Weekly Quiz: How big would new Man Utd stadium be? | Why were Chinese firms disqualified from ship tunnel?

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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