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Weekly Quiz: What’s behind Volvo CE’s crawler excavator investment? | $20bn data centre plan
12 June 2025
Volvo’s new excavators offer improved visibility and include easy-to-use features to reduce operator fatigue. (PHOTO: Volvo)
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) Doka has introduced a new artificial intelligence tool, which is now being used at 50 locations worldwide. What does it do?
- It automates counting and identifying returned formwork and scaffolding items with over 98% accuracy.
- It predicts concrete curing time based on embedded sensor data.
- It enables fully autonomous robotic assembly of formwork panels.
2) What reason did Mexico’s government give for announcing a $6.6 billion spending programme on its airports?
- To comply with new international aviation safety regulations.
- To prepare for hosting a forthcoming major international soccer event.
- New economic conditions facing the country
3) Which consortium has been named as the preferred bidder to build the UK’s first small modular nuclear reactor (SMR)?
- Rolls Royce SMR
- GE–Hitachi Nuclear Energy International
- Westinghouse Electric Company
4) What is the primary objective behind Volvo CE’s announcement that it is making a US$260 million investment in crawler-excavator production?
- To increase global export capacity from Sweden.
- To develop a new electric crawler excavator series.
- To localise production, reducing supply chain vulnerabilities and cutting carbon emissions.
5) In which US state is Amazon planning to invest $20 billion in the construction of a series of large-scale data centres?
- Pennsylvania
- North Carolina
- Texas (FBI)
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