Weekly Quiz: What happened to Dresden’s Carola Bridge?
19 September 2024
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) The Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany was in the news this week. Why?
- It featured in the latest official music video by Billie Eilish
- Its data is being used for an AI model to assess and prioritize bridge maintenance
- Part of it collapsed
2) Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva has committed his government to finishing the BR-319 road through part of the Amazon rainforest, even though it could speed up deforestation. What reason did he give for his decision?
- Droughts in the region have left rivers unnavigable
- The road will boost tourism to one of the poorest regions of the country
- The projects will boost the Brazilian road-building industry
3) Which US crane manufacturer did Japanese giant Tadano agree to acquire?
- The Manitowoc Company
- Ichabod Crane
- Manitex International
4) US technology giant Oracle has revealed plans to build a gigawatt-scale data centre, powered by what?
- Three small modular nuclear reactors
- 620,000 bifacial solar panels across 1,300 acres in Michigan, US
- 22 billion hamsters all running simultaneously on 6.5-inch diameter wheels
5) This week the UK government added a new entrant to its CNI list of the country’s most critical national infrastructure. What did it add?
- Space ports
- Data centres
- Princess Anne
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