What an Office Move Involves
Office furniture is built differently than residential furniture. Cubicle systems have interlocking panels, shared power channels, and overhead bins that must come apart in a specific order and go back together the same way. Executive desks are heavier than most home furniture because they are built with steel frames and laminate surfaces designed for decades of daily use. Conference tables may be 12 feet long and require four people to carry safely through a hallway.
A typical office move includes desks, chairs, cubicle panels and components, filing cabinets, bookcases, conference tables, reception furniture, break room appliances, and wall-mounted whiteboards or displays. We also move safes, heavy printers, and specialty items like blueprint cabinets or sample libraries. What we do not move is loose paperwork left on desks, personal items employees have not packed, and any hazardous materials. Employees are responsible for packing their own desk contents into labeled boxes or bins before moving day.
The Labeling System
The labeling system is what separates a controlled office move from a chaotic one. Without it, the crew spends hours asking where things go and the office manager spends the next week rearranging misplaced furniture. Before the move, we create a numbered floor plan of the destination office. Every workstation, private office, conference room, and common area receives a location code. These codes appear on a color-coded label that gets applied to every item leaving the origin: every desk, every chair, every box, every filing cabinet. When the crew unloads at the new office, they read the label and place the item at the matching location code. Desk #14 goes to location #14. The box marked “#14, drawer contents” goes on top of that desk. The chair marked #14 goes behind it. Each employee returns to a workstation that already has their belongings waiting. For offices with 20 or more workstations, this system typically saves two to four hours of post-move rearranging. For a broader look at all our moving services, visit our main services page.
