Trade School Moving in Sacramento, Chico and Yuba City

Most trade schools sit in light-industrial buildings with roll-up doors, which makes loading easier than an office tower, but the shop floor is often full of half-finished student projects. We sequence the move with the equipment mover: the heavy machines usually go first so the new bays can be leveled and anchored, then benches, tool chests and shelving fill in around them. If the machines are waiting on the new building's power, the benches can arrive first and be staged along a wall.

Theory classrooms and admissions move on a separate day, or in the evening on request, so enrollment calls and tours can continue. A new building may still need its final inspection before students return, and that date sets the end of the plan. When the new landlord asks for a certificate of insurance, it is issued before the first truck arrives.

Rolling tool chests are the heavy, fragile item most schools underestimate. Drawers are taped or strapped shut, loaded chests are checked for weight before they roll, and the heaviest travel empty with each drawer's contents boxed by number. Workbench tops are padded, vises stay mounted or are bagged with their bolts, and practice boards ride on edge in padded carts so their wired components are not crushed.

Parts bins and consumables are boxed by program and by shelf. Compressed-gas cylinders, fuel, oil and shop chemicals are not packed by our crew; instructors or the school's gas supplier move or exchange them. Admissions files and student records are boxed by office staff and travel on the office load. Bench and office computers are cartoned with their cables and set out at the assigned bench or desk.