Working together, the Cat® dealer network ensures power modules arrive on time
As government entities take extraordinary measures to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus, temporary facilities to treat and screen patients are springing up around the globe to head off the contagion.
In West Allis, Wisconsin, a massive exposition center is being converted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers into a 1,000-bed facility for coronavirus patients who are not exhibiting acute symptoms in order to prevent nearby hospitals from being overwhelmed.
Preparing the facility at Wisconsin State Fair Park for coronavirus patients means bringing in equipment commonly found in hospitals. Crews are working to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and Internet support services for health care providers while mapping out space for the intake and outflow of patients.
As a partner and supplier to the electrical contractor on the project, local Cat® dealer Fabick Cat and its Power Systems team was called upon to immediately deliver six megawatts of stationary power to the site to serve as backup should grid power fail.
Preparing the facility at Wisconsin State Fair Park for coronavirus patients means bringing in equipment commonly found in hospitals. Crews are working to install HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and internet support services for healthcare providers while mapping out space for the intake and outflow of patients.
Due to pre-existing rental agreements, Fabick Cat did not have the necessary enclosed power modules available in its inventory but was able to quickly leverage the Cat® dealer network to procure the generator sets and supporting equipment from as far away as Massachusetts, New York, and Florida.
Once the mobile generator sets were received at Fabick’s Milwaukee facility, technicians performed four-hour, 100 percent load bank tests and provided 52-point inspection services to ensure the reliability of the equipment to the highest degree possible.
“Fabick Cat has been in business for over 100 years, and our corporate vision statement is ‘To Ever Serve Our Customers Better.’ Our community and our country are in a position of extreme need, and we are proud to be able to support this effort.”
A common denominator in the creation of these temporary facilities is rapid deployment of resources and personnel to get them up and running. From the time the agreement was reached on April 10, 2020, Fabick Cat had three business days to deliver. The proposed solution was to utilize three Cat XQ2000 power modules to bring the site fully up and running in a week.
Due to pre-existing rental agreements, the dealer did not have the necessary enclosed power modules available in its inventory but was able to quickly leverage the Cat dealer network to procure the generator sets and supporting equipment from as far away as Massachusetts, New York, and Florida.
“Our project managers, engineers, and technicians all rallied together with the dealer network and pulled equipment together in short order,” said Sal LaFace, general manager for Power Systems at Fabick Cat.
Once the mobile generator sets were received at Fabick’s Milwaukee facility, technicians performed four-hour, 100 percent load bank tests and provided 52-point inspection services to ensure the reliability of the equipment to the highest degree possible, LaFace confirmed.
“Fabick Cat has been in business for over 100 years, and our corporate vision statement is ‘To Ever Serve Our Customers Better,’” LaFace said. “Our community and our country are in a position of extreme need, and we are proud to be able to support this effort.”
Additionally, Fabick Cat provided rental power for two outdoor COVID-19 testing stations at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. The dealer supplied two Cat 30 kilowatt generators and electrical distribution for emergency power to two critical outdoor screening tents where people walk up and are tested. The Fabick Cat Power Systems Rental team had less than one day to marshal the necessary resources and deliver the equipment to the site – and successfully delivered.
“With our communities’ safety and well-being top of mind, our experts in the field and our extensive power rental fleet are always prepped and ready to deploy,” noted Tony Little, Fabick’s general manager for Power Systems Rental. “We are honored to have the opportunity to support the healthcare industry, especially during this rapidly changing environment.”
