Factory and Shop Relocation Checklist

• Name one project lead with authority to make decisions.
• Set the target move window and the latest acceptable restart date.
• Identify which orders and deadlines fall inside the window.
• Decide what is moving, what is being replaced and what is being sold or scrapped.
• Confirm lease dates, landlord rules and any building approvals at both sites.

• List machines with make, model, serial number, weight and dimensions.
• Record the utilities each one needs: power, air, water, data, ventilation.
• Note tooling, fixtures, spare parts and consumables that go with each machine.
• Include benches, racking, shelving, carts and office equipment.
• Tag every item with an asset number and a destination.

The inventory becomes your quote request, your move sequence and your checklist for the new site.

• Confirm electrical capacity, outlets, compressed air, water and data at the machine locations.
• Check floor loading and flatness where heavy machines will sit.
• Confirm door sizes, dock access and any ramps needed.
• Arrange permits, inspections and sign-offs with your landlord and local authorities as required.
• Have licensed trades ready for utility connections.

Decide which machines move first. Common approaches:

• Least critical first: Move machines you can live without, and keep your key production machines running until the end.
• By production line: Move complete lines together so each line is down once.
• Weekend or shutdown move: Move everything in a planned shutdown window.

Whichever you choose, schedule the machines that need vendor or technician visits around those visits.

• Have qualified technicians disconnect utilities and photograph and label each connection.
• Drain fluids and secure moving parts as the manufacturer instructs.
• Remove and tag tooling, guards and attachments.
• Strap machines to pallets or skids, and pad or crate delicate parts.
• Pack small tools, parts and records in labeled containers.

Our packing services and custom crating can protect the equipment, and our storage can hold it if the new site is not ready.

• One decision-maker at each site, with the inventory and floor plan.
• Routes cleared, floors and doorways protected.
• Vendors and technicians on site at the agreed times.
• Each machine placed on the layout, then checked against the inventory.
• Any problem logged immediately with photos.

• Level, anchor and connect each machine with qualified technicians.
• Run test cycles before production resumes.
• Check inventory, tooling and spares against your list.
• Log damage, missing items and open issues, and close them out.
• Update insurance, address records and customer notices.

Check your own property policy and ask your mover about valuation options. Our guide to released value vs. full value protection explains the difference. Ask for a written estimate and read about binding vs. non-binding estimates.

Correira Brothers’ Moving & Storage handles industrial and shop moves with trained crews, custom crating and phased plans. See our industrial and machinery movers, warehousing and FF&E logistics and shipping and receiving services. For heavy machines, read how to move heavy machinery.