Office moves
What is the most common thing that goes wrong?
The internet circuit is not ready. Order it the week the lease is signed.
Answered by Pete Weigel, Partner
The circuit
In almost every office move that goes badly, the internet was not ready on move day. Everything else was: the desks, the phones, the cabling, the server. And none of it worked, because the carrier's install was three weeks out. The order was placed late because nobody owned it.
Second and third
Network drops not on the electrician's plan, so the drywall goes up and the cabling has to be surface-mounted or the wall opened. And the server moved in the back of someone's car, without a fresh backup, arriving with a failed drive.
The pattern
Every one of those is a timing problem, not a technical one. The fix is a written checklist with dates counted back from move day, an owner for each line, and a walk through the space before construction. That is what the relocation assessment produces.
What good looks like
The circuit is live and tested a week before the move. The cabling was in the plans. The server, if it moved, was backed up, restored as a test, and transported by us. Staff arrive on Monday, sit down and log in. The story of one of those moves is on the site.
Order the internet circuit the week the lease is signed. Carriers take six to twelve weeks. Nothing else on a move fails as often.
The relocation checklist From the shopEvery piece of gear we ship was configured and tested on a bench in Pell Lake first. Problems found here cost an afternoon. Problems found in your server room cost production.
The second-host storyPeople also ask
How far ahead should we involve IT in an office move?
Ninety days is comfortable. Sixty is workable. Thirty means overnight shipping and overtime.
The full answerShould the server move with us?
If it has years of life left, yes, carefully. If it is due for replacement, replace it into the new building rather than moving it twice. We will tell you which.
The full answerWho orders the internet at the new building?
We do, in your name, the week the lease is signed. Carriers take six to twelve weeks and the order is the most common thing to fall through the cracks.
The full answer
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- Every closed ticket is surveyed and a partner reads every response.
- 99.5% of surveys come back positive.
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