Office Furniture Installation Blog

An office relocation is a comprehensive, multi-phase project that has many moving parts (no pun intended!). Your goal is to ensure that your experience is efficient, streamlined and frankly, as uneventful as possible. Indeed, while surprises are fine for birthdays and anniversaries, when it comes to an office relocation, predictability is exactly what you want!

With this in mind, and with respect to the fact that every business is unique, below we highlight the core elements of building your robust, comprehensive and, yes, precisely predictable office relocation strategy: 

For many homeowners, the only motivation they need to configure their furniture is the desire for something new and different. However, businesses operate in a different framework, and while not every business decision has to be exclusively about the bottom-line, something as significant (though not necessarily costly) as an office furniture reconfiguration simply can’t be motivated by boredom or wanting “change for the sake of change”. There has to be a logical, rational financial justification.

With this being said, many businesses have long since past the point where they need an office reconfiguration – because the delay isn’t just negatively affecting aesthetics and appearance, but it’s adversely impacting the bottom-line.

As highlighted by an article in Wall Street Journal, office relocations aren’t just about moving furniture, supplies, plants, and yes, that prehistoric coffee maker that seems to be something of a corporate mascot. It’s also an anxious time for many employees; not because they’re necessarily opposed to the move, but because changing locations can be stressful. As the aforementioned article’s author Elizabeth Bernstein wisely noted: “moving offices can be as disorienting as moving homes”.

And so with this in mind, here are 3 tips to help make your office relocation a “good news” story for your people and your organization – and not of a cautionary tale:

Unlike a residential move that can often be motivated by personal preference, a business move is fundamentally an investment.

This doesn’t mean that the only consideration is to reduce costs, generate ROI, or in many cases, achieve both over the long-run. There’s something to be said for quality of life, and since most people spend 45-55 hours a week at work each year, staring out the window and seeing a pleasant park vs. an ad hoc illegal dump site is certainly a step in the right direction!

When it comes to choosing a team to handle your office furniture installation needs, naturally you want a mix of professionalism, service, performance and value.

However, there’s another piece of the puzzle that, in some ways, is even more important than any other -- because it will directly determine whether your office relocation is successful or stressful: experience.

To help you avoid that nightmare, below we highlight 3 costly mistakes made by inexperienced office furniture installers: 

In both business and life in general, it can tough to separate experienced professionals from those that may be full of enthusiasm, but haven’t yet developed the knowledge base required to perform at an elite level. Unfortunately, it’s customers, clients and patients who pay the price – because instead of a rewarding experience, they end up with one that’s regrettable.

To help you avoid pitfalls and setbacks during your office relocation, below we highlight the 4 most common mistakes made by inexperienced office movers. These are the clues and symptoms that tell you that it’s in your best interest to find another partner now -- not later.

In planning for a business move, it’s not uncommon to identify several pieces of office furniture that don’t have a place in the new space, but at the same time, aren’t designated to be sold, donated or recycled.

Obviously, businesses faced with this scenario need to find a storage solution for the extra office furniture. However, the choices that some businesses make in this regard -- often because they’re unaware that other options exist, or because they’re pressed for time as moving day approaches – can be unwise, to say the least.

With that in mind, below we highlight where NOT to store extra office furniture after a business move:

After weeks or perhaps months of research, analysis and consideration, you’ve decided that it’s time for an office relocation -- perhaps because you need more space for your growing workforce, you want to be closer to your customers, you need a more cost effective home for your business, or any other key reason(s).  

However, you may also be under the impression that an office relocation is essentially a “scaled up” residential move. Nothing could be further from the truth! Here are 4 common and costly misconceptions that, thankfully, you won’t fall victim to because you’re reading this article before your office relocation – not after:

Let’s start with this: the best and only way you should move office furniture is by hiring professional movers. 
Yes, we realize that this “advice” may seem self-serving, since we’re a professional office moving and furniture installation firm. And yes, we’d be delighted to serve your needs. 

However, even if you don’t hire us and opt for another experienced and credible company, our message and warning remains the same: don’t take the do-it-yourself route. In addition to wasting your money and time, you could damage your valuable furniture or injure your employees -- who, by the way, DON’T want to be tasked with moving office furniture and resent being “voluntold” to do it (trust us on this, we’ve heard more “off the record” feedback from employees over the years than we can remember!). 

When it comes to residential moves, most people are familiar with the process of hiring a moving company that (hopefully!) shows up on time, packs and picks up boxes and furniture, transports them to their new destination, unloads/unpacks, and that’s pretty much it. This isn’t to say that it’s not sophisticated or multi-step process – because it’s both. However, there’s typically just one type of professional involved: the movers themselves.

However, when the scene shifts to an office move, the situation is categorically different – and far more complex. That’s why businesses need to ensure that they have not one, but six different types of professionals on their office moving team. These include: