The final plan view of our structure is shown below in Figure 1. 14k1 joist were selected to support the solar panels. Joist were used because they provided enough resistance to bending and deflection and were lighter than other steel members. The design of a pickaxe is at the end of each canopy structure. In order to keep the aesthectics of the pickaxe, a canti-level beam had to be placed at the ends. This however was causing the deflection to exceed the desired amount of one inch. The end column is also to be slanted at a 12 degrees. This was also causing the structure as a whole to rotate. In order to resolve these issues, a truss system was used to help reduce the size and weight of the end beam. The truss system was design to keep the shape of a pickaxe as much as possible. This reduced our deflection, but was still exceeding the desired one inch. The next design step was to replace the one slanted column to two slanted columns spaced 36 inches apart. This redeuced our deflection dramactically from about three inches to less than one. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the pickaxe side deflection and the profile side deflection respectively.