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Temporary, Mobile Control House for Local Utility

Overview

An electric utility company was building a brand-new control house in New Jersey, but they needed a temporary solution to supply power to their customers while the main control house was being built. RPS was tasked with finding an interim solution that was still compliant.

The RPS team was able to:

  • Design a temporary solution that met utility customer’s needs
  • Execute from concept to design and through installation
  • Facilitate power supply to customers without downtime

Challenge

The customer needed a brand-new substation to keep up with the power demand of their maintenance facility but couldn’t risk any disruptions to service. The challenge was to build a fully functional, compliant structure on a short timeline so the end users would have uninterrupted power supply.

Solution

The RPS team implemented a creative solution to meet the customer’s needs by retrofitting a temporary shipping container with relay panels, control systems, and other equipment. The project involved designing and deploying a temporary substation from concept to delivery. Deliverables included building the relay panels, drafting schematic diagrams, detailing wiring layouts, designing building blueprints, and manufacturing various components integral to the temporary substation.

 

Impact

The project was completed on time, and on budget. The short-term solution met the necessary regulations and helped the utility company to relieve their schedule without any disruption in service. The temporary control house ensured the customer could maintain uninterrupted power supply throughout the project, avoiding disruptions to their critical maintenance operations while the permanent substation was under construction. By using a creative approach, RPS was able to complete the project in record time, less than ½ the time taken for a typical control house build. It helped to alleviate scheduling pressure on the customer’s side and ultimately fulfilled their requirement for a new and reliable power supply for their maintenance facility.

The RPS team solved this challenge in an environmentally conscious way by reusing an old shipping container. Upon the substation’s completion, the customer was able reuse the temporary substation by moving it to other locations as necessary.