In mid-March, the cantonal government and the cantonal master builder jointly waved the spade at the ceremonial “groundbreaking “. Meanwhile, somewhat more efficient digging tools have continued the excavation, the first piles are being set – the start of the extensive expansion of the Bachtel Enforcement Centre in Ringwil. Five years after the success in the competition, the project “Das Gehöft” of the VZ Bachtel Loewensberg Gross Ghisleni consortium in cooperation with Lüchinger+Meyer civil engineers can now move towards its realisation. By 2021, the five new buildings for prison, work and agricultural operations are to be completed and will be available to the 94 inmates in open prison and around 50 employees.