Moving a hi-tech company: offices, R&D lab and server room in one move

What is different in a hi-tech company

• Two or three monitors per desk, a docking station, keyboard and mouse, and sometimes a desktop computer.
• Electric sit-stand desks, ergonomic chairs and personal lockers.
• An R&D or hardware lab with measuring instruments, power supplies and prototypes.
• A server room or a comms cabinet.
• A kitchenette, meeting rooms with large screens and phone booths.

Desks and monitors

Every employee packs their personal items in a box with their new desk number. We pack monitors and desktop computers in protective packaging, with their cables in a labelled bag, and place them at the right desk in the new office. Employees take their laptops with them over the weekend.

Electric desks

• Lower the desk to its lowest height and unplug it.
• Separate the top from the frame, and label and pack the controller and cables together.
• In the new office, assemble, connect the controller and check that the desk goes up and down.

R&D and hardware lab

Measuring instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and power supplies are each packed separately, padded. Electronic boards and prototypes are packed in anti-static packaging and labelled by team. Equipment that comes with manufacturer transport instructions is packed accordingly. Your engineers disconnect the test systems and reconnect them.

The server room

The server room moves in the shutdown and start-up order set by the IT team, usually at the end, once the network in the new office is already working. Every server is packed in anti-static packaging and labelled by rack and unit position, and the racks travel on an air-ride truck.

Sensitive equipment and data

• Computers and servers do not wait on the way: they go straight from the old office to the new one, the same day.
• Boxes with sensitive documents are sealed and labelled, and opened only in the new office.
• If needed, we agree with your information security owner who is present at loading and unloading.

One weekend, an office ready on Sunday

Packing starts on Thursday afternoon, the move happens Thursday evening or Friday, and assembly and placement finish before Sunday morning. On request we also unpack and arrange, and then take away the empty boxes too. A large company moves in phases, one department per weekend.

Who does what

• Us: packing computers and monitors, dismantling and assembling furniture, transport, placement by desk, and on request unpacking and arranging.
• Your IT team: connecting computers to the network, shutting down and starting up servers, Wi-Fi and security systems.
• Your engineers: disconnecting and connecting the lab's test systems.
• Building management: booking the service lift, the loading dock and permitted working hours.

Office moving by area

• Office moving in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan
• Office moving in Herzliya Pituach
• Office moving in Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin
• Office moving in Rehovot and Ness Ziona
• Office moving in Modiin and Airport City

More guides

• Office move checklistA complete office move checklist: two months before, one month before, one week before, on moving day and on your first day in the new office.
• How to move an office over a weekend without losing a working dayHow to plan an office move that starts Thursday afternoon and finishes before Sunday morning: timeline, roles and what to prepare in advance.
• How much does an office move cost?What affects the cost of an office move: number of workstations, furniture disassembly, floors and elevators, working hours, server rooms and safes. How to get an accurate quote.
• A labelling system for office moves: every box at the right deskA simple labelling system for an office move: number rooms and workstations, colour-code labels by floor, label computers and cables, and sign the new office.