In the spring of 2015, UTC Overseas was given the task of moving the contents of a sprawling industrial facility from the U.S. to Canada. The plant equipment…all of it… had been purchased by a long-established Canadian firm to expand its production capacity in response to growing domestic demand. The purchase represented a significant capital investment, and the client understandably wanted to get the new assets into production as quickly as possible. They turned to the experts at UTC to handle the transport logistics process.

The scope of the task was massive. The 400,000 SQF northern California

building from which the equipment was being moved was 35’ tall, more than six city blocks long and a block and a half wide – large enough to hold three Costco stores.

In early March, with dismantling of equipment already underway, Tom Bass, a UTC Field Team expert, arrived on the scene to begin coordinating the outload process. Using a golf cart to move quickly around the huge facility, Bass worked with the dismantlers to decide which parts of what equipment would be included in individual loads, and how many loads would be dispatched each day.

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UTC Overseas’ logistics team transported all of the fixtures and equipment from a 400,000 SQF industrial facility from the U.S. to Canada. The plant covered an area of nine city blocks... the equivalent of three Costco stores.

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An exciting video about the transport of six aluminum boat hulls through the Republic of Georgia and Azerbaijan (P2P September 2015) is now posted on the UTC website at: https://youtu.be/FTgqiNKH_KM

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Truck scales, brought to the scene, made sure load weights were within legal limits. Goods moved included production and testing equipment, heavy machinery, and even the plant’s high-capacity overhead cranes (including beams of up to 102’).

Bass would transmit his truck needs for the next 24-48 hours to Project Manager Victoria Caffesse in Houston. She and her team, in turn, made sure the right number and sizes of trucks were on the scene at the proper time. They also created packing lists for each load that were transmitted back to Bass in California and given to the driver. Copies were also transmitted to the client’s Canadian customs broker for their use in coordinating all cross-border documentation. In less than 12 weeks, Bass and his team coordinated the loading and dispatch of 228 one-way truckloads (nearly 365,000 road miles) to beat the customer’s end-of-May deadline for completion of work. Nearly 50 of those moves involved loads that were over-dimensional and/or heavy-haul, and required special permits that were also coordinated by the Houston team.

“The success of this project, completed under very tight time constraints, is a good illustration of UTC’s ability to provide ‘Global Logistics Solutions’ for our customers,” notes Executive Vice President Marco Poisler. “More than just a transport management challenge, UTC’s expertise, data resources and modern communications were vital to keeping track of the literally thousands of systems, sub-systems, parts and components involved in this move, and helping our customer meet their project goals and deadlines.”

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The size of equipment – such as these 102 foot long heavy beams, required on-site truck scales to insure that loads were within legal limits before any load left the staging site.

UTC's attention to, and expertise with every detail of the logistics operation helped the customer meet their project goals and deadlines.

“The success of this project, completed under very tight time constraints, is a good illustration of UTC’s ability to provide ‘Global Logistics Solutions’ for our customers,” notes Executive Vice President Marco Poisler.

UTC Overseas Executive Vice President Marco Poisler with Retired General George W Casey, Jr., who served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff from 2007-2011. Both are alumni of Georgetown University and on hand for the annual Georgetown Alumni Leadership weekend that draws alumni from around the globe. General Casey, a member of the University’s Board of Directors, delivered a luncheon address on attributes of leadership, including vision, courage and character.

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