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Multi-Location Business Moves Across the Sacramento Valley

Branches moved one after another from the same kit: one label format, one packing matrix and one checklist, revised after the first branch.

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Multi-Location Business Moves moving in the Sacramento Valley: Murdock's crew at work
  • Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
  • Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
  • Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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How We Plan Multi-Location Business Moves

A company with offices in Chico, Yuba City, Sacramento and Roseville that needs to move several of them faces a planning problem more than a moving problem. Each branch manager knows their own building. None of them should have to invent a move process from scratch, and the operations director should not have to read four different label schemes on move day.

So the service is built as a kit that repeats. Every branch gets the same label format, a branch code, then room, then seat. The same packing matrix marks what staff pack and what the crew packs. The same one-page checklist records the building's dock or door, elevator, parking, contacts and the first stations to set. What changes per branch is only the access sheet.

The first branch is the pilot. Choose a smaller or simpler one if you can. After it moves, the crew lead and your operations contact go over what slowed the day, what labels confused people and what the checklist missed, and the kit is revised before the next branch is packed. For single-office relocations, see office moving.

Who usually signs off
Operations director or facilities lead who approves the branch sequence, with each local manager confirming their inventory and access rules
Timing that works
One branch at a time, each timed around its own lease dates and customer hours, with the first branch scheduled early enough to learn from before the rest.

What typically moves

  • Standard branch furniture setsIdentical desks and chairs across branches get branch codes, so a truck carrying two branches' loads never mixes them.
  • Teller lines, service counters and reception desksSectional counters are split at their seams, fasteners kept in a bag for each section, and marked for the receiving branch's floor plan.
  • Branch file rooms and closed records cartonsSealed by branch staff and labeled with branch and shelf, so each set returns to its own file room.
  • Surplus furniture from a closing branchMoved to the branches that need it, or to a buyer or donation partner, per the redistribution list your team approves.
  • Brochure racks, lobby displays and freestanding signsHandled the same way at every branch so brand displays arrive complete and ready to stand.
  • Branch desk computers and printersMoved and plugged back in at labeled seats; your IT team brings each branch online on its own schedule.

Access and scheduling

Each branch's building sets its own rules, and those go on its access sheet rather than into the shared plan. A downtown Sacramento office may need a booked freight elevator, with our insurance certificate sent to the manager, before loading. A storefront branch in Chico may load from an alley behind the building. A Yuba City branch may need its small lot cleared of customer cars before the truck arrives.

Your operations director sets the sequence and how much customer coverage each branch must keep. Branches at opposite ends of the Valley rarely share a crew day, because the drive between Chico and Sacramento takes a real share of it. Clustering nearby branches, such as Roseville and Rocklin, into back-to-back days keeps travel time down. Before each branch is packed, its manager confirms the floor plan, labels and access sheet, so changes from earlier branches are applied on purpose.

Protection and handling

Consistency is the protection. Every carton and wrapped piece shows its branch code on two sides, so a crew that moved Yuba City on Tuesday does not confuse a carton on Thursday in Sacramento. Loads are built one branch per truck wherever possible. When two branches have to share a truck, their loads are strapped in separate sections and unloaded one branch at a time.

Counters, cabinets and desks are pad-wrapped, and loose fittings stay with their parent piece. At each receiving branch, the crew places furniture to that branch's plan, sets cartons in their rooms, and walks the space with the branch manager. The notes from that walk go back to your operations contact and into the kit before the next move, so the last branch benefits from what the first one taught.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Branch order, customer coverage and staffing
Your operations director and branch managers decide which branch moves when and who covers customers. The crew works to that sequence.
Network, phones and branch systems
Your IT and telecom providers bring each branch online and test it. Desk equipment is set and plugged in at each labeled seat by the crew.
Vaults, safes, alarm systems and installed counters
Your security or safe vendor and your installers handle anything bolted down or alarmed. The crew moves only what they release.

Not part of our work

  • Choosing which branches close, consolidate or open.
  • Moving vaults, safe-deposit boxes, cash or ATMs.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Branch networks in the Valley often follow Hwy 99 and I-80: storefront offices in downtown Chico and Oroville, branches in Yuba City and Marysville, and offices in Sacramento, Natomas, Roseville and Rocklin. Each has its own door, parking and neighbors, which is why the access sheet is written per branch.

The crew that shows up

Murdock’s crew rolling a shrink-wrapped piece on dollies through a building lobbyThree Murdock’s crew members at the back of the box truckTwo Murdock’s movers carrying a pad-wrapped table up the truck ramp

Multi-Location Business Moves FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

How do we stop two branches' furniture from getting mixed on the truck?

Give every branch a short code and put it first on every label, before room and seat. Where possible, each truck carries one branch. When two branches have to share, their loads are separated on the truck and unloaded one at a time, and the branch manager checks the code on each piece before it enters.

Which of our branches should move first?

Usually a smaller branch with a straightforward building, and a manager who will give honest feedback. The first move tests the labels, the checklist and the timing. After it, your operations contact and the crew lead revise the kit, and the larger or more complicated branches move with the lessons already applied.

Can furniture from a branch we are closing go to our other branches?

Yes. Your team makes a redistribution list naming each piece and the branch receiving it, and labels it with that branch's code. The crew loads the closing branch in the order the receiving branches will be visited, and whatever is left goes to the buyer, donation partner or hauler you choose.

Do you move the safes and teller equipment at our bank branches?

No. Safes, vaults, cash-handling equipment, ATMs and alarm panels go to your security or safe vendor. The crew moves the teller-line furniture, desks, lobby seating and cartons once the vendor has released the space, and works around the vendor's schedule at each branch.

Plan your business move

Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.

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