Weekly Quiz: What grade does US infrastructure get? How many bridges need to be inspected after collapse?

Sunset skyline showing a US city with traffic flowing over a bridge. Much of America鈥檚 infrasturcture requires investment (Image: AdobeStock - stock.adobe.com)

It鈥檚 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) What was the overall grade given to US infrastructure on the 2025 Report Card for America鈥檚 Infrastructure, produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)?

  • D-

  • C

  • B+

2) The 拢9 billion Lower Thames Crossing, a 14-mile road under the River Thames, connecting the A2 Kent with the M25 motorway in Essex finally got the green light. How long ago was the plan initially proposed?

  • 5 years ago (in 2020)

  • 8 years ago (in 2017)

  • 16 years ago (in 2009)

3) What is unusual about a $3bn data centre campus, the first phase of which Leighton Asia will build in Malaysia鈥檚 Cyberjama complex?

  • It will be constructed to be ready for liquid cooling, which hasn鈥檛 yet entered the mainstream

  • It will be powered by geothermal energy

  • It will be built underground

4) How many bridges in the US has the National Transportation Safety Board recommended should be inspected, amid an ingoing investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore?

  • None

  • 24

  • 68

5) How did major German construction association Das Deutsche Baugewerbe characterise the news that new construction orders finally increase in January after months of gloom?

  • 鈥淎 brief anomaly likely caused by overenthusiastic spreadsheet usage鈥�

  • 鈥淎 glimmer of hope鈥�

  • 鈥淎 statistical error that distorts reality.鈥�

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