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GAUTENG PROVINCE

25. Council for Scientific and Industrial ◊ Below: Gauteng freeway system
research or CSIr is home to the major South African ◊ Bottom: Council for Scientifc and Industrial Research
research entities and is situated just east of the
University of Pretoria. Several civil engineering projects
have been introduced here over time and at present
Building Technology and Transportation related research
are still providing cutting edge results. A recent project
featuring ultra-thin concrete paving methods for roads
is already making waves and might change the way in
which roads are constructed in an economically viable
manner.

25°56’29.81” S, 28°09’02.75” E

26. Corporate South Africa offices and ware-
houses line the strips adjacent to the Gauteng freeway
system. It could be ventured that almost any impor-
tant company in South Africa has a building fronting on
the freeway, making full use of the exposure to millions Gauteng also features two unique fuel filling stations
of people commuting along the freeway. In a sense it that bridge the freeway sporting restaurants in the
could be claimed that the civil engineering service in bridge part of the structure. In this case Total and
terms of transportation has provided a huge spin off in Caltex operate the filling stations on the N1. Air space
terms of providing advertising opportunities. Many of over the freeway is therefore put to good use and in
these buildings are commercial by nature and as such addition provides visual relief from the normal freeway
are steel structures cladded with a variety of materials. view from a vehicle. Patrons at the restaurants in turn
In other cases structural glass walls grace the entrance have a bird’s eye view of the passing parade of vehicles
structures. underneath.

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