Construction project management in Geneva
Planning building work? Apartment, house or building renovation, a new storey or a roof extension, running the project is our job.
HMG Construction Management SA, an independent firm founded in Geneva in 2014, manages building work in the City of Geneva. For an apartment, a whole building, offices or a shop, the firm draws up the plans, files the permit application as a registered MPQ agent, prices the project, appoints the contractors and runs the site to SIA standards.
What kind of work in the City of Geneva?
The City of Geneva is by far the most populous municipality in this series of pages. Its OCSTAT municipal profile gives 210,601 residents at the end of 2025 on 1,589 hectares, or 13,150 residents per km2. The OCSTAT table of residential buildings counts 7,284 buildings at 31 December 2025.
Here the single-family house is the exception. There are 672 of them, fewer than one building in ten. The other 6,612 residential buildings hold several dwellings. The stock is also old, with 3,486 buildings from before 1946, close to half, against 571 built after 2000. A project in the city therefore usually concerns an apartment or an old building, with neighbours, a régie (managing agent) or a PPE (condominium), and rules specific to housing.
The official City of Geneva website presents the municipal services.
Permits in Geneva
In a residential building, the LDTR, the Geneva law on demolition, conversion and renovation of housing, governs work carried out inside dwellings. It has to be taken into account when the project is defined, before any drawing is made.
As for procedure, the cantonal page on permit types provides the fast-track route, known as APA, for interior changes to an existing building. Applications under the ordinary procedure are as a rule filed by a professional on the MPQ register, as the page Je prépare ma demande (in French) points out. The detail is in our guide to building permits and procedures in Geneva.
Types of work in Geneva
- Apartment renovation, the first need in a municipality with 6,612 multi-dwelling buildings.
- Bathroom renovation, often tied to the service risers of an old building.
- Kitchen renovation, to be coordinated with the régie or the PPE.
- Office fit-out, for professional premises.
- Shop fit-out, for street-level units and retail space.
- Facade renovation, a recurring subject when nearly one building in two predates 1946.
How HMG manages your project in Geneva
Whether you are an owner, a condominium or a managing agent, you choose the scope of the appointment. HMG can take on everything, plans and permit application included. If an architect has designed the project and obtained the permit, the firm picks up the file at that stage and manages construction alongside them.
In the city, the site is almost always inside an occupied building. The firm therefore prepares access, protection of the common areas and notices to occupants before the first day of work, then sets a schedule that each contractor commits to. HMG has managed six roof extensions on buildings in Geneva and Meyrin, one of them in timber, as well as renovations of hotels, restaurants, clinics and offices. Six project sheets located within the City are published on this website.
Other municipalities in the canton
The City of Geneva is a sector on its own. The firm also offers project management in the large municipalities of the canton, six of which are listed here.
Projects by HMG in Geneva
Frequently asked questions
How many residential buildings are there in the City of Geneva?
OCSTAT counts 7,284 at 31 December 2025, of which only 672 are single-family houses. 3,486 of these buildings went up before 1946. Renovating old multi-dwelling buildings is therefore the most frequent case.
Can you renovate an apartment without a permit?
It depends on the nature of the work and the status of the dwelling. Interior changes to an existing building fall under the fast-track procedure, and the LDTR governs work in the dwellings of residential buildings. The firm reviews your case before any commitment.
Who informs the managing agent and the neighbours?
The firm does, as part of site preparation. It agrees access, working hours and protection of the common areas with the régie or the PPE administrator, then informs the occupants.
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