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Phased Office Moves in Colorado Springs

One department per wave, each with its own date, labels, and destination, so the rest of the office keeps working while the move happens around it.

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How We Plan Phased Office Moves

A phased move splits one big move into several small ones. Instead of emptying the whole office on a single weekend, departments move in waves: accounting on the first weekend, engineering the next, reception and the conference rooms last. Each wave has its own date, its own label color or code, and its own destination, which may be a permanent room or a temporary swing space your company has arranged while the new floor is finished.

The service runs in the same order every wave. Your facilities lead confirms who goes and where they land. Our crew drops cartons and wave labels to that department, packs shared areas, and tags furniture with the wave and seat. On the wave date we load that department only, deliver it, place it, and reconnect desk equipment. Then your lead checks the new seats and the vacated area, and the next wave is confirmed. Departments that stop in swing space get two labels, one for the temporary seat and one for the final room, so nothing lands in the wrong place on the second trip.

Who usually signs off
Facilities lead or office manager who approves department release dates, temporary seats, and the receiving floor plan
Timing that works
One wave per evening, weekend, or scheduled workday on request, set between the new space's access date and the old lease's surrender date.

What typically moves

  • Department desks and returns Tagged with wave code and destination seat, so nothing from a later department rides on the wrong truck.
  • Department files and working cartons Split in two: what the team needs in swing space, and what goes straight to the final room and stays sealed until then.
  • Shared conference-room furniture Moves with the last wave that uses the room, so meetings keep a room until the end.
  • Copy-area cabinets and shared printers Moved when the receiving area can take them; one copy area stays live in the old space until the final wave.
  • Reception counter sections and lobby seating Usually the final wave, so visitors find a working front desk throughout the move.
  • Swing-space furniture on its second trip Retagged for the permanent room when the department leaves swing space, since the first tag pointed to the temporary seat.

Access and scheduling

Every wave needs access at two ends on the same day. Before booking, your facilities lead gives us three dates for each department: when it can leave, when its destination opens, and when the old area has to be empty. If the new floor opens after the old lease ends, that department needs a swing space or a holdover arrangement with your landlord, which your team negotiates.

Each building may have different freight elevator reservations and move hours. We book waves inside both sets of rules, and evenings or weekends on request when staff sit next to the move path. If either landlord needs a Certificate of Insurance, we send it once per building, covering every wave date. Between waves, the cart route through occupied areas is cleared and floor protection comes up, so the working office is not living with the move.

Protection and handling

Phased moves fail on labels, not on padding. A carton that goes to swing space and then to a permanent room passes through two sets of hands, so each carton and piece carries the department, the wave, and its final room, with the temporary stop marked separately. Hardware bags stay taped to the desk they came from through both trips.

Each wave ends with a walk-through. Your department lead checks the new seats against the plan, and the crew checks that the old area is empty and the route is clean. Desk equipment is unplugged and reconnected at each stop, and your IT contact brings network service up at the temporary and final seats. Anything not ready for its destination stays grouped and tagged in the old space until the lead gives a date.

Who does what

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

Wave order and seat assignments
The wave list, and every seat on it, comes from your facilities lead and department heads. We label and carry to that list.
Swing space and lease overlap
Your company leases or borrows the swing space and negotiates any holdover with the landlord. We move people in and out of it.
Network service at each stop
Your IT contact brings service up at temporary and permanent desks. Our crew moves and reconnects the desk equipment.

Not part of our work

  • Finding, leasing, or furnishing swing space.
  • Negotiating lease extensions, holdover terms, or surrender dates.

Around Colorado Springs and El Paso County

Phased moves are common when a Colorado Springs company takes over more space in its own building downtown or in the office parks off InterQuest and the Powers corridor, and the new floor is finished in stages. Buildings under construction may limit the freight elevator to contractors on weekdays, which pushes waves to evenings and weekends. Offices spreading waves between Colorado Springs and a second site in Castle Rock plan one extra travel day per wave.

The crew that shows up

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Phased Office Moves FAQs

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How many departments should go in each wave?

It depends on how much each group owns and how far it is going, more than on headcount. A department with a wall of lateral files may be a wave by itself, while two small teams can share one. We walk the office with your facilities lead and suggest a split that fits the dates you have.

How should we label a department that stops in swing space first?

Give it a wave code and two addresses on every label, the swing seat first and the permanent room second. Cartons the team needs during the temporary period get a separate mark from cartons headed straight to the final room. Your department lead approves that split, and we use it at each loading point.

What if the new floor opens after our old lease ends?

Put the gap on the wave plan before booking. Your team can ask the landlord about a short holdover or arrange a swing space, and we plan the extra stop around whichever you choose. Cartons headed for the final floor can stay sealed through the temporary stop, so the second move is quick.

Who signs off before the next department starts packing?

Your facilities lead or the department contact checks that the last wave reached the right seats, that the old area is clear, and that the swing seats needed next are free. We use that check to confirm the next wave's truck and crew. Your IT contact separately confirms that desk connections are ready.

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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