Gautrain receives certificate of merit

28 Oct 2011

The Gautrain Rapid-Rail Link has been awarded a certificate of merit for technical excellence in the Johannesburg Branch Project Awards 2010/2011 by the South African Institute for Civil Engineering (SAICE).

As the independent certifier of the Gautrain, the award is one of many that recognises Arup’s involvement in ensuring the successful delivery of South Africa’s first high speed rail network, linking the country’s commercial and legislative capitals of Pretoria and Johannesburg.

“We are very pleased with the success of this project and are quite excited as it will now be entered into the SAICE National Awards in the category of technical excellence.”

-Ric Snowden, project director

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Beth Hurran

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Emedia@arup.com

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