Resources to help keep your world moving

If you’re in the throes of your moving process or considering moving, there is a lot to plan and many checklists to complete. After determining if you will move yourself or hire a company; deciding what will get sold, stored and/or packed; coordinating with the necessary service provided to set up or discontinue service and more, as the moving day approaches, you nervously check the weather. To your dismay, it’s going to rain. We have all heard there are advantages to house hunting on rainy days, but no one wants to move in the rain. While we cannot control the weather, we can control how we handle the situation. Is it possible to delay your move? Whether you’ve hired a moving company or have decided to move yourself, postponing your move could be an option. Before opting to delay your move, consider how the delay will impact your other dates,...

Moving offices doesn’t have to be stressful for you or your employees. If done correctly, the transition can be a powerful tool to boost employee morale. A Clutch survey found that 68% of employees said their office relocation positively impacted them, with some of the cited benefits including more space, more visual appeal and better locations. If you’re preparing for an office move, your communication strategy and moving timeline will be critical to ensuring a smooth transition for your staff. Keep employee morale and productivity high during your office move with these eight tips.  1. Provide plenty of advance notice. Whether you’re moving across town or across the country, announce the move to employees at least three months in advance so they can begin planning accordingly. Share your excitement with your team by emphasizing the purpose behind the relocation and its many positive benefits. Communicate how the move will impact...

How many desks in your office sit unused during the work week? Before the pandemic, Inc. Magazine reported that as much as 40 percent of an office’s dedicated desk space was empty on any given day. Then COVID-19 hit the United States, and employees abandoned office cubicles for work-from-home setups in droves. As workers return to their offices, more companies are using shared seating schedules to maximize space. Envoy data suggests that the demand for flexible office environments is increasing rapidly, with hot-desk bookings growing 95 percent from April to May 2021. By eliminating assigned seating, companies reduce their physical footprints and allow employees to switch freely between remote and office work. Hot desking and desk hoteling have emerged as two of the most popular office layouts for companies with hybrid work arrangements. Though people often use the terms interchangeably, there are several key differences between the two occupancy strategies....

To say business is booming in Dallas would be an understatement. In recent years, Dallas has become a hub of talent and innovation, pulling international headquarters away from locations like Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. Today, the Dallas-Fort Worth metro is home to 24 Fortune 500 headquarters, according to the Dallas Regional Chamber. It’s also the only region in the United States to host three Fortune 10 companies: AT&T, McKesson and Mobil. Before the pandemic hit, Dallas had already attracted some of the country’s top businesses, such as Kimberly-Clark, Deloitte, Charles Schwab, Liberty Mutual, Toyota, CBRE and more. In 2019, the Dallas Business Journal reported that more than 30 companies were considering relocating to Dallas or expanding their local operations. Then families began moving to the DFW area in droves, and their employers followed suit. In the past year, multinational engineering firm AECOM, global fiber company Alkegen, construction...

When a commercial-printing company decided to consolidate two locations into a single facility, they knew they needed a moving partner with full-service capabilities, wide-ranging expertise and experienced project managers to stay on time and on budget. They partnered with Armstrong for a more effortless, efficient relocation experience from start to finish. Project Challenges This client has office and warehousing locations around the globe, two of which were only hours apart from each other. The printer wanted to consolidate the two facilities by moving the personnel, storage, equipment, materials and products from one regional site to the other. With extensive experience moving both offices and warehouses, Armstrong was the ideal partner for this undertaking. The project required end-to-end services, from packing desks and pallets to decommissioning the old office and warehouse location. Faced with ongoing supply-chain disruptions, Armstrong leveraged a nationwide network of owned agencies and vetted partners to ensure the...

Data center relocations and migrations are becoming valuable rites of passage for companies embracing remote-working models and improving their online offerings. Dallas is one of the leading beneficiaries of this increased attention on digital infrastructure. The Dallas Business Journal reported that the metro’s data center market experienced the third-most leasing activity in North America in 2020. Dallas’ central location is ideal for data centers, and Texas’ independent power grid often prevents regional markets from being affected by national power outages. Rich fiber, telecommunication and power infrastructure also boost the competitiveness of the Dallas data center market, making it a hot spot for national service providers and developers. If you’re considering moving your data center to or within the Dallas area, here are six tips for minimizing disruptions and ensuring success. Choose between migration and relocation. A data center relocation involves packing up and moving your infrastructure to a new location,...

Amid global supply-chain disruptions, the warehousing market is growing fast, dropping national vacancy rates to an all-time low.  The increased demand for industrial space is pushing companies across the country to relocate to larger facilities to accommodate new trends. However, relocating a warehouse can seem needlessly complex, requiring months to years of careful planning. Thinking about joining the hordes of warehouses relocating to and within the Atlanta market? Here are five tips to ensure your move is smooth and your downtime is minimal. Know the local regulations and exemptions. Start by familiarizing yourself with the Department of City Planning’s rack storage permitting requirements. Before placing anything on racks in the new warehouse, you’ll have to complete commodity affidavit and racking permit forms, provide floor plans of the new facility and complete an inventory sheet for any hazardous materials. Prevent wasted hours and unnecessary headaches down the line by considering these...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial storage became instrumental to the short-term plans of companies in flux. As businesses adopted remote-friendly workplaces, commercial storage preserved companies’ office equipment, files and furniture. But many companies are not new to commercial-storage — storage solutions have already been foundational to their success for decades. Here are five ways that industries have historically leveraged commercial storage space to stay agile amid changing trends. Fulfilling nationwide e-commerce orders In many industries, e-commerce has replaced brick-and-mortar retail as consumers’ shopping avenue of choice. As a result, e-commerce businesses are snapping up vacant warehousing space to keep up with fulfillment. A recent report by The Business Research Company found that worldwide warehousing usage has accelerated because of a boom in e-commerce orders and an increasing demand for speedy deliveries. E-commerce giants not only rely on commercial storage for available inventory, they also depend on third-party logistics companies (3PLs)...

When moving, you don’t just need to take precautions to protect belongings. You also need to keep the office building in pristine condition to avoid any last-minute fees. Proper property damage prevention ensures your building remains in top condition throughout every stage of the move. If you scratch the floors, walls or doors while moving out of the office, it can lead to a lost security deposit or expensive fix. If you damage the new property while moving in, it can start the relocation off on the wrong foot, forcing you to schedule a repair before the unpacking process even begins. Full-service relocation partners like Armstrong will integrate protective procedures into every move without being asked. However, if you are managing a relocation through contracted labor or internal teams, here are eight tips for preserving the doors, walls and floors of your office during a relocation. Why Property Damage Prevention...

Companies nationwide are on the move. A 2020 survey by Cisco Systems Inc. found that 53 percent of larger businesses planned to reduce the size of their offices and 75 percent were moving to more flexible work structures. As the future of the physical workspace remains in flux, decommissioning has become a stressor for companies in transition. Before you settle into your new office, you will need to decommission your old one. For most lease agreements, this means that you must remove your belongings from the premises and perform any necessary repairs to leave your space in pristine condition. Busy company managers often don’t have the time or expertise to handle this all in-house. Instead, you can entrust a relocation partner with your decommissioning needs. If you’re preparing for a move, start thinking about the future of your current office early to avoid any last-minute snags in the decommissioning process....