We have moved to a new office on 1st of February, 2013. Physical distance between both new and old office was not that much and I thought it would be real simple to move to our new office. But boy, I was wrong. It takes lots of planning, co-ordination and efforts to get your office shifting right.
This post is to help you prepare a good checklist for your office shifting. There may be lots of factors and process that could be specific for your need, other may not be relevant, but I am going to talk about the most common process.
Schedule a date for Office Shifting
You should assign a deadline for shifting. Having a deadline for moving your office is going to help you speedup the rest of the process. There re so many task that must be addressed and if you don’t set a deadline for final shifting, it will be hard. So fix a date of shifting and the date of inaugurating your new office.
Is your new office operation ready?
Depending on the nature of business, you may require different kind of facilities. For example in ours case, we were setting up a new office. So right from furniture to electric works, networking to broadband connection, we had to ensure everything is in place before moving to this new office.
Different task require different consultants and experts. So before you start moving you have to ensure your new office is actually operation ready. Some of the basic requirements could be furniture, electricity, Internet connection, UPS and other backup devices, drinking water etc. Continue reading Office Shifting Checklist for office relocation in India