High schoolers descend on USU for Engineering State

More than 200 high school students from all over the country are spending the week at Utah State University for a summer camp called Engineering State, where they’ll get a taste of the life of an engineering student. They’ll also explore a question that’s surprisingly difficult for the average person to answer: What does an engineer actually do?
“It’s a challenge we have in engineering, that many people don’t even really understand what engineering is, but then they really don’t know what the various disciplines are,” said Kurt Becker, faculty adviser for Engineering State.
Utah State’s College of Engineering teaches seven different disciplines of engineering, ranging from biological engineering to mechanical and aerospace engineering. Depending on which discipline an engineer works in, they could spend their days doing anything from creating new medications, to designing manufacturing machines, to designing infrastructures like bridges and tunnels.

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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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