Sustainable design is becoming such an important part of corporate culture today. Many companies these days are incorporating “green” principles when designing a new location. As part of this movement, as professional move coordinators, we sometimes get asked by our clients to make the move itself as green as possible so that a company can make an eco-friendly transition from their old office into their new “green” one.
Here are my top 3 tips for greening your office move:
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An office move is a great time to institute new changes at your office including going green! As move coordinators, we’re often asked for sustainable ideas that a company can implement in their new office. In today’s economy, it’s especially important that these changes aren’t expensive, especially considering that an office move is already costly as it is. I’m always looking for great new ideas to add to our list and found an excellent article on Planet Green that I thought I’d re-post on my website. I love these ideas – they’re not only easy but inexpensive. Many of them are things you can get started doing today…even without an office move!
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Often the last thing people think about when moving is cleaning out their old office, but if not planned ahead of time, the costs can really add up! Here are my three tips to make your office cleanout quick and easy: Read the rest of this entry »
Your company is moving or you’re setting up a new office and you’d like to save some money. You’ve heard there are a lot of good deals on used furniture but you’re not sure where to start. Believe me when I say that, as a move coordinator, I’ve been down that road many times with clients and I know exactly what you’re going through. The first question you need to answer is whether used furniture is for you and the second questions is – where do you find all these good deals? Read the rest of this entry »
As move managers, our clients often look to us for ideas on furnishing and equipping their new office in a way that will help them become more productive. To help them, we’ll typically start by asking them a series of questions to understand how they work. Our questions include whether the company works collaboratively and how much filing space they might need. But I recently attended a presentation that made me think of a new question we should be asking our clients – how old is your typical worker? Read the rest of this entry »
As move coordinators, we actively encourage our clients to recycle their surplus IT equipment. Throwing away IT equipment can pose a huge threat to the environment – especially when you consider the harmful chemicals inside these machines that can leach into soil and ground water. So when we told our clients to drop off their equipment at their nearest computer recycler, we thought we were doing the right thing. Right?? Wrong.
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As a move coordinator, I’ve been asked many times to guide an IT department through a seamless transition from one location to the next. This is a huge responsibility for the IT department as a company can lose a lot of money if they experience significant downtime on their network or phones. Here are my top three tips to successfully moving your server room:
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As move coordinators, we’ve been asked many times to setup a new office for our clients. Most of our clients are larger-sized businesses with large budgets, but as a small-sized firm ourselves, we can definitely understand the need to create a Fortune 500 image without spending a lot of money.
Here are some inexpensive ideas on bootstrapping your way into creating the look of a multi-national corporation on a startup’s budget: Read the rest of this entry »
When planning an office move, budgeting is not just a key component of the process — it could very well be the most important factor. Budgeting consists of making a list of vendors that you’re going to need – like furniture, telephones, cabling, movers, and construction – then estimating the cost of each vendor’s services. However, what many companies fail to consider are the soft costs associated with each move. They also don’t have a clue on how to minimize them. Worse yet, these soft costs can be just as expensive to a company, if not more so, than the actual hard costs. Read the rest of this entry »
What happens to your business after a disaster strikes often depends on what you do before the disaster even happens. Read the rest of this entry »
By Rachel Walls of The Golden Gate Company, LLC
** This article has been published in IndUS Business Journal.
One of the biggest challenges in making a decision to relocate an office, branch or laboratory is identifying all of the expenses associated with such a move and managing them. While controlling costs is, indeed, a primary concern when considering a move, few companies realize that there are also several ways to actually make money during a relocation. Read the rest of this entry »
By Rachel Walls of The Golden Gate Company, LLC
** This article has been published in Employment Relations Today.
There are a variety of reasons why companies decide to move to new facilities, including the desire to secure more appropriate space for their employees and operations; to capitalize on more favorable business and employment environments; or simply to improve the lifestyle of their employees. According to a recent International Facilities Management Association survey, companies move, remodel, or relocate 25 to 30 percent of their facilities’ total square footage each year. These moves run the gamut of local relocations within the same building or city, to across-the-country moves, to international relocations.Whatever the motivation for the move, senior management of any company expects a company relocation to be a positive experience: one that will result in improved operations, more cost-effective facilities, raised productivity, and increased profits.
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