The company's purpose is to operate a construction business; the purchase and sale of real estate, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE; the manufacture and trade of construction materials as well as the rental of construction machinery. The company may also engage in any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.