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Weekly Quiz: How big would new Man Utd stadium be? | Why were Chinese firms disqualified from ship tunnel?
13 March 2025
A digital render of how the proposed new Manchester United stadium could look (Image: Foster + Partners)
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) How many seats would a proposed new £1 billion stadium for Manchester United Football Club in the UK have?
- 50,000
- 100,000
- 125,000
2) A Chinese manufacturer has announced that it is going to start mass production of an electric variant of what type of machine?
- Backhoe loader
- Skid steer loader
- Wheeled loader
3) What presents the biggest opportunity for the construction industry in 2025, according to Ferrovial Construction’s CEO Ignacio Gastón?
- Technology
- Data centres
- The energy transition
4) Which country announced changes to its permanent residency programme for immigrant construction workers, in an attempt to tackle labour shortages?
- Australia
- Canada
- India
5) What reason did Norway’s Kystverket give for not inviting two Chinese consortia to bid for the construction of the world-first Stad Ship Tunnel, after both expressed an interest?
- Kystverket received legal advice that European Union procurement rules prohibited the selection of non-EEA contractors for publicly funded infrastructure projects
- The two excluded bidders did not document sufficient experience of a relevant nature or complexity, according to an assessment
- Norway required all bidders to have at least one decade of experience working on maritime infrastructure projects within Scandinavia
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