Engineering and construction firm website cost in Montreux: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Montreux, a website for an engineering and construction firm built by an agency on the Riviera or in Lausanne costs, as a 2026 order of magnitude, between 10 000 and 35 000 CHF, and more with site video, a large project archive or a client area. Kolonell delivers trade pages, completed projects, careers and a qualified project inquiry form at a fixed price of 2 700, 4 500 or 8 200 CHF, written natively in French, with an English version available from Premium. To decide, compare the three-year total cost and what each offer plans for before and after photography, which Kolonell does not shoot on site.

This version is written for the English-speaking owners and partners of engineering and construction firms in Montreux and on the Vaud Riviera; the primary version is in French, with the same figures.

How much does a construction firm website cost on the Riviera?

The figures below are cautious orders of magnitude, not official rates. They rely on public price lists of agencies on the Vaud Riviera and in Lausanne, on minimum project sizes shown on Clutch.co profiles, on hourly rates published by French-speaking Swiss agencies (often 120 to 190 CHF per hour) and on rates displayed by Swiss freelancers on Malt or Upwork.

A project manager follows you in your time zone: Google Meet calls at the hour that suits your site managers, a written update each week. The team is based in Senegal (GMT), hence one to two hours of difference with Montreux depending on the season. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff, 50 % on delivery, domain registered in your name. The full packages are on our international offer.

What does a Vaud Riviera firm need online?

Between Vevey, Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz and Villeneuve, the construction market is shaped by renovation. Belle Époque hotels and apartment buildings, villas on steep plots, condominiums to bring up to energy standards, retaining structures: clients are private owners (many of them English-speaking foreign residents), property managers, condominium boards, hotels and the Riviera municipalities. The site's first job is to reassure them that the firm can work in old, occupied buildings.

• Clear trade pages: general contracting, structural works, energy renovation, masonry and reinforced concrete, civil works, site management, structural design if you offer it.
• Completed projects as sheets, with before and after photos, building type, duration and constraints (occupied building, difficult access, slope). Only with the owner's agreement; anonymise private villas.
• An energy renovation page explaining your role around the CECB building energy certificate and cantonal subsidy programmes, without promising any subsidy amount.
• The labels and certifications you actually hold: Minergie for certified projects, ISO 9001 or 45001 only if certified, engineers listed in the REG register, SIA members.
• Health and safety on site, presented soberly, with no invented incident rate.
• Careers for site managers, foremen and engineers, profiles in high demand in French-speaking Switzerland.
• A project inquiry form: property address, type of works, desired timing, attached documents.

Public contracts from Vaud municipalities and the canton go through simap.ch under the intercantonal agreement (AIMP). The site should let an evaluator download your reference sheet in one click.

On compliance: the Swiss nLPD has applied since 1 September 2023 to forms, received CVs and analytics tools. If you target owners living in the European Union, the GDPR may also come into play. WCAG 2.1 AA remains the technical accessibility reference expected by many public clients. This is not legal advice.

Which Kolonell package fits the size of the firm?

German or Italian are supplied by you or quoted separately. A client area for site tracking, an extranet for condominium boards or an ERP integration are custom applications, quoted on request, as is ongoing SEO.

How much over three years, with equal assumptions?

Kolonell maintenance beyond the included support is quoted separately, so we used the same assumption on both sides. Have each provider fill in this table to see the real gaps.

Which questions should you ask before signing?

• Who writes the trade pages, and how many review rounds are planned?
• Are site photos licensed for web, print and tender files?
• Are the domain and hosting in your name, with all access handed over?
• How are galleries optimised to stay fast on a phone on 4G above Montreux?
• Where are applications stored, and for how long?
• What does adding one completed project cost after delivery?

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Sophie M. has just taken over her family's 40-person general contracting firm in Montreux. She is changing the name and visual identity and wants a bilingual site to reach English-speaking owners on the Riviera. A local agency offers 22 000 CHF, delivered in 12 weeks, with optional drone footage. Kolonell offers Premium at 8 200 CHF, bilingual FR/EN, delivered on a written 5-week plan.

With 2 500 CHF of photography in both cases, Sophie compares 24 500 CHF and 10 700 CHF, a 13 800 CHF difference. She keeps an honest caveat: if she wants site video shot and edited by the same provider as the website, the local agency is simpler. She chooses Kolonell and books a Vevey videographer separately the following spring.

FAQ

What budget for a construction firm website in Montreux?

As a 2026 order of magnitude, 10 000 to 35 000 CHF with a local agency and 3 500 to 10 000 CHF with a freelancer. Kolonell offers 2 700, 4 500 or 8 200 CHF at a fixed price.

Can the site be in French and English?

Yes, the bilingual FR/EN version is included in Premium at 8 200 CHF, written natively in both languages. German or Italian are supplied by you or quoted separately.

Does Kolonell come to photograph our sites?

No, Kolonell does no on-site shooting. A Riviera photographer often costs 1 200 to 2 500 CHF per day; we prepare the list of images to produce.

Can we track our projects through the site?

A client area for site tracking is a custom application, quoted separately. The website itself is delivered in 3 to 4 weeks for Starter and Growth.

How long does support last?

Three months after launch, six months in Premium. Payment is 50 % at kickoff and 50 % on delivery.

Let's scope your project. Send us your trades, six publishable projects and your target languages, and we will propose a fixed-price package delivered in 3 to 4 weeks. Request your free quote or see the international offer.