Office shifting over one weekend

Office shifting without losing a working day

An office move is different from a house move. Every hour your office is closed costs you money, and every lost file costs you time. Our office shifting service is built around one goal: your staff leave on Friday and sit at working desks on Monday.

We do that by planning, labelling and moving at night or over the weekend, with enough people to finish in one go.

How an office shifting job runs

1. Survey. We visit or video-call to count workstations, chairs, cabinets, files, computers, printers, ACs and any heavy items such as safes.
2. Floor plan. You give us the new seating plan. Every desk gets a number, and every carton gets the number of the desk it belongs to.
3. Packing. Files go into sealed cartons by department. Computers and screens are wrapped and carried by hand. Workstations and partitions are dismantled and their parts bagged.
4. Loading. Closed Mazda containers, sized to your office, and more than one if needed so the move finishes on time.
5. Setting. Desks and partitions are fitted again, cartons placed at their numbered desks, and chairs, cabinets and plants put where the plan shows.

What we move in office shifting

• Workstations, partitions and meeting tables
• Chairs, sofas and reception furniture
• Filing cabinets, record rooms and safes
• Computers, screens, printers and phones
• Split ACs, which we take down and fit again
• Kitchen equipment, water dispensers and fridges

Shop and showroom shifting

Shops have their own needs. Racks and counters must be dismantled carefully, and stock must be packed so it can go straight back on the shelves. We pack stock by section and label each carton with its rack, so you can reopen within a day.

Showrooms with glass counters, mirrors and display units get extra wrapping and corner guards. If the new shop needs fit-out work first, we can keep the stock and fittings in warehouse and storage until it is ready.

Office shifting between cities

Companies moving a branch from Karachi to Lahore, or from Lahore to Islamabad, use the same plan with one extra step: the vehicles run overnight on the motorway. We send a supervisor with the team at both ends, so the people who packed your office also set it up.

For a large office the furniture goes in a 40 ft container or several Mazda containers. See truck and trailer for rent for the bigger vehicles and goods transport for office equipment sent on its own.

Planning checklist for your office shifting

• Fix the moving date and inform staff one week ahead.
• Ask each department to clear its desks and mark personal items.
• Get permission from both building managements for after-hours work and lift use.
• Back up computers and plan the IT disconnection and reconnection.
• Share the new seating plan with us before packing starts.
• Keep cash, cheque books and important originals with a staff member, not in the cartons.

Office shifting rates

Every office is different, so we quote after the survey. The rate depends on the number of workstations and cabinets, the floors and lifts at both ends, the distance and how many vehicles are needed. AC dismantling and installation is listed separately.

Rates depend on inventory, distance, floor access, vehicle size and packing, and are confirmed at booking.

What makes office moves go wrong, and how we prevent it

• No seating plan. Without one, cartons land in the wrong rooms and staff spend Monday searching. We ask for the plan before packing starts.
• Late permissions. Some buildings do not allow loading after dark without written permission. We remind you a week ahead.
• IT left to the last minute. If computers are switched off and unplugged by staff in a hurry, cables and parts go missing. We bag and label cables with each computer.
• Too few people. An office cannot be moved by a small team over one night. We send enough packers to finish in the planned time.

Moving records and confidential files

Many offices keep records they cannot lose: patient files, client documents, accounts. We pack them in sealed cartons, numbered and listed, and the list is signed at loading and at delivery. If you prefer, one of your staff can travel with the vehicle carrying the records. For files that must leave the office for a period, our warehouse and storage in six cities can hold them safely.

The motorways between cities are run by the NHA, and loads on them must stay within legal weight limits, which we follow on every vehicle.

Office shifting inside the same building or area

Not every office move goes across the city. Moving to another floor of the same building, or to a nearby block, still needs packing, labelling and fitting. These jobs are quicker, but they need the same planning so your staff find their desks ready on Monday.

In the main cities

• Karachi
• Lahore
• Islamabad
• Rawalpindi
• Faisalabad
• Multan

Office shifting in your city

We move offices in all 23 main cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. For homes, see packers and movers; for single pieces, see furniture moving.