Don’t forget these five essential tips when organising your next office move;
- Early Planning – The earlier you begin planning your move, the better the outcome. You are considerably more likely to choose the right office removals team, and achieve the most agreeable outcome, if you begin early. Documenting a list of important tasks that need to be completed prior to move day is a good way of planning ahead and making sure that you don’t miss crucial steps.
- Internal Communication – We often forgot that our staff are the ones that are physically being relocated and are an essential part of a smooth moving operation. Talk to your staff early about the move and answer any questions that they may have. Ensure your removalist team provides your staff with pre-move guidelines and in person training prior to the move.
- Adequate Access – Access is the most important part of your move and often last to be considered. Parking, loading bays, and goods lifts need to be arranged at all exit and entry locations ahead of time. The earlier you make these arrangements, the more chance you have of getting the time windows that you require. This is essential to achieving a good outcome for the relocation of your office and staff.
- Appropriate Labelling – It is important that office assets and packed crates / boxes are labeled appropriately. Ensure that your removalists provide you with enough moving labels at least two weeks before your move and that you follow their best practices for label writing and placement. This will ensure everything is in it’s rightful location when you enter your new office. Downtime after an office move is almost always a result of items being misplaced at the wrong work-point, in the wrong room, or even worse on the wrong floor.
- The Right Equipment – Having the right equipment for a move can make all the difference. In many situations, security crates on skates can make an office move highly efficient and save you time and money. Security crates and skates work especially well in large offices buildings with appropriate lift access. Staff place an empty crate on a skate and fill it up. They repeat the process until they have four crates high on one skate, having packed their belongings without doing any heavy lifting. This allows your removals team to then wheel the crates directly into the lift and straight onto their removals truck. An entire office can be moved without any heavy lifting.
