparation. Details to follow upon release.

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IN PREPARATION  ·  HAMBURG

Microapartments Eidelstedt

Urban living · Hamburg-Eidelstedt

Micro-apartment development in Hamburg-Eidelstedt — mandate in preparation. Details to follow upon release.

SERVICES  ·  FOUR PRACTICE AREAS

From the first sketch to handover.

Four practice areas — commissioned individually or as an integrated mandate from a single source. From design to marketing.

  1. Architecture

    HOAI / SIA Stages 1 — 9

    Full planning — from feasibility through preliminary, schematic and approval design to construction documentation, site supervision and aftercare.

    • Feasibility & preliminary design
    • Schematic & approval design
    • Construction documentation & tendering
    • Site supervision & aftercare
  2. Project Management

    AHO Stages 1 — 5

    Steering across all project phases — preparation, planning, execution preparation, execution and project completion. Owner's representation with full accountability.

    • Schedule, cost & quality control
    • Risk management & reporting
    • Stakeholder & authority coordination
    • Commissioning & handover
  3. Interior

    Interior architecture & fit-out

    Interior concepts with signature — from spatial section to material and lighting design to furniture. Deliverable in occupied buildings.

    • Space & lighting concept
    • Material & finishes selection
    • Furnishing & custom built-ins
  4. Owner's Mandate

    From concept to sale

    From site analysis through concept and delivery to marketing. Through my network, developers, investors, agents and specialists are coordinated and integrated — everything from a single source.

    • Site analysis, feasibility & due diligence
    • Concept, planning & delivery
    • Investor & developer integration
    • Marketing & sales
Haura Zahid, founder of Zahid Projects
Haura Zahid Founder & Managing Director

ABOUT  ·  HAURA ZAHID

I guide your project — from the first conversation to handover.

My name is Haura Zahid. My core competency is owner's representation — I deliver your vision on time, within budget, solution-driven and risk-mitigated. With full accountability I orchestrate every project participant, from the first conversation to handover.

For thirteen years I led programmes for Goldman Sachs, Novartis, Lonza, Amazon, IBM and Siemens. Now under my own name — from Zug.

Full curriculum vitae

VALUES  ·  OUR PHILOSOPHY

Six values. One signature.

On building sites, details decide. At board level, values do. Zahid Projects leads projects with the conviction we measure ourselves by.

  1. Quality

    Every detail carries the outcome. We measure ourselves against the building, not the promise.

  2. Trust

    Owner's representation in full accountability — the client always holds the wheel.

  3. Integrity

    Decisions in the project's best interest — even when uncomfortable.

  4. Authenticity

    One voice. One signature. What we promise, we deliver.

  5. Honesty

    Plain speaking, not cosmetics. Risks are named early — never hidden.

  6. Transparency

    Open communication at every level — costs, deadlines and quality always traceable.

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