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Whether your employees are heading across the country or crossing continents, Sirva has the on-the-ground international relocation services you need. From Canada to Australia and everywhere in between, we understand the nuances across each region . 

We provide offerings to satisfy your unique needs, whether selling a home in the U.S., managing a cross-country household goods move, or helping employees to get settled into their new homes in Europe. Our global experience means that you can count on seamless international relocation, no matter what’s next.
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From the initial policy consulting call through the move itself, there are a lot of moving pieces associated with employee relocation. Whether planning a domestic or international relocation, SIRVA is expertly positioned to offer the best departure services available during a relocation in every region around the world.

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Setting your employees up for success upon arrival at their new locations will be key to successfully meeting your company’s goals. SIRVA’s global network and expansive resources allow us to you achieve your goals. Our destination services and international movers help employees and their families settle in and prosper in their new homes.

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SIRVA’s team of experienced international relocation specialists are expertly equipped to manage inbound and outbound global immigration services. With SIRVA’s Immigration team, the focus is on providing a smooth customer experience that enhances the relocation process, not just achieving a successful application.

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Employee Counselling

For your employees, a single relocation professional assists with end-to-end coordination of services: a relocation consultant for domestic/intra-country moves or global assignment consultant for international relocation. These consultants are your employees’ resource for all communication and services relating to their move, and coordinate the delivery of all authorised services. Regardless of the service being delivered (temporary housing, moving services, etc.), the employee can rely on the consultant as their go-to resource to address any concerns. 

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If you are searching for an enhanced service for your employees, SIRVA offers VIP services such as personal relocation assistants, in-home cleaning services, personalised family assistance, and many other tailored and luxury enhancements. 

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Commercial Moving Guide: How to Pack for Your Big Move (Part 3)

  • by Chris Woodard
  • 09 April 2019 16:52:00
By now, you’ve laid all the right groundwork according to the steps laid out in our previous blog posts on planning and prepping.Now it’s time to start packing for your office move. This phase will affect your employees directly, so you’ll want to execute the steps below with care and encourage them to keep moving milestones in mind when working around their day-to-day deadlines and needs. 

One week – 3 Months Before the Move: Packing

We advise keeping the following in mind as you pack for your office move:

  1. Prioritise and pack items in order of increasing importance: Start packing early to avoid an angry rush at the last minute. Your employees will still need to execute their day-to-day responsibilities throughout this step, so start with items that are least important, then move on to items that are nice to have – but not crucial – to their daily roles. Absolute necessities should be left until the day before the move.
  2. Label your boxes – and the new office space – to ensure that each box ends up in the right department: You might try assigning a colour to each department and a letter/number code for each employee within that department, for example. By matching the colour and code on your boxes to corresponding delivery areas at the new location, every employee and department will receive the correct items. Involve employees, where appropriate, by having them fill out department-specific coloured labels and applying them to boxes containing their individual items. Consider marking each box with a priority level so that employees will first have access to their “must have” items (Priority level 1), followed by those that would be “nice to have” (Priority level 2) and, finally, items that aren’t crucial to day-to-day responsibilities, but will still be necessary to keep (Priority level 3).
  3. Create a master list that accounts for all furniture and boxes: This will provide you with a way of ensuring that every piece has found its way to the new office once you move in. 
  4. Set up your utilities: Make sure you've set delivery/installation dates for your phone systems, electricity, internet, and any other utility providers so you'll be up and running on day one at the new location. Also, be sure to communicate end-of-service dates to utility providers at the location you're about to vacate. 
  5. Keep tabs on the new building: Checking in with your new building manager to ensure that the new space will be ready as planned will provide peace of mind, as well as the knowledge that the move is progressing as scheduled. Conduct a walk through the week before the scheduled move to be sure that the space is both clean and ready.  
  6. Maintain communication with your employees: This is the time to provide final instructions and express thanks to your employees for their part in getting ready for the move. Let them know where they need to be (and when) and what they need to do regarding packing instructions and picking up IDs or key fobs. This is also an ideal time to remind them about the new building’s name and address and any entry codes that will be needed for access. If possible, provide them with a timeline that highlights move-in milestones and a target date for when the company is expected to be up and running at full speed following the move.
  7. Pass the baton to your movers!

    8. You've planned, prepped and packed and are finally on your way to a new location. If you followed the steps outlined in the first two blog posts in this series, you've successfully navigated the planning, prepping and packing phases of your move and are just one step away from arriving at your new location.

    In our next blog, we’ll discuss efficient ways to unpack and get your employees and business back up to speed faster. To get a jump on this process, however, please feel free to contact us for more information regarding SIRVA’s Commercial Moving Services. As a single-source provider, we’re uniquely positioned to manage every aspect of your commercial move – from planning and packing to the physical move itself – efficiently and effortlessly. Whether a workplace move, a facility move or the implementation of retail refurbishment, contact us at commercialmoving@sirva.com or visit https://www.sirva.com/en-us/commercial-moving to find out more about how we can simplify the process for you. 


    Read the first two posts in our Commercial Move Guide series:
    How to Plan for Your Big Move 
    How to Prepare for Your Big Move