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Weekly Quiz: Delhi work halt | Saudi’s biggest stadium | California seawall

Digital render of the planned King Salman stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Digital render of the planned King Salman stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Image: Populous)

It’s the Construction Briefing weekly news quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of construction over the past seven days?

1) New designs have been unveiled for the King Salman stadium in Saudi Arabia, which will be the Kingdom’s biggest stadium and one of the world’s largest. What is its planned capacity?

  • 92,000 people
  • 84,000 people
  • 113,000 people

2) Why was nearly all construction work in India’s capital Delhi halted this week?

  • As part of a ‘No Noise Pollution’ campaign
  • Because public finances fell to a critically low level
  • As part of efforts to curb dangerously high levels of air pollution

3) What major infrastructure project was signed off in the US state of California last week?

  • A new phase of the California High Speed Railway Line that finally links San Francisco with Los Angeles
  • A dedicated bus lane running the entire length of the Pacific Coast Highway
  • A 3,200-foot-long buried seawall

4) Which company that oversees a multi-billion-dollar set of construction projects saw the sudden departure and replacement of its CEO last week?

  • The UK’s HS2
  • Saudi Arabia’s Neom
  • Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects

5) What subsector of construction did Spain-based construction company Ferrovial signal it wanted to target with the appointment of a new division CEO?

  • Data centres
  • Airports
  • Spaceports

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