Corporate relocation really is a team sport that requires coordination, communication and preparation from clients and office movers alike. To help ensure a seamless and hassle free office relocation, be sure to follow these helpful tips. Doing so can help your move go efficiently and ultimately without a hitch.
✓ Always reserve any loading docks and elevators needed to allow your office movers to transfer your office content efficiently and seamlessly.
✓ Always contact your insurance company to discuss coverage during your relocation.
✓ Inform your clients, customers and the general public of your move via email newsletters, social media and the like.
✓ Update your physical and digital addresses shortly before your move.
✓ Create a proper checklist and conduct an office inventory.
✓ Make arrangements for office storage services if needed.
✓ Purge any unneeded documents and papers before your move.
✓ Designate a point of contact that employees should direct any moving-related questions to and send out weekly progress emails to employees.
✓ Make notes and take pictures of any damaged office content before the move begins.
✓ Create an intuitive floor plan several weeks in advance of your move.
✓ Conduct a prep meeting with your mover immediately before the relocation process starts.
✓ Ensure that all employees have tagged their content properly and have left on time.
✓ Stay in touch with employees in the final days before your move to ensure that packing is going well and any questions are quickly addressed.
✓ Take a post move inventory to make note of any items that have been damaged.
✓ Create a checklist of issues that still need to be addressed.
