Mesa junior high girls team rules in robotics competition

Seventh-graders Lucy Boyer, Sofia Carroll Covarrubias, Kassidy Lopez, and Payton Maguire are part of an award-winning robotics team at Fremont Junior High. But it’s away from the official competitions that the real battle takes place among these girls. Uh oh, it’s break time, said Boyer’s mom, Julie, as the girls whipped out four yardsticks to balance on their fingertips.
The Ruler Game is one of the girl's favorites to play in the downtime at robotics competitions and practices. Each of them tries to balance the stick the longest. Kassidy always gets the good meter stick and always wins, one of them yelled out as the competition began. It was just another day in the lives of these four long-time northeast Mesa friends, who recently earned some state and regional awards for their Girls Out Loud robotic team.

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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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