Amey Challenge Cup encourages girls into STEM

Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June, Amey is hosting a series of competitions across the UK, including the Challenge Cup to inspire girls from underprivileged areas into STEM careers
The Challenge Cup was devised to raise awareness in schools of what is involved in an engineering career. It involves teams of girls looking at all aspects of an engineering project, such as designing a section of smart motorway or responding to a bridge collapse, including planning, budgeting and managing risk. The challenge also involves the girls presenting their solutions to senior professionals. While girls continue to study STEM subjects at school just as much as boys representing 48% of the total STEM entries at GCSE and generally outperform boys in the majority of subjects, there is an ongoing imbalance when it comes to undergraduate degrees and jobs in STEM industries.

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Comfort Systems USA Announces Acquisition

Business Wire | February 01, 2024

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. today announced that it has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire Summit Industrial Construction, LLC (“Summit”) headquartered in Houston, Texas. As previously disclosed, Summit is a specialty industrial mechanical contractor offering engineering, design-assist and turnkey, direct hire construction services of modular systems serving the advanced technology, power, and industrial sectors. Summit’s capabilities encompass a wide range of modular and site-based construction, including process piping, equipment setting, large pipe rack trestles, and related steel erection and specialty concrete work. Summit is a trusted supplier to some of the world’s largest advanced technology, power and industrial companies and is currently deployed on several major chip fabrication projects. Initially, Summit is expected to contribute annualized revenues of approximately $375 million to $400 million, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of $35 million to $40 million. In light of the amortization expense, Summit is expected to make a neutral to slightly accretive contribution to earnings per share in 2024 and 2025. Brian Lane, Comfort Systems USA’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are delighted to announce the closing of our agreement to acquire Summit, an extremely capable provider of modular and other complex mechanical services. Summit brings a stellar reputation as a modular technology leader in growing end markets, including multiple ongoing and large semiconductor projects. We are happy to welcome Summit’s wonderful leadership team and excellent production and craft workers across many states, and we are confident Summit will continue to innovate and grow as a part of our network of world-class contracting companies. We are grateful that Summit has chosen to become part of Comfort Systems USA.”

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