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New Civil Engineer does the Big Fat Quiz of the Year powered by Wavin: Round Two

Welcome to Day Two and Round Two of the Big Quiz!

Today's questions relate to events that made the news in New Civil Engineer from June to September this year.

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* 1. Which infamous entrepreneur sent Cowi director Ian Firth’s Twitter feed “crazy” for a week in June this year?

Lord Sugar

Elon Musk

James Dyson

Mark Zuckerberg

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* 2. A surprisingly highlight of the year was England’s progress to the semi finals of the World Cup in Russia. England’s success was in part attributed to way the stadium where they were to beat Colombia in the last 16 was designed to make the players “feel right at home”. What did the designer do?

Copy the Wembley arch

Bring the stands as close to the pitch as possible

Copy the design of the Emirates

Include sections of "safe standing" terracing

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* 3. Sunderland’s iconic Northern Spire opened in August this year after months of delays. What were the delays blamed on?

An unbuildable design

The wrong kind of steel

The Beast from the East

Brexit

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* 4. Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne bowed out after four years at the helm in August this year. In doing so we learnt his surprisingly appropriate middle name. What is it?

Isambard

Robert Stephen

Power

Rocket

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* 5. What did Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan urge suppliers to do if they wanted to win work with him when interviewed by New Civil Engineer in August?

Offer more competitive prices

Provide more innovative ideas

Stop using plastic cups at water coolers

Stop using diesel plant

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* 6. Who said this and what were they talking about?

“We need to work with communities so they recognise that not only do they have to live with it but they have a part to play in reducing the consequences.”

High Speed 2's Terry Morgan on living with noise of trains

Environment Agency’s Clare Dinnis, on dealing with flood risk

Tideway's Andy Mitchell on London's wastewater

Heathrow's John Holland Kaye on the environmental impacts of flying

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* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about:

“There’s very clearly an appetite for change but it still seems frustratingly slow at the moment. It doesn’t feel like everyone’s on a bus that’s going in the same direction.”

Wavin’s Martin Lambley talking about the use of sustainable drainage solutions

Bentley's Greg Bentley talking about adoption of technology in civil engineering

Network Rail's outgoing CEO Mark Carne, talking about diversity in construction

HS2's Mark Thurston, talking about making HS2 more affordable

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* 8. The world’s first plastic cycle path made of recycled bottles, cups and packaging opened this September in the Netherlands. At 30m long how many plastic cup equivalents does it use?

2,180

21,800

218,000

2.18 million

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* 9. Who said this and what was he talking about:

“In June we started to feel that we had a significant schedule challenge… but still thought we could deliver by December.”

Simon Wright, then Crossrail CEO, talking about the (then) one year delay to Crossrail’s opening

Mark Thurston, HS2 CEO, talking about agreeing prices for civils contracts by the end of the year

Hartmut Mehdorn, CEO of Berlin Brandenburg airport on the spectacularly delayed opening

Vincent de Rivaz, CEO of Hinkley Point C, on EdF's other nuclear project at Flammanville

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* 10. Who said this?

I came to the point of thinking that engineers should stop designing projects; we need people who understand how people will use those assets before engineers get involved.

HS2's design panel chair and architect Sadie Morgan

Developer LandSec's Beth West

Infrastructure enthusiast Lord Adonis

Highways England's Lower Thames Crossing chief Tim Jones

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* 1. Which infamous entrepreneur sent Cowi director Ian Firth’s Twitter feed “crazy” for a week in June this year?

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* 3. Sunderland’s iconic Northern Spire opened in August this year after months of delays. What were the delays blamed on?

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* 4. Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne bowed out after four years at the helm in August this year. In doing so we learnt his surprisingly appropriate middle name. What is it?

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* 5. What did Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan urge suppliers to do if they wanted to win work with him when interviewed by New Civil Engineer in August?

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* 6. Who said this and what were they talking about?“We need to work with communities so they recognise that not only do they have to live with it but they have a part to play in reducing the consequences.”

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* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about:“There’s very clearly an appetite for change but it still seems frustratingly slow at the moment. It doesn’t feel like everyone’s on a bus that’s going in the same direction.”

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* 8. The world’s first plastic cycle path made of recycled bottles, cups and packaging opened this September in the Netherlands. At 30m long how many plastic cup equivalents does it use?

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* 9. Who said this and what was he talking about:“In June we started to feel that we had a significant schedule challenge… but still thought we could deliver by December.”

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* 10. Who said this?I came to the point of thinking that engineers should stop designing projects; we need people who understand how people will use those assets before engineers get involved.

* 6. Who said this and what were they talking about?

“We need to work with communities so they recognise that not only do they have to live with it but they have a part to play in reducing the consequences.”

* 7. Who said this and what were they talking about:

“There’s very clearly an appetite for change but it still seems frustratingly slow at the moment. It doesn’t feel like everyone’s on a bus that’s going in the same direction.”

* 9. Who said this and what was he talking about:

“In June we started to feel that we had a significant schedule challenge… but still thought we could deliver by December.”

* 10. Who said this?

I came to the point of thinking that engineers should stop designing projects; we need people who understand how people will use those assets before engineers get involved.