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Ukraine Has Captured Three of Russia’s Giant Engineering Vehicles … – Forbes
A Russian army BAT-2.
As Russias winter offensive peters out in the ruins of Bakhmut and Vuhledar, in eastern Ukraines Donbas region, Ukraine is preparing to seize the initiativeand launch a counteroffensive.
Keep a lookout for Ukraines ex-Russian BAT-2 armored engineering vehicles. Its possible the hulking AEVs are about to become very useful.
The Russians knew this time would come. Starting last fall, they began digging in eastern and southern Ukraine. Laying mines, stringing up razor wire, digging anti-tank trenches and building bunkers.
These fortifications stretch for hundreds of miles along the Ukraine front. Holding them will be the Russians main task. Breaching them will be the Ukrainians main task.
A breach is one of the most complex and dangerous missions in land warfare. Engineers must clear a lane through minefields, fill or bridge trenches then excavate earthen berms. And they have to do it quickly, while under fire.
To give the sappers a fighting chance, armies deploy armored engineering vehicles theyve optimized for breaching.
The best breaching vehicles can clear mines, fill trenches and excavate berms, all while deflecting small arms fire and artillery shrapnel. Examples include Germanys Dachs, the American Assault Breacher and Russias BAT-2.
It should come as no surprise that, as Ukraines allies supply equipment for the coming counteroffensive, breaching vehicles have been a top priority. The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden together have pledged to Ukraine dozens of specialized AEVs.
Ironically, the Russians have helped out, too. When Russia widened its war on Ukraine back in February 2022, a host of AEVs led the way. As the Russian advance faltered and regiments retreated to the current front line, they left behind nearly 200 of these specialist vehicles. Many of them now work for Ukraine.
Among the engineering vehicles Russian forces abandoned in Ukraine last year are no fewer than three BAT-2s.
The 40-ton BAT-2 adds a dozer blade, a soil-ripping spike, a two-ton crane and a crew compartment for eight people onto the lower hull and suspension of a T-64 tank.
The BAT-2 uses its huge, hull-mounted blade to clear a path through minefields, fill trenches and smash through berms and other obstacles.
Its not for no reason that, when hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets in Minsk and other cities to protest their authoritarian government back in 2020, the Russian army deployed at least one BAT-2 in Minsk. Its job: to punch through the protestors barricades.
Russias BAT-2s met their match in Ukraine. The vehicles are powerful and versatile. But theyre also slow and lightly armored. A BAT-2 like any armored engineering vehicle requires close protection from infantry and tanks. If the infantry and tanks retreat, they risk leaving behind their attached AEVs.
Whether the Ukrainian army makes better use of its BAT-2s than the Russian army did comes down to leadership and discipline. A breach is a classic combined-arms operation. That is, it requires infantry, tankers and engineers to work together.
The Russian army in Ukraine has neglected combined armsand paid for it with heavy losses. The Ukrainian armys own battlefield practices are more sound, thanks in large part to intensive training alongside NATO forces. But the coming breaching ops might be the real test of the Ukrainians combined-arms prowess.
If theres a flaw in Ukrainian preparations for the coming counteroffensive, its a lack of material depth. Kyivs ammunition stocks are dangerously low. And it has too few of its best vehicles.
Its unclear whether the Ukrainian army inherited any working BAT-2s from the Soviet army when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The three BAT-2s that the Ukrainians captured from the Russians might be the only BAT-2s in Kyivs inventory.
In Russian army doctrine, engineers attached to a battalion tactical group form a movement support detachment that trails behind the first line of tanks. Each detachment has four BAT-2s. Three BAT-2s are too few to equip even a single battalion to the Russian standard.
Breaching vehicles work fastest when they work together. An understrength BAT-2 detachment would work slower than a full-strength detachment would. And it would lose capability quickly with every vehicle that gets damaged or destroyed.
This fragility could be one of the main limiting factors in Ukraines coming counteroffensive. Its possible the Ukrainian army has just enough BAT-2s and similar vehicles for one attempt at simultaneously breaching Russian fortifications in the east and south.
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ESA – ESA R&D Solves the Engineering Challenges of Jupiter – European Space Agency
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Several TDE and GSTP R&D activities have helped along the path to launching the Juice mission.
For any space mission to launch, thousands of hours must have been spent iterating new technologies to make the spacecraft fly. ESAs Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, (Juice), which launches today, will spend 3 years exploring the Jupiter system with a particular emphasis on visiting the three icy Galilean moons and collecting data on the Jovian atmosphere and magnetosphere. During its lifetime the spacecraft and all the instruments on board will experience a wealth of challenges that most spacecraft, especially the satellites launched into Earths orbit, never experience. Whether thats extreme radiation damaging equipment on board or the ice coverings preventing instrument measurements. Even simply the low light levels experienced when you are that far from the Sun. Many new technologies have been developed to overcome these engineering challenges and most of these began life within ESAs technology programmes, as GSTP or TDE activities. Here we discuss the challenges Juice faces and some of the many TDE and GSTP activities that have helped overcome them.
Juice will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons Ganymede, Callisto and Europa with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. These instruments will have to operate in a very high radiation environment, one of the most intense in the Solar System due to Jupiters magnetic field. As these particles bombard the instruments on board, they cause damage; over time this degrades the coatings on different instruments or the structures supporting them until they eventually break.
Radiation damage calculator
One of the activities GSTP funded, with the University and INFN Milano-Bicocca, Italy, was to build software that could calculate the damage Jupiters radiation could cause at different doses to different materials. The resulting calculator, SR-NIEL 7, is available online and is now used by tens of thousands of people worldwide to test their instruments. The calculator began life as a way of anticipating how much damage irradiated particles could do to the crystal structure of solar panels to understand what material they are best made from to survive longest. The activity was done in close collaboration with a team conducting physical tests, where they exposed various test structures to radiation and then checked how damaged the cells were. These tests were then compared to the calculators simulation to see if it could accurately predict the degradation. Once the models were working well they became part of ESA's SPace ENVironment Information System (SPENVIS), another web interface that hosts models of the space environment and its effects; including galactic cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, natural radiation belts, plasmas, gases, meteoroids and debris.
Radiation testing optical lenses
Some of the important science Juice will conduct will use optical imaging and sensing systems such as cameras and telescopes to observe and measure the planet and its moons. Coated elements in these instruments are often optimised for performance, such as their transparency or reflectivity in a desired portion of the light spectrum. Low-energy electrons and ions are considered one of the most critical sources of damage for optical components and coatings. The optical performance of the components strongly affects the data outcomes scientists receive back on Earth, and their degradation can lead to a misinterpretation of the scientific data. In extreme scenarios, the failure of a component can affect the operational capacity of the whole instrument. A GSTP activity with the National Research Council of Italy Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies investigated exactly how radiation might affect these coatings and how these degradations can be prevented from happening. The activity tested how different coatings react to radiation exposure and built a detailed protocol preventing this damage from occurring in the first place. The activity was also able to develop radiation-robust optical components that the protocols could be tested on.
Radiation survey of the transistors
A TDE activity with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany conducted a survey to see how much ionising radiation the transistors and silicon carbide (SiC) devices intended for Juice specifically can withstand. SiC-based power devices can be used similarly to other semiconductor transistors, but offer compelling advantages, such as a higher point-of-breakdown voltage and a high-operating electric field. As such, these SiC power devices enable significant improvements to space systems to be made. But radiation data on them is scarce and their sensitivity is unknown. The mission needs power transistors and components with the highest possible tolerance to radiation. To make sure these components were suitable for the mission, the TDE activity wanted to observe and assess the Total Ionising Dose (TID) tolerance of SiC power devices and the Total Ionising Dose tolerance and Enhanced Low Dose Rate Sensitivity of power bipolar transistors. The activity found that the SiC-based power exhibited a very high TID tolerance but these devices seemed extremely sensitive to destructive Single Event Effects (burnout) meaning they could only be operated safely in space at around 90% of their max rated voltage e.g. 120V for a 1200V rated device. Despite this, four of the six power bipolar transistors were found to be suitable for Juice. Figure 3Co-60 Facilities
Juice will hopefully run for at least 11 years. Eight of those 11 will be spent journeying to the planet. During the remaining time it needs at least 800-900W of power to capture data around Jupiter. While collecting data, Juice will experience extremely low temperatures, of around -150oC, dropping to an even more chilling -230C during eclipses. On top of this, light levels are 25 times lower than those on Earth as Jupiter is so far from the Sun, meaning solar cells must be extremely efficient at capturing what little light there is.
The Worlds Most Efficient Solar Cells (LILT)
A TDE activity with AZUR SPACE Solar Power in Germany built solar cells that were 30% more efficient at capturing light. In 2017 when the activity closed these were considered the best performing solar cells in the world. Another TDE activity took these solar cells and adapted them to anticipate the low light and temperature environment of Jupiter by modifying the metal on the front side and changing the design and manufacturing of the edges to avoid flat spots a known problem with solar cells in low temperatures that varies from cell to cell. A standard triple-junction solar cell (in the 80 m thick configuration) was identified as the baseline for Juice and is used across the spacecrafts huge, 85m2, solar panels.
Missions to the outer Solar System, such as Juice, require up- and down-link communications capable of travelling the unimaginable distances back to Earth. Current operational missions such as Mars Express or Venus Express deliver their collected data successfully back to Earth. To make sure there is reliable communication with these deep space probes, ESA has built a deep space antenna (DSA) ground station network. These 35-m antennas are already equipped with high performance technology that fulfils the requirements of ambitious deep space exploration missions such as Juice, but when even higher download rates are needed over even larger distances, their signal strengths need to be improved.
Higher power uplinks from Earth to deep space
It is impossible to predict every scenario the spacecraft may encounter in space. If the worst were to occur and Juice lost its stable trajectory and, in turn, the accurate pointing of its high-gain communication antenna, it may be necessary to perform an emergency recovery. In any case, once Juice arrives at Jupiter it must be taken out of hibernation after the long flight. To handle both of these scenarios the spacecraft is equipped with additional antennas that receive emergency signals from Earth. Because of the large distance, the Earth stations must be able to ensure that they can send a signal with enough power to reach the antennas on the spacecraft.
A TDE activity with MIRAD microwave, Luxembourg, studied the upgrades needed to increase the transmit power of ESAs Deep Space Antenna by a factor of four, by enlarging the transmitted power to 100 kW, versus the current 20 kW. The complete infrastructures of the Earth stations (NNO, CEB, and MLG) were investigated and analysed to understand how this high-power antenna would be achieved a and the feasibility of each upgrade was detailed in the activity.
Cost-effective antennas for Deep Space spacecraft
As deep space and Lagrange missions are requiring higher data rate and the need to move to higher frequencies. Two radiofrequency bands have been reserved for this purpose - K-Band (26 GHz) and Ka-Band (32 GHz).
At the same time, optical deep-space antennas are part of ESAs Next Generation Deep Space Communications scheme, needed to cope with the increasing data downlink demand from ESA deep space missions such as Juice.
A GSTP activity with MT Mechatronics in Germany developed a modular design for an antenna that can support both radiofrequency and optical communications at these distances.
Micrometeoroids travelling at hypervelocities in deep space pose a significant environmental hazard to spacecraft.
Meteorite mapping models
Reliable models are needed not only for Earth orbits but also for interplanetary orbits and for local planetary environments that are the targets of space missions. TDE, along with the University of Potsdam in Germany, has developed a new meteoroid model for the Jovian system that can provide the number, impact potential, velocity (relative to a spacecraft and relative to Jupiter) and direction of meteoroids ranging from 1015 g to 100 g. The model gives special attention to Jupiters moons Ganymede and Europa. The model can be used to make risk assessments for Juice and any future missions around Jupiter.
You can learn more about the instruments and mechanical features of the spacecrafthere.
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Big names sign up to Inspiring Women in Construction and … – New Civil Engineer
Leading organisations have signed the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Pledge, a joint initiative between NCE and Construction News, to encourage companies to prioritise equality, diversity and inclusion.
The new signatories to the pledge include Caterpillar dealer Finning, Battaglia Construction and L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, along with Pell Frischmann, Multiplex, Rider Levett Bucknall, Laing ORourke, Lendlease, Kier, Costain, Bechtel and Aecom.
In signing the pledge, they agree to support initiatives in areas such as: attracting developing and promoting more women, closing their gender pay gap, championing and recognising the achievements of women and working collaboratively to create an environment that welcomes and helps retain women.
Finning is already a partner in the wider Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering programme, with Rachel See, director of aftermarket and marketing, highlighting the importance of the partnership. We are extremely proud to play a leading role in driving equality, diversity and inclusion across the industries we work in, which is fundamentally at the heart of everything we do here at Finning, See said.
Its a real honour to be part of such a progressive and inspirational group of companies, and were looking forward to learning about the impactful work others are doing to drive diversity, and in sharing our own experiences and future plans to continue to reinforce the importance of equality and in having a secure and inclusive environment for our colleagues and customers.
News of the latest signatories to the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Pledge comes as the deadline of 5 May approaches for this years Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards, which recognise the women and teams making exceptional contributions to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. Awards are open to entries from individuals and teams, and welcome nominations from those who wish to highlight projects or initiatives that have contributed to making a construction or engineering firm a more inclusive place to work.
This years award ceremony will take place on 4 October and will include 10 new award categories, taking the total number to 17, with categories rewarding: individual achievement, early- and late-career achievement, and excellence within companies and corporate teams.
With just under three weeks until entries for the 2023 awards close, information on the programme and how to enter can be found here.
The Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards launched last year, with winners including Alexis Carlyon for Contribution to Project for her work at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust project, Anne Nortcliffe at Canterbury Christ Church University for Contribution to Gender Diversity and Pell Frischmann's Zainab Adigun for Excellence in Outreach.
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USU Society of Women Engineers Continues Outreach Efforts With … – Utah State University
The USU Society of Women Engineers spent spring break visiting rural communities in Southern Utah to host engineering activities for grades three to five. In total, they worked with over 600 students.
SWE visited school districts in Sanpete County and San Juan County, which includes the Navajo Nation. The goal was to show off how important the different types of engineering are in daily life. In San Juan, the group also shared how Din teachings and beliefs could play into engineering. Activities included lessons about renewable energy and presentations on the U.S. Department of Energys involvement in extending the power grid throughout the Navajo Nation. The group also showcased a company founded by indigenous scientists and engineers that focuses on the power grid.
In addition to SWE, the North Sanpete School District, the Central Utah Educational Services and the North Sanpete STEM club hosted additional activities. They held a mobile planetarium, built structures out of toothpicks and marshmallows and catapults, learned about binary and tried new foods with the miracle berry, a tablet that changes sour foods into sweet.
Elise Barton is SWEs vice president of outreach and planned a majority of the project herself. This year was a big step up from 2022, which was the first time the organization hosted the project.
We love sharing what we do and why we do it, Barton said. Its so much fun to share our love for the STEM field and see kids realize how much engineering they already do in their daily lives.
Barton, along with 11 other volunteers, also visited the Navajo Nation in Southern Utah, which is the largest Native American tribe in North America. They worked with a Din engineer from Boeing named Latoya Benally who helped SWE teach students how integrated the culture is with engineering as a career.
One of those lessons focused around the hogan, a Navajo structure used for religious practices. It is common for families practicing traditional religion in Din tribes to have these structures at home, and all the schools in the district have one outside as well. The structure is built with nature in mind to respect the environment around them.
In the future, Barton hopes to continue working with rural communities to show off just how important and common engineering is in the world. She hopes to expand it statewide and work with other USU campuses.
It was a really great experience, she said. We learned a lot from the kids. I am already looking forward to next year.
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Writer: Sydney Dahle, sydney.dahle@usu.edu, 435-797-7512
Contact: Elise Barton, outreach.ususwe@gmail.com
Caption 1: The USU SWE chapter visited the North Sanpete School District and the Navajo Nation to share hands-on engineering activities for grades 3-5.
Caption 2: Activities included building structures out of toothpicks and marshmallows, catapults, learning binary code and much more.
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Investors Could Be Concerned With Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad’s (KLSE:WONG) Returns On Capital – Yahoo Finance
If we want to find a stock that could multiply over the long term, what are the underlying trends we should look for? Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. Put simply, these types of businesses are compounding machines, meaning they are continually reinvesting their earnings at ever-higher rates of return. However, after investigating Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad (KLSE:WONG), we don't think it's current trends fit the mold of a multi-bagger.
If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. The formula for this calculation on Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.052 = RM5.7m (RM124m - RM14m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to January 2023).
Thus, Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad has an ROCE of 5.2%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Machinery industry average of 14%.
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Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you want to delve into the historical earnings, revenue and cash flow of Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad, check out these free graphs here.
In terms of Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad's historical ROCE movements, the trend isn't fantastic. Around five years ago the returns on capital were 17%, but since then they've fallen to 5.2%. However it looks like Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad might be reinvesting for long term growth because while capital employed has increased, the company's sales haven't changed much in the last 12 months. It's worth keeping an eye on the company's earnings from here on to see if these investments do end up contributing to the bottom line.
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Bringing it all together, while we're somewhat encouraged by Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad's reinvestment in its own business, we're aware that returns are shrinking. And investors may be recognizing these trends since the stock has only returned a total of 8.0% to shareholders over the last five years. So if you're looking for a multi-bagger, the underlying trends indicate you may have better chances elsewhere.
Wong Engineering Corporation Berhad does come with some risks though, we found 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those doesn't sit too well with us...
If you want to search for solid companies with great earnings, check out this free list of companies with good balance sheets and impressive returns on equity.
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CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) (HKG:317) jumps 7.7% this week, though earnings growth is still tracking behind three-year shareholder…
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But in contrast you can make much more than 100% if the company does well. For example, the CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited (HKG:317) share price has soared 104% in the last three years. Most would be happy with that. On top of that, the share price is up 40% in about a quarter. This could be related to the recent financial results, released recently - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.
Since it's been a strong week for CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.
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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) was able to grow its EPS at 7.9% per year over three years, sending the share price higher. In comparison, the 27% per year gain in the share price outpaces the EPS growth. This suggests that, as the business progressed over the last few years, it gained the confidence of market participants. It is quite common to see investors become enamoured with a business, after a few years of solid progress.
The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
It's probably worth noting that the CEO is paid less than the median at similar sized companies. It's always worth keeping an eye on CEO pay, but a more important question is whether the company will grow earnings throughout the years. This free interactive report on CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group)'s earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. As it happens, CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group)'s TSR for the last 3 years was 116%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!
It's nice to see that CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 72% over the last year. And that does include the dividend. That's better than the annualised return of 0.5% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. Is CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will grow earnings.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on Hong Kong exchanges.
Find out whether CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) is potentially over or undervalued by checking out our comprehensive analysis, which includes fair value estimates, risks and warnings, dividends, insider transactions and financial health.
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Research Fellow – School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering … – Times Higher Education
Job Description:
The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EEECS) at Queens University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow.
The post holder is expected to be a highly productive, ambitious and collaborative researcher developing custom digital accelerator architecturesfor event-driven vision systems. Specifically, the aim is to build a prototype camera for underwater scenarios which consumes orders of magnitude less power, by combining an event-driven vision sensor with digital circuitry hosted on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of the EMTEC (Environmental Monitoring of Tidal Energy Convertors) Project, investigating novel vision systems for monitoring of underwater renewable energy installations.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please click the Candidate Information link below.
This post is fixed term for 23 months or until 30 March 2025, whichever is sooner. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
At Queens our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
QueensUniversity is committed topromoting equality of opportunityto all.We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit:www.qub.ac.uk/diversity;www.qub.ac.uk/qgiandwww.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr. Nicholas Baker-Hornen.bakerhorne@qub.ac.uk.
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There’s No Escaping McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited’s (NSE:MBECL) Muted Revenues – Simply Wall St
McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited's (NSE:MBECL) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.2x may look like a pretty appealing investment opportunity when you consider close to half the companies in the Construction industry in India have P/S ratios greater than 1.1x. However, the P/S might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.
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For instance, McNally Bharat Engineering's receding revenue in recent times would have to be some food for thought. One possibility is that the P/S is low because investors think the company won't do enough to avoid underperforming the broader industry in the near future. However, if this doesn't eventuate then existing shareholders may be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.
The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as low as McNally Bharat Engineering's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the industry.
Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 19% decrease to the company's top line. This means it has also seen a slide in revenue over the longer-term as revenue is down 54% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.
Comparing that to the industry, which is predicted to deliver 15% growth in the next 12 months, the company's downward momentum based on recent medium-term revenue results is a sobering picture.
With this in mind, we understand why McNally Bharat Engineering's P/S is lower than most of its industry peers. Nonetheless, there's no guarantee the P/S has reached a floor yet with revenue going in reverse. Even just maintaining these prices could be difficult to achieve as recent revenue trends are already weighing down the shares.
While the price-to-sales ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of revenue expectations.
It's no surprise that McNally Bharat Engineering maintains its low P/S off the back of its sliding revenue over the medium-term. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. Given the current circumstances, it seems unlikely that the share price will experience any significant movement in either direction in the near future if recent medium-term revenue trends persist.
It is also worth noting that we have found 4 warning signs for McNally Bharat Engineering (3 are a bit unpleasant!) that you need to take into consideration.
If strong companies turning a profit tickle your fancy, then you'll want to check out this free list of interesting companies that trade on a low P/E (but have proven they can grow earnings).
Find out whether McNally Bharat Engineering is potentially over or undervalued by checking out our comprehensive analysis, which includes fair value estimates, risks and warnings, dividends, insider transactions and financial health.
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Northern Berkshire YMCA Waiting On Pool Engineering Report – iBerkshires.com
YMCA Executive Director Jess Rumlow speaks with dozens of YMCA patrons about the condition of the pool roof on Wednesday. The pool was closed a month ago after it failed a roof inspection.
The pool is empty and the doors locked at the YMCA. The rest of the building is open and operating.
That section of the YMCA closed nearly five weeks ago after the roof failed a required structural inspection.
Jess Rumlow, the CEO and executive director, told the dozens that attended a community meeting on Wednesday that an inspection is required every two years.
Last time it passed; this time it failed.
Wthout an engineering report in hand, she did not have specific answers but wanted to begin a conversation with the community about the immediate and long-term future of the facility.
"We need to have a lot of conversations, we need to make sure that whatever we do is what the community needs and so that's what I'm hoping this conversation is about today," she said. "I'm not going to be able to answer your questions because I don't have those answers but what we can do is we can hear from you about what questions you have."
Rumlow said the specific issue is that the ceiling beams aove the pool had begun to compress, and there were concerns over what a heavy snowfall could do.
"Then we got 24 inches of snow," she said, referring to the March 14 storm that dumped upwards of 40 inches across the regiona.
Building Inspector William Meranti measured the beams prior to the storm and then after some of the beams had dropped an inch.
This triggered a full investigation of the pool facility and a structural engineer was hired to do a complete survey of the roof and ceiling.
Rumlow said this was done about two weeks ago and that the report should be complete any day now.
"So we're still waiting on the report. We are actively engaged in conversations. We're actively working together as a partnership," she said. "But until we know the full scope of what we're dealing with it's really hard to come up with a plan."
The only news she did have was that Hotel Down Street on Main Street has allowed YMCA users limited access to its pool in the interim.
She said the hotel pool is smaller and instead of being able to facilitate 50 swimmers, it can hold about 10 at a time. She said the experience will be different, and users may be limited to in-place activities instead of swimming laps.
There currently are morning slots Monday, Wednesday and Friday and swimmers can call the Northern Berkshire YMCA to claim spots. She said it will work similarly to how pool time was organized under COVID-19 restrictions.
She said the YMCA is providing a lifeguard, instructors, and equipment.
Unfortunately, this partnership will only last until Memorial Day and Rumlow said the YMCA is actively seeking new partnerships.
"My goal is that once we get something going we're not going to you and saying we have no plan again," she said. "But these things take time."
She said they have yet to really open up conversations with pool facilities in Williamstown as well as explore different outdoor swimming opportunities this summer. She said although there are liability and lifeguard staffing issues to consider, these options are still on the table.
Rumlow did say all users have the ability to use the YMCA pools in Bennington and Pittsfield, and if there is a need and want, specific Northern Berkshire time slots and programming can be scheduled. She did acknowledge that this is not a solution for everyone, especially those with difficulties traveling.
YMCA leadership and city staff fielded questions that were more an exercise in speculation.
Meranti was able to provide some details on the cause of the damage noting that although the roof lasted a long time, it was poorly designed. He said both exterior and interior moisture from the pool contributed to the damage.
He did not have a timeframe without the engineering report but did note the best-case scenario may be a quick and inexpensive but temporary fix. The worst-case scenario would be a full roof replacement that would certainly keep the pool dry for some time.
Meranti clarified that it is a city building and that the city is expediting the process.
"Believe it or not, this is the expedited procedure. We're treating it as an emergency and we're pushing as fast as we can to try to avoid as much of the red tape as we can," he said. "We have multiple engineers working on this, and we are waiting for reports. But that all takes time."
He added that the administration has also begun looking at different funding sources to address actual construction if needed.
Mayor Jennifer Macksey said at Tuesday's City Council meeting that officials were "hoping to have an action plan on that building very soon. But we are at the mercy of the engineering report."
The panel heard testimonials from pool users, many now elderly who said they learned how to swim at the YMCA. Others said the pool was critical to their mental and physical health, and some that their health has deteriorated since its closure. There were also parents who spoke about the importance of youth programming.
Hearing so many different voices, Rumlow reaffirmed that the YMCA is more than a North Adams facility.
"I think some of the key things that I've heard is that this is a Northern Berkshire community facility. It is not just in the North Adams facility. And so that's where this conversation can be larger," she said. "Some of the biggest concerns that I've heard is this going to be why the Y leaves this community We're here today because we don't want to leave this community, and we do believe in this community, the impact that the YMCA has, and all of your stories."
Rumlow noted that the Pittsfield renovation took years to complete. She said this is not off the table in North Adams but a lot of work would needs to be done.
"The pool is a big issue at hand right now, but we have heard you guys that you want more. You want a facility you can be proud of, you want different opportunities," she said. "That starts with research, that starts with a community needs assessment, and fundraising market analysis."
Others pointed to the structure of the Northern Berkshire YMCA. One user said it is "hopelessly complex" as the YMCA, the city, and North Adams Public Schools all have some jurisdiction over the property (which is attached to Brayton School). One user said she was not sure who to send a check to to support a project.
"We all came into this and this was the arrangement that was pre-existing all of the leaders sitting here today," she said. "So we are trying our best to figure out what this should look like and start that conversation. But once again, I have no clear answer for you other than to say, I agree."
Some users felt the YMCA needed to be more proactive and start a capital campaign immediately to address the roof. There was a feeling that waiting too long would kill momentum with possible donors waiting in the wings.
Rumlow thanked the users for their input and noted that the meeting was only the first part of a longer conversation about the YMCA.
"At this point, we have to trust the process because we have to. It's our only option right now. I know that it's hard, I know some of you feel like this is been a long conversation, and a long time coming," she said. "So we need to have answers and unfortunately, I think time ran out a little bit in order for us to be proactive in our response and now we're responding But just trust us that we are committed to figuring out our next steps."
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