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Key Considerations for Fortune 500 Companies Undertaking Large-Scale Office Relocations

Relocating a corporate headquarters is always a massive undertaking, requiring careful management of cost, communications, and logistics. The complexity of an office relocation scales in accordance with the size of the company, meaning that Fortune 500 companies face acute difficulties. To properly plan for and manage these complexities, it’s first important to have a clear […]
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4 Indicators Your Commercial Mover is Not Safe

During a commercial relocation, it’s tempting to focus on things like cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and logistics. Naturally, you want the move to happen as expediently as possible, with minimal disruption to your business operations. But in addition to efficiency, it’s also important to think about safety. Simply put, hiring a moving partner who isn’t safety-forward can […]
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Is Your Mover Qualified to Move Laboratories?

Laboratory moving is unlike any other type of relocation. It’s a specialized field that exists within the commercial moving industry, and as such, it would be a mistake to assume that any commercial or household mover has the skill and experience necessary to successfully relocate a lab. Laboratory managers should take extra care to analyze […]
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4 Ways to Make Your MAC Program More Efficient

For facilities teams, managing the ongoing daily requests for Moves, Adds, and Changes can be challenging. On the one hand, facilities teams are tasked with controlling costs; on the other hand, their job is to help address the needs of their co-workers. Careful balance is required, and during times of economic uncertainty, the pressure to […]
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How to Evaluate Commercial Moving Estimates

Relocations, whether residential or commercial, are unpredictable by their very nature; it’s impossible to know exactly what a moving day is going to look like, nor to plan for every contingency. With that said, it’s totally reasonable to expect your moving company to provide you with an estimate, giving you some ballpark expectations about what […]
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Office Furniture Design Trends 2019

Stay up to date with 2019 furniture trends that are attractive, functional — and compliant. As you plan moves and office space this year, it is essential to keep track of both manufacturing trends and industry laws. Unfortunately, class-action lawsuits are on the rise due to a California employment law, informally called the “suitable seating […]
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Your Summer Workplace Change Guide

Get 5 expert tips to keep employees engaged over the warmer months. We can’t quite believe it, but summer is here. Studies show it’s the season when worker productivity takes a nosedive. When more people are out of the office on vacation, and those left behind wish they were taking time off. It’s a perfect […]
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Top Five Moving Mistakes for Businesses to Avoid

Are they worth the risks? Shrink your post-move punchlists by avoiding these mistakes. In order to facilitate the most efficient move possible, it’s important to cover all the moving parts thoroughly. Lack of communication with your employees and vendors are just one of the costly mistakes you can avoid. 1. Choosing the lowest bidder without […]
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Creative Office Space Planning

Considering a Creative Office Space? Here’s What to Know First HR departments have long understood the lure of a strong employee benefits package to help attract and retain employees, but more and more employers and facilities managers are hopping on board the creative office space trend and coming around to the idea of another, less […]
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What Creative Office Space Looks Like

You may be wondering, “How prevalent are creative offices anyway? Well, if the number of blogs dedicated to them is any indication, creative office space is only gaining more traction. And, no discussion would be complete without some visual examples. So, we’ve rounded up a few amazing ideas from California companies to get your imagination […]
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Create More Office Space

Maybe your company is experiencing rapid growth, or maybe your facilities plan overlooked a few angles. Whatever the cause, what do you do if your company is growing too big for your current office space? Often—and ideally—the answer is to relocate your business. However, upgrading to larger space may not be possible due to budget […]
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How to prepare for your office lease expiration

How to prepare for your office lease expirationIt’s important to plan ahead. The end of the year doesn’t just signal the holidays. It’s also the time of year when many California businesses are faced with an office lease expiration and must decide whether to renew their office lease or relocate. If you choose to relocate […]
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Turn Your Office into an Employee Experience Center

With these updates, your employees will be eager to come to work. As we reported in last month’s article, the workplace is part of the employee experience, it isn’t just commercial space. When you are ready to embrace Employee Experience Design, where do you begin to implement it? 1. Start with your Employees Involving your […]
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10 Tips for Workplace Change Management

Use these proven tips to facilitate your workplace change management. Being responsible for workplace change management can be a challenging and frustrating. Workplace changes affect employees on all levels and if not managed properly can lead to business downtime, employee dissatisfaction, and a decrease in worker productivity. Change management practices will help ease this stress […]
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Moving Your Business – Why and When

Tips on Why and When to Move Your Business. Moving your business from one location to another is a major undertaking – but sometimes it’s an absolute necessity. Whether you’re ready to relocate for growth purposes, or need to save on expenses, here’s why and when to move your business. Why Should You Relocate Your Business? Rocking […]
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Four Upgrades to Modernize Your Office

Good business means staying on top of industry trends and best practices. Implementing systems for modern standards of efficiency, productivity, and employee well-being can give any company an edge over less innovative competition. Does your organization want to be at the forefront of increasing productivity and employee well-being? Here are 4 methods trending among forward-thinking […]
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Office Moving Checklist for Your Next Business Move

Your Office Moving Checklist Preparing to move an office or business can be a lot more complicated than moving a household. Preparing is key and ensuring that everything on your list is complete, is essential. Use this quick office moving checklist as a guide to keeping your move on track. Here are some things to […]
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Reasons to Use Tech Relocation Services

Alleviate the stress of being caught in IT’s backlog with disconnect-reconnect services Most businesses have created a backlog to manage all of the daily requests that come into the IT department. That list is often triaged to tackle the most critical issues first, sometimes leaving employees with smaller problems waiting weeks or even months for […]
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We don’t just handle the boxes, crates and furniture. We disconnect, move, and reconnect the computers too.

We don’t just handle the boxes, crates and furniture. We disconnect, move, and reconnect the computers too. Imagine it’s Monday morning. It’s the first day at your new location, and there’s a problem: no one can access their email. It’s like you are not even open for business. Corovan’s commercial moving tech services team will […]
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Five valuable lessons for moving your computer equipment

Where would your company be without its data and IT infrastructure? Would it even exist? Clearly, this is the most critical and complex part of any office relocation, and not something we take lightly. As the largest mover in the Silicon Valley, we appreciate the importance of computer equipment and data, and have the following […]
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Revive Productivity With Space Planning

Use these five tips to organize your office layout In today’s competitive business environment many business people feel a good office layout is a vital factor to overall productivity, employee satisfaction and making the right impression on visitors. As always, up front planning creates a smooth relocation process where things are done right the first time. […]
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What Makes a Great Move

Planning becomes easier if you know what makes a great move. Great moves don’t just happen. They are carefully orchestrated so everyone understands their roles and the overall process. Successful moves actually start with the end results in mind. What needs to be moved first? What are the priorities and timing? How will things be […]
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Pre-Move Planning: Protect Your Confidential Information

Protect Your Confidential Information Before The Move Income tax returns, CPA reports Investment trade confirmations Legal records Retirement and pension records Annual financial statements and books of account Corporate documents (incorporation, charter, by-laws, etc.) Stock records Retirement and pension records Licenses, patents, and trademarks and registration packets Investment trade confirmations Documents substantiating fixed asset additions […]
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Three Things You Can Do to Make a Greener Move

Wastes from an office move includes paper, obsolete furniture and equipment. Here are three things you can do to reduce the environmental impact of your move. Pre-Move Purge and Recycling Campaign Moving is a great time to clean house. A week or so before the move we suggest distributing shredding bins to collect obsolete documents. […]
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Plan Greener Moves

With Corovan and The Recycling Network(IRN). Together, we’ll give your surplus to those in need. Surplus is an issue for every organization. IRN and Corovan offer a solution. Since 2002, IRN has been partnering with U.S. and international relief organizations to match U.S. surplus assets with the needs of relief and development projects around the […]
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