MOVING MADE EASY: Your Office Moving Survival Checklist

Your Office Moving Survival Checklist

We get it—moving your office can be a big pain, especially when you have your regular workflow to deal with. Each minute spent on your office move means lost time for your business and therefore—lost money. That’s where Shleppers Moving & Storage comes in.

Shleppers has 40+ years of experience of professional relocation services for office moves. Allow us to do our job and move your office, so that you can focus on bringing in business, and money, as usual.

In addition to offering expert moving services, Shleppers wants you to keep your sanity during your office move. That’s why we’ve created this essential Office Moving Survival Checklist…

Schedule

Three or more months out from your office move, it’s essential to research and choose a professional moving company. This will ensure peace of mind throughout your move, so you can go about your business as usual.

Once you select your mover, schedule your office moving date. It’s important to get your moving date in the books so you have a timeline to work with for your office move.

Plan

So, you’ve selected a relocation company for your office move. Next, you’ll want to plan out any details for the move. Proper planning ensures a smooth office move for you and the moving company you’ve opted to hire. 

Establish a Moving Committee: This will ensure that you have certain individuals assigned for each aspect of your office move. Divvying out the workload means a LOT less stress on yourself. We also advise our clients to approach their office move as if it were just another project. This can mean incorporating it in with your project management system and ensuring that all those involved with the office move have given you their contact information.

Obtain Moving Materials: This means prepping everything from moving boxes, to labels, markers, packing tape and more. Shleppers conveniently offers box delivery—taking yet another moving task off of your plate!

Address Appropriate Providers for Service & Utilities: Contact any utility and service providers to update your service packages and create new plans if appropriate.

Update Your Records: Update all records of your office address. This includes reaching out to any vendors your company works with and changing your address on any social media accounts, as well as changing your office address with the USPS and other local providers.

Moving Furniture

Devise Office Layout: Create a tentative blueprint for your new office. Share this floor plan with your professional moving company. 

Employee Pack Up: Request that your employees pack up their desks/belongings the day before the move. Lock or tape up office desk drawers/cabinets if applicable.

Moving Files

Backup Your Files: Back up paper documents as well as all computers and hard drives.

Shred/Pack Paper Documents: Destroy unneeded paper documents in the shredder, and pack vital documents—be sure to label documents.

 Moving Office & Tech Equipment

 Inventory: Take inventory of all office/technological equipment to ensure that nothing is misplaced along the way.

Prepare: Take out any equipment oils, liquids or parts that are easily removable. Store each appropriately before your office move.

Label: Label all items. We always suggest erring on the side of too much detail when it comes to labeling.

Pack: Place plugs, cords and other office/tech equipment parts neatly in labeled boxes. Tie up cords in advance to save yourself loads of untangling time later.

We hope this checklist helps with your office move! Allow us to help even further by booking our professional office moving services. Contact Shleppers today or request a free quote for your office move right here on our website!