Business
Business moving with as little downtime as possible
A business move calls for tight planning. By working outside office hours, labelling everything and making clear arrangements, your team can get going again quickly. Use this checklist as a guide.
Downtime costs money, planning saves it
During a business move, every hour your team cannot work counts. The difference between a smooth and a chaotic move almost always lies in the preparation. Good planning means you are simply open again on Monday morning, without boxes blocking the office.
So start taking stock well in advance: what comes along, what gets replaced and what can go. A move is the ideal moment to clear out old archives, broken chairs and surplus equipment.
Checklist for a business move
Work through these points in the weeks before the move:
- Appoint an internal project lead and point of contact
- Inventory furniture, equipment and archives: keep or replace
- Plan the move outside office hours or during a quiet weekend
- Label workstations and boxes by department and new location
- Coordinate IT: network, telephony and workstations ready at the new address
- Inform customers and suppliers of the new address in good time
Work outside office hours
We deliberately plan most business moves in the evening, at night or over the weekend. That keeps your operations running during the day and means everything is set up again by the next working day. Our crew works seven days a week, so outside the usual hours too.
By labelling workstations and boxes per department, everything is in the right place straight away at the new address. Your staff walk in and get to work, instead of first hunting for their things.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about this topic
Can you move outside office hours?
Yes. We often plan business moves in the evening, at night or over the weekend, so your operations continue during the day and everything is back in place by the next working day.
Do you also handle the (dis)assembly of office furniture?
Certainly. We disassemble desks, cabinets and meeting tables for transport and reassemble everything correctly at the new address, so the workstations are ready to use straight away.
How do you keep downtime as short as possible?
With tight planning, work outside office hours and a clear labelling system per department. That way everything is in the right place and your team can get straight back to work.
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