It is always important to have a plan at hand before your move. Tackling a big job can be a hard thing for you to do. Many large jobs, such as moving, require the completion of many small tasks in order to finish the big task.
It can be hard to stay on top of all of these little tasks, as they can often be in progress simultaneously, so it is vital to make sure that you have a definitive method of keeping track. A moving Consultant services is hence needed for this task.
Such services are provided at Victory Van.
Because each move is different with varying prizes a moving consultant is needed to optimize the cost.
It is important that you have goals for your move from the early stages. You should remember how much your move will cost and be able to itemize each act of your move at each phase.
Smaller moves will have a less complex move than a Larger company. No matter who is involve, a good moving consultant will enable you to stay on top of the things that need to be done before you move. Victory Van moving consultants will assist you to achieve all this in your move.
Such steps are:
There main function is to ensure that equipment such as a table in the office, a file cabinet or a book shelf are in the right place.
The 1st day basically the movers inspect from office to office, cubicle to cubicle. This is to ensure the following;
The following are done:
This will be supplied by the Office Moving Company. Staff will not be allowed to use any of their own packing materials for insurance and safety purposes.
This should be clearly labelled with their name. Color-coded labels will be provided.We use red, yellow and blue.
Each code and color represents a floor. So that when the crew is offloading the truck they put it on to the elevator and seeing the color code guides them to what floor has the code. They know that those crates and furniture is going to the 4th floor so will not waste time. We know automatically where it is going. So the label helps us to be efficient.
Each drawer is secured with filament tape.
Lateral filing cabinets need to be emptied of all contents.
Pack all the contents into the crates and secure the drawers with filament tape.
Bookcases - all contents should be packed into crates, then remove any shelf pins and pack in an envelope and label.
Do not overload crates. If you can't lift it, it's unlikely the Moving Company will be able to either!
All computers, printers and copiers should be properly shut down so they can be safely dismantled by either a specialist IT relocation company or the appointed office moving company.
During the move, organization is paramount.This leads to on time completion of the move.
We also have different levels of crew members. We start off with packers and helpers. Basically, with the packers, they come in and pack everything off. They get everything ready for the move.
The helpers are the once that actually take the items from point A to point B. we have installers.They are the ones that come in with their tool bags. They will try to pack the chair and desk.
They will take the white board off the wall and they will also dissemble and assemble the work station. If there is work stations in the map. Sometime we give work station maps so that they know how to set up the work station back.
We have supervisors both at origin and destination as the move takes place. We also have drivers that drive either straight trucks or a tracked trail our logistics of getting through at duck at both the origin and destination.
Based on research survey done,we determine how we are going ahead with the move. If the move is medium to small, lets say that is into 2 trucks, we do what they call a loading gale.
Loading gale means we load up both trucks, delivering both trucks at the same time at the destinations.
If the moves are larger, this is saying that it is 10 trucks loads and is separated by 5 miles from origin to destination. 3 or 4 trucks might be used. Here round wrapping is done. In round wrapping, a truck is loaded to the destinations. The crew members are divided out. A group will be at origin and the other will be at destination.
This way we are very efficient. We keep the trucks moving from origin to destination. So as soon as one is offloaded it leaves and gets to destination. Gets to duck at origin and is loaded. The full truck gets to destination opens up the door and is offloaded. We find this to be a very sufficient way to handle the larger type of moves.
Planning ahead all the logistics, time and people will make your move more efficient and will save you money. Let us help you with a free quote and consultation from our expert moving consultants.