Senate Reviews Cybersecurity Threats to US Water Systems

Officials and water sector professionals warned of ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s water and wastewater utility infrastructure at a Senate hearing on escalating cyber attacks against U.S. utilities and water-management organizations. 

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Construction Economics for July 26, 2021

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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MTA Aims to Bring Subway Tunnel Robotic Drill Rig to Bid

After a successful trial of a railcar-mounted robot to drill holes for tunnel cable racks, the MTA is putting together an open bidding process for vendors to further develop a robot drill rig for use in New York City’s subway tunnels.

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Fla. Collapse Prompts Interest in Non-Destructive Testing

When news came of the collapse of the Champlain Towers residential high-rise in Surfside, Fla., Pouria Ghods thought back to another fatal collapse, almost exactly nine years earlier at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario.
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