Weekly quiz: What are construction workers in the Antarctic due to do for the first time?

A construction company has been awarded a nearly $50 million contract to repair which San Francisco landmark?

• The Golden Gate Bridge (seismic retrofit)
• The main prison building on Alcatraz Island
• The Coit Tower

The average hourly earnings for construction workers in the United States increased to how much in June?

• $29.21
• $35.64
• $37.83

The Pier A construction project, part of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport expansion now won’t be complete until 2027. The budget has also risen but to how much?

• €568 million
• €1.02 billion
• €1.4 billion

JCB claims to have taken a “major step” on its hydrogen engine journey as it unveiled what at the Hillhead show in the UK?

• A new concept hydrogen generator
• A hydrogen-powered backhoe loader
• A hydrogen-fuelled monster truck

What are joiners and electricians working for BAM at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station set to do for the first time this year?

• Trial prototype heated hard hats
• Promote construction careers to penguins
• ‘Overwinter’ in the station to advance interior fit-out works

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