Weekly Quiz: What grade does US infrastructure get? How many bridges need to be inspected after collapse?

1) What was the overall grade given to US infrastructure on the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)?

• D-

• C

• B+

2) The £9 billion Lower Thames Crossing, a 14-mile road under the River Thames, connecting the A2 Kent with the M25 motorway in Essex finally got the green light. How long ago was the plan initially proposed?

• 5 years ago (in 2020)

• 8 years ago (in 2017)

• 16 years ago (in 2009)

3) What is unusual about a $3bn data centre campus, the first phase of which Leighton Asia will build in Malaysia’s Cyberjama complex?

• It will be constructed to be ready for liquid cooling, which hasn’t yet entered the mainstream

• It will be powered by geothermal energy

• It will be built underground

4) How many bridges in the US has the National Transportation Safety Board recommended should be inspected, amid an ingoing investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore?

• None

• 24

• 68

5) How did major German construction association Das Deutsche Baugewerbe characterise the news that new construction orders finally increase in January after months of gloom?

• “A brief anomaly likely caused by overenthusiastic spreadsheet usage”

• “A glimmer of hope”

• “A statistical error that distorts reality.”

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