FM Moving / Relocation Directory Listings: This is a great website operated by the IFMA organization. Think of it as a Yahoo! for facilities management.

Infomation on Moving Insurance: When 60 cents a pound doesn’t work for you, look here for a great article on moving insurance.

How to Pack and Move Computers - If you want to pack the computer yourself, here is a great article complete with a video that best describes how to pack your computer for shipment.

1. Keep each computer and peripherals together: You need large computer bags or plastic boxes to keep the all the contents in a single place. Putting multiple computers, keyboards mice and monitors in a single location will cause confusion on the reconnect side, and will cost you precious time.

2. Do you need to back up your files? If your office doesn’t use roaming profiles, it is always  a good idea to backup you critical data. Check with your I.T department if you aren’t sure about your desktop files.

3. As you disconnect the equipment, be sure to document what you are doing. Create a computer inventory and test document that will help you keep track of what peripherals each user has, along with other notes such as noting if the user is left handed, where the CPU sits and where the monitor is placed.  Please call PcDisconnect at 800 585 9049 if you want our complimentary  Inventory & Test Procedure Sheet. (Document #:214)

4. So long as your disconnect was well documented and you have an adequate test document, the reconnect of your computers should be trouble free.

Here are some other resources:

• Preparing & Moving Computers - A good guide from About.com that can help you stay organized.
• Packing Computers for Transport - An interesting video on how to pack a computer.
• How To Pack a Computer - Mailing computers to a branch office? This is a good guide on how to prepare a computer for mailing.
• 123 Movers Guide on How to Move Computers -
• UPack’s Moving Computers Guide -

Here’s an excellent Office Relocation Check List, but here are a few words for the wise:

With over 125 computers, over 300 monitors, trading desks and dozens of Bloomberg trading terminals, the PcDisconnect crew worked diligently to have the equipment ready for the moving company in just 90 minutes.

On the reconnect, our staff were onsite at 6am working to have everything reconnected ready for business.

Ahead of schedule and alway on budget. Thats the PcDisconnect promise!

When time matters, PcDisconnect delivers. Our trained computer pro’s were able to disconnect and reconnect employee workstations in a three hour window.

Desktop PC’s, Printers, Scanners, Faxes and phones were all disconnected quickly and carefully at 5pm. By 6pm, all workstations had been successfully disconnected and were already being packed by the mover. PcDisconnect also handled the un-racking of servers and networking equipment.

With the moving company following closely behind our computer technicians, they were done just minutes after we had disconnected our last piece of equipment.

At the new office location, the movers quickly placed the computer equipment and PcDisconnect immediately began to reconnect, completing in just less than one hour.

Working with the moving company, PcDisconnect provided a team of trained computer technicians to assist the in-house I.T. department. Working after hours, we were able to complete the transition in just a few hours.

PcDisconnect had a crew of 4 trained computer technicians blanket the Princeton NJ office, and in just two days we had documented and catalogued over 1000 units.  At the same time, we had dispatched PcDisconnect representatives to states from Connecticut to California to capture and document the branch office components.

BlackRock had requested that we document device location, serial number, model number, IP address, and what kind of printing supplies each unit needed. Once we had all the information together, we compiled a single spreadsheet and presented it to the happy BlackRock I.T managers.

We are still making improvements to the help desk system.