Downtime Is the Real Cost
Office and Corporate Relocation
Nobody judges an office move by whether the desks arrived intact. They judge it by how long people could not work. That makes sequencing the main design problem: what leaves first, what has to be running before anyone arrives, and what can follow later. The packing is straightforward; deciding the order is not. Offices move under time pressure that homes usually do not ÔÇö office and commercial relocation packing explains how the sequencing works.
What an Office Move Involves
More Than Boxes
The contents of an office are more varied than a home, and some of it cannot simply be boxed.
- Workstations packed and labelled by person
- IT equipment packed for transit
- Server and comms equipment handled separately
- Files and records kept in order
- Furniture dismantled and reassembled
- Confidential material sealed and tracked
Relocating an Office?
Tell us the headcount, the sites and the target date
Plan an Office Move Call +971 4 239 7107Sequencing the Move
A well-run office move is a schedule with packing attached, not the other way round.
What has to work first
Network, comms and the desks of whoever cannot stop working. These move first and are set up before anything else arrives.
What can move out of hours
Bulk furniture and archives are moved outside working time, which is what keeps the business-hours disruption short.
What can follow later
Storage, archives and rarely used equipment can go into our warehouses and arrive after the office is running.
Labelled by destination
Cartons marked with the new location, not the old one, so nothing has to be sorted twice at the far end.
Archives and what to do with them
Most offices discover at the point of moving that a large share of their storage does not need to go to the new address at all. It can go into storage instead, which is usually cheaper than the floor space it would occupy.
The Sensitive Parts
What Needs Particular Care
Two categories in every office move deserve separate treatment.
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IT and server equipment
Packed to protect against shock and static, and moved in a planned sequence rather than with the general furniture.
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Records and confidential files
Kept in order, sealed where necessary and tracked, so nothing is lost or exposed between two addresses.
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High-value fit-out
Display items, artwork and specialist equipment packed to the fragile and high-value standard.
Why Cannata
Planned as a Project
An office move booked as a van and some boxes becomes a week of disruption. Booked as a sequence, it is an evening.
Packed by destination
Cartons labelled for where they are going, so unpacking is not a second sorting exercise.
Our own vehicles
Transport is ours, so out-of-hours moves are scheduled rather than negotiated with a third party.
Somewhere for the overflow
Archives and surplus furniture go into storage instead of into the new office to be dealt with later.
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Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What businesses ask about office relocations.
