Office Furniture Installation Blog

Much like houses, offices can be loaded with surplus office furniture, such as unallocated or broken chairs, workstations, cubicles, and the list goes on. Naturally, for years everyone has been too busy focusing on day-to-day tasks to pay attention to these items. But now that it’s time to head to a new location, there’s no more room to kick the proverbial can. After all, the last thing you want to do is spend money and waste time moving surplus furniture that, yet again, is just going to take up space.

To help you resolve this situation in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible, here are your options for dealing with surplus office furniture:

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:

One of the most important questions you need to ask a prospective office furniture installer is: how will you handle moves, adds and changes? (which in the industry is typically referred to by the acronym “MAC”).

While the idea of changing your office space may be attractive, or possibly even necessary, the thought of re-inventing your environment – and allocating tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars – is enough to curb your enthusiasm (to say the least!).

It’s common for businesses to have a growing inventory of office furniture that they don’t want to use at the current time, or cannot use because the items need to be repaired/refurnished/cleaned, etc.