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ABC Carports was established in 1968 and has built metal carports and steel patio covers all over Houston and Gulf Coast area. ABC Carports is there for our customers whether a first time buyer or repeat client. Our customers know that ABC Carports is always there for them, providing the best quality and service available. ABC Carports specializes in custom steel carports, metal patio covers and awnings.

Our trained staff at ABC Carports are experts in designing metal carports, awnings or steel patio covers that meet your specifications and needs. ABC Carport has thousands of customers throughout the Houston and Gulf Coast area that trust us. ABC Carports builds more than steel carports, metal patio covers and awnings. We also build RV covers, Boat covers, coverings with walls to replace garages, walk covers, porch covers, and storage areas.

A custom built steel patio cover creates a comfortable area to entertain your friends, spend time with your family or just relax after a long dayin any weather. Adding a covered metal patio in your backyard is a great way to extend your outdoor living area while staying protected from the sun and rain. Why not let ABC Carports design and build a custom steel patio cover for your backyard?

ABC Carports steel patio coverings will retain its look with little to no maintenance for years to come. Our steel patios are a popular choice for protection from the elements and insects. Metal patios are very popular with our clients and give shade and protection for animals as well as friends and loved ones. Because we custom build our steel patios and metal awnings, they can have a flat roof with a slight drop or gabled to match the roof line of your home. They can be attached to the fascia of your roof or be freestanding (stand alone). The post can be put in the ground in concrete or be attached to the existing slab.

Steel patio covers are built using the same materials and installation as our metal carports. We also build metal patio covers to cover bar-b-que pits or childrens play areas. We can build steel smoke covers or metal coverings for picnic areas. We can cover Guard Shacks, Community Mail Boxes, dog kennels and more. Because of the versatility and the durability of our products, ABC Carports is the right choice for all your metal covering needs.

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The Nugget Casino in Reno undertook the sign renovation as a part of a bold commitment to transforming the property. Casino ownership recognized the importance of leveraging the high exposure of their location on the Interstate. Knowing this was their cornerstone-messaging platform to the area, a portion of the propertys advertising funds were repurposed to support the project.

The Nugget pylon stands 98 high and is 55 wide. Project requirements included replacing the existing messaging display with a new state-of-the-art LED Dynamic Video & Graphic Display measuring 25 high and 45 wide. Other executables included refacing the large Lexan cabinet ends and pole covers, installing new channel letters with changeable color LED illumination and replacing existing neon trim with dimmable LED accent lighting. The display and lighting elements are programmable remotely.

We are pleased to have been a part of this marquee sign project in the Reno area, said Robb Walker, CEO of Nordquist Sign. It represents our first engagement with the Nugget Casino and our biggest project in the Reno area.

The team at Nordquist Sign collaborated with our renovation team and was very responsive to our needs, said Carlton Geer, President and CEO of The Nugget. Nordquist recognized the need for a signature sign that served two communications purposes, a welcome to our customers as they arrived, and an advertising platform for the significant daily traffic.

About Nordquist Sign & Lawrence Sign Nordquist Sign has been fabricating and installing interior and exterior signage, architectural elements and way-finding signage for more than 100 years. Nordquists customer base and scope of work includes custom signage and environmental graphics for hospitals, sports facilities, themed entertainment, corporate/financial and mass transit industries. Nordquist Sign also maintains a gaming division with offices in Las Vegas, NV and St. Paul, MN to serve casino gaming markets throughout the United States.

For more than 80 years, Lawrence Sign has been assisting prominent companies to grow with new locations coast to coast with their multi-site sign programs. Lawrence Sign proactively manages every aspect of their customers sign programs including design, regulatory compliance, fabrication and installation and ongoing maintenance.

Lawrence Sign utilizes advanced technologies and expansive facilities to provide direct in-house control of the entire sign fabrication process. The Company excels at serving companies with a multi-site national and international presence.

In early 2012, Lawrence Sign combined with Nordquist Sign to unite the unique resources and capabilities of the two companies. Together, Lawrence Sign and Nordquist Sign offer their clients over 175 years of experience in sign manufacturing and installation for all facets of the signage industry.

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First-of-its-kind modeling and simulation tool validates requirements at specification before system design begins

Embedded World, Nrnberg, Germany Argosim, the first software company to provide tools that validate real-time systems requirements, introduces STIMULUS, a modeling and simulation environment to edit, debug, and test requirements. With STIMULUS, system architects can now verify requirements before the design phase even begins, reducing specification errors, process iterations, and compliance costs for industries battling the rising costs of certification.

In a typical software project, 40 to 60 percent of design bugs are caused by faulty requirements that lead to additional testing and re-debugging. STIMULUS bridges design and requirement engineering tools by using simulation to test and check textual specifications, enabling engineers to detect incorrect or conflicting requirements. The tool features a high-level modeling language that formalizes natural language requirements and a simulation engine that generates and analyzes executable traces to test requirements.

STIMULUS enables system integrators of real-time safety-critical systems, including aerospace, rail, automotive, energy, and industrial safety, to deliver correct, unambiguous requirements that comply with IEEE 830. System architects can generate and observe many execution traces that verify requirements, define generic test scenarios and debug requirements against realistic inputs, and generate numerous test vectors for software-in-the-loop validation. Then, by supplying these verified requirements to their subcontractors, the system integrators significantly reduce the amount of rework, schedule bloat, and cost of a typical safety-critical system.

Companies face unprecedented pressures. Increased system complexity and litigation calls for more rigorous industry compliance, but companies need to achieve this with shorter time to market and reduced cost, said Fabien Gaucher, CEO of Argosim. Achieving these goals is possible only if companies strip out the amount of rework currently done when requirements are found to be faulty only after coding and testing. STIMULUS gives development teams a chance to disrupt that error-prone development cycle and to make requirements right the first time.

EDF Identifies STIMULUS Advantage As the worlds largest producer of electricity, EDF is highly dependent on nuclear power, generating more than 60 GWe annually from nearly 60 nuclear reactors, said Thuy Nguyen, senior R&D engineer, lectricit de France. Our systems must therefore comply with rigorous safety-critical standards. STIMULUS makes it possible to validate our functional system requirements early and independently from all design choices made by third-party subcontractors.

Argosim Presents Drone Requirements Demo and Paper at Embedded World 2015 Visit Hall 4, Stand 236 during Embedded World 2015 to see a demonstration of STIMULUS used to validate the takeoff procedure of an intelligent drone that autonomously tracks and films moving people equipped with a mobile phone. Additionally, attend Argosim CTO Dr. Bertrand Jeannets presentation, Debugging Real-Time Systems Requirements: Simulate the What Before the How, held on Thursday, Feb. 24, 16:3017:00.

About Argosim Argosim is a privately held software vendor that provides innovative simulation tools that, for the first time, make it possible to validate requirements early in the embedded system design process. By making requirements engineering simple and reliable, Argosims STIMULUS tool enables software and test engineers to reduce costly iterations of their development process. Located in Grenoble, France, Argosim consists of talented, experienced, and enthusiastic people from startups, worldwide software companies, and research labs. For more information, visit http://www.argosim.com.

Argosim contact: Yves Gnevaux +33 6 4545 6280 yves.genevaux@argosim.com

Argosim and STIMULUS are trademarks of Argosim. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. 2015 Argosim.

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Architects for the Chartiers Valley middle and high school complex are looking for community feedback even as they continue to review schematic designs for the project.

Drawing board sketches plastered with red-penned drawings and comments signifying changes were discussed at last Thursday's community update meeting.

We're getting an understanding of what (teachers) need to do their job effectively, said Matt Hanson, an associate with IKM Inc., a Downtown-based architecture firm leading the project. We're paying more attention to what's inside the walls rather than the walls.

Hanson presented an updated 3D tour of the school. The most significant structural changes since January's meeting included a bridge connecting the middle school to the high school's performing arts wing and the addition of 60 parking spots.

Previously, middle-school students would have needed to walk outside to access the shared performing arts wing.

The community very clearly said students walking outside to get to the arts classes wasn't OK, so that physical connection was added, Superintendant Brian White said.

As far as parking, the school was expected to lose 40 of 716 spots in a lot that has previously been criticized for having too few spaces. Less space would have also eliminated the marching band's summer practice lot. But community feedback led to architects rearranging the location of the parking lot, while also shaping it as a mock size mini-field to allow the band to continue utilizing it when the stadium is in use.

Also brought into the discussion last week was the possibility of renovating the school's auditorium which was built in 1973 and in need of updates.

Some needed changes include seating view rearrangements, improved stage condition, acoustics and better accessibility to those with disabilities.

Commissioners voted to approve examining possible changes at last Tuesday's meeting after White mentioned that some were disappointed that fine arts department updates weren't addressed.

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