Office Move Checklist - 3 Step Guide to Office Moving
3 Step Guide to Office Moving
The process of office moving does not need to be complicated - and this 3 Step Guide to Office Moving has been put together to provide a quick and simple overview for companies that are planning an office move.
Office Moving Step 1: Early Planning Required
- Assign an Office Move Co-Ordinator who will be in overall charge of the office move
- Agree your target move date with all relevant stakeholders and use this date as your office move timeline
- Contact local Office Moving Companies to conduct an office move survey and submit their estimates (* always get 3 quotes*)
- Begin communicating the office move to your staff (be sure to emphasize the positives)
- Go through all marketing collateral to determine what needs to be changed
Office Moving Step 2: Before Office Moving Day
- Check that your target move date is still a "go" and communicate this with all relevant parties
- Book the required number of office moving crates from your chosen moving company
- Liaise with office moving company and get advice as to appropriate color-coding scheme
- Contact building/property managers at both locations and get info on parking, elevators, loading bay access etc
- Confirm that all important data is backed up appropriately (as per your IT Relocation Checklist)
- Disposal plan for all unwanted items (office furniture, computer equipment, old files etc)
- Get hold of new office space floorplan and distribute the office layout plans to relevant parties
- Distribute old office packing instructions to all staff members
- Arrange a further meeting with your Office Moving Company and go over the move plan in detail
Office Moving Step 3: Office Moving Day
- Meet the project manager from your office moving company and liaise over the move plan
- Check that everyone involved has got each other's cell phone numbers
- Set up a "lost items area" in your outgoing office
- Sign off on your old office with your office moving company
- Clean out and hand over your old office space with your landlord's property manager
- Conduct a walk through with Office Moving Company Project Manager and sign off on new office
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