Internal Office Moves in the Sacramento Valley

The property manager controls the freight elevator, so the first call is to them. Ask how long a block you can reserve, whether the car can be put on independent service so it stays on your floors, and whether the building supplies wall pads for the cab. Ask where carts may wait on each landing, because most buildings want exit corridors and stairwell doors kept clear at all times.

With those answers, we plan trips. A cart that carries two desks and their bins per ride sets the pace, and the elevator window sets how many rides fit. If the building will only give daytime elevator time between other tenants' deliveries, the move takes longer. That is why many internal moves in downtown Sacramento and Roseville office buildings happen on an evening or a Saturday, when the car belongs to one tenant. Some buildings will not confirm the elevator until they have our insurance certificate, so we send it with the request.

Internal moves damage buildings more often than furniture, because every trip crosses the same doorways, landings and elevator sills. Before the first cart, the crew pads the cab walls, lays runners from the old suite to the car and from the car to the new suite, and guards door jambs and corridor corners. Carpet in a newly finished suite gets extra cover, since a loaded dolly leaves tracks.

Loads are built so nothing rides loose. Bins are lidded, cabinets strapped to the cart, and tall pieces lowered onto dollies rather than walked. The crew places furniture to your floor plan by seat number before bins are unloaded beside each desk, so staff return to a desk with its own contents next to it. When the old suite is empty, the crew lead walks it with you to confirm nothing was left behind.