Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10T W O WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE 1 MILLION POUNDS THE PLAYERS 100 HRS PLANNING Prior experience Moving a million-pound generator roughly 16 feet wide by 25 feet long from the shipping docks of Newburg, Maryland, to its new home at the CPV St. Charles Energy Center in Charles County, Maryland, has the potential to create chaos along its 20-plus-mile route: traffic flow could be stalled because of the generator’s slow, lumbering pace; roads and bridges could be damaged by its weight; traffic lights could be struck by its height. To avoid these kinds of problems, the move took place at night when fewer motorists are on the road, steel plates were brought in to protect sensitive roadways, and traffic lights were rotated out of the way. How was all of this coordinated while keeping crews and motorists safe? Flagger Force recently showed how to get that done. A team consisting of CPV St. Charles Energy Center (the generator’s owner), Roll-Lift USA (the company in charge of this mega move), Flagger Force, Maryland state troopers, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA), Traffic Systems, Inc., Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), Verizon, Comcast, and MetroCast worked together on-site and formed a convoy to assist in the move of the generator. Each party had its own duties to ensure travelers, utility lines, and the generator were all safe throughout its journey. Before the move, the Flagger Force team spent more than 100 hours putting together a strategy for this particularly complex project. The planning hours consisted of detailed scouting up and down the route and coordinating safety and permissions with local utilities and municipalities. All this preparation allowed Flagger Force to create a comprehensive traffic plan for Roll-Lift and SHA to review and approve prior to the move date. This was not the first time Flagger Force assisted Roll-Lift with a project. Since the summer of 2015, the two companies have collaborated on eight mega moves. The previously executed moves required an equal number of planning hours. However, due to the extreme size and weight of the generator being moved this time, additional resources were required to pull it off. Seasoned Flagger Force crews were crucial to the safe, quality execution of this project. The million-pound generator on its way to CPV St. Charles Energy Center in Charles County, Maryland.