Visionary Client of the Year
Trans African Concessions
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RECOGNITION
fficially formed in 1996,
engineers and the construction industry
technology to advance design capabilities.
Trans African Concessions
at large.
One such project made use of ordinary drone
(TRAC) is a privately owned
TRAC provides numerous opportunities
photography and advanced point cloud
company that manages the
for consulting engineers to grow their
design software to build a 3D reality mesh.
N4 Toll Route from the Solomon Mahlangu
capabilities, present innovative design
These highly advanced models – which were
Drive Interchange in Tshwane (Gauteng), to
solutions and develop their professionals.
developed by one of TRAC’s engineering
Maputo Port in Mozambique.
An example of this was on one of its
firms – were used during the concept design
flagship projects, where it appointed
phase of the project.
TRAC became an essential element of
What’s more, TRAC make use of an
the Maputo Corridor Spatial Development
various consulting engineering firms to
Initiative after signing a 30-year concession
each develop up to three conceptual
advanced pavement management system to
contract in 1997. The contract ensures
design proposals for a greenfield system
continuously manage and monitor its road
that TRAC manages the N4 Toll Route in
interchange in an extremely challenging
pavement infrastructure. The company has
conjunction with the South African
topographical environment.
implemented electronic counting stations
National Roads Agency Limited and its
TRAC recently appointed a team of
and weigh-in-motion systems along the
Mozambican counterpart, Administração
consulting engineers to collectively develop
entire route to monitor and manage traffic
Nacional de Estradas.
a master plan for the future development of
volumes and heavy vehicle overloading.
The build, operate and transfer contract
the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC).
The company also places a key emphasis on
expires on 5 February 2028 and represents a
With the assistance of the engineers, TRAC
road safety along the N4 Toll Route through
benchmark public-private partnership with
developed the entire MDC (from Tshwane
its 24-hour helpdesk and systematic, highly
the governments of South Africa
to Maputo) into a traffic micro-simulation
visible road safety campaigns.
and Mozambique.
model. It further developed a 3D digital
TRAC’s involvement in social and
terrain model, horizontal and vertical
As a visionary, TRAC is constantly improving and advancing its operations independent of
entrepreneurial development, job creation
alignment, and georeferenced high-
any one person or idea. Guided by its
and training, and skills transfer in a variety of
quality aerial images for the entire route
core values, core purpose and visionary
fields in the construction industry has made
to support future planning, including the
goals, TRAC has made, and will continue to
a significant impact – not only in the lives
MDC master plan.
make, an imprint on the communities that
of ordinary citizens, but also through the opportunities afforded to local consulting
TRAC encourages and supports innovative design, including the use of cutting-edge
it serves as a gold standard client in the engineering industry.
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