As the ‘green shoots of recovery’ seem painfully slow to appear, some businesses will be looking to make efficiency savings by relocating to smaller premises, perhaps with a more modern office design, eliminating dead space and slashing office space rental in an effort to secure the future.

Relocating a business and refurbishing commercial office space is hugely complicated and highly stressful, leading potentially to extremely expensive mistakes being made by an ill-informed office moving manager. The simple answer of course is not to appoint someone from in-house – they more than likely won’t have the necessary knowledge or experience – instead, engage a specialist commercial moving company who already has the necessary expertise from the outset.

Even the largest of companies recognises the need for expert business relocation assistance when contemplating a business relocation or commercial office space fit-out or refurbishment. These independent experts normally cost just a tiny fraction of what companies stand to lose if they get it wrong. And if you factor in all the time that directors and managers often put into such a major upheaval as well, engaging a professional office relocation and office fit out specialist can actually save you money.

The Seven Most Common Mistakes

Here are the seven most common mistakes made by inexperienced office moving managers tasked with the responsibility of organising a business relocation or office refurbishment:

* Bad supplier or contractor selections

* Poor Co-ordination

* Inadequate budgeting

* Insufficient staffing

* Starting late

* Compressing the schedule

* Poor communication

In this article we address the first of these mistakes which is to take poor supplier or contractor decisions. Architects, general contractors, interior designers, IT and IT suppliers, cabling specialists, security system installers, furniture suppliers, etc. are often appointed on an arbitrary basis, or because someone knows `someone’ who can get us a good deal.

No company should base decisions on criteria like these. Instead, you should match your project as closely as possible with your suppliers’ experience.

Ask questions such as: does the interior design company or office moving company have experience on projects of your size? Have they succeeded on similar projects? Are they a specialist or a generalist?

Oftentimes, experience is the key to judging what they tell you. (Which may not always be as obvious as first appears!)

Why Re-Invent the Wheel?

However, if the thought of trying to `re-invent the wheel’ in such a relatively short space of time before the project `goes live’ – at which point it really is akin to “holding a tiger by the tail’ – then you might want to consider outsourcing the task to experienced independent project managers & office moving company experts such as WFA.

According to MD, Alan Whitehead, \”With more than 35 years’ experience in the industry, with many of these years spent working at the `sharp end\’ as Design & Build Office fit-Out & Office Refurbishment contractors ourselves – including projects for many `blue chip’ organisations such as BT, esure, Heineken, Marks & Spencer, NHS Confederation & Sothebys, as well as a host of lesser known names – WFA are expert at planning, implementing & managing ALL aspects of a business move, including commercial office space interior fit-out and office refurbishment from start to finish – allowing clients to get on with what they do best – making profits for their own business!\”

To find out more about how WFA could save you huge amounts of time, hassle and heartache for your next project (as well as serious amounts of money besides!) call them FREE on 0800 458 6578 or send a brief email to:

info@whiteheadfrancis.co.uk – they’d be delighted to hear from you.

Or for more information and advice follow these links:

http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk/

http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk/office_relocation__fitting_out.html

Alan Francis, serial entrepreneur and MD of Whitehead Francis Associates, Project Managers & Cost Consultants for all aspects of Office Refurbishment, Office Fit Out, Office Relocation and Modern Office Design. Call FREE on 0800 458 6578 or email: info@whiteheadfrancis.co.uk For further information and advice follow below links: http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk/office_relocation__fitting_out.html

Alan Francis, serial entrepreneur and MD of Whitehead Francis Associates, Project Managers & Cost Consultants for all aspects of Office Refurbishment, Office Fit Out, Office Relocation and Modern Office Design. Call FREE on 0800 458 6578 or email: info@whiteheadfrancis.co.uk For further information and advice follow below links: http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk/office_relocation__fitting_out.html

Author Bio: Alan Francis, serial entrepreneur and MD of Whitehead Francis Associates, Project Managers & Cost Consultants for all aspects of Office Refurbishment, Office Fit Out, Office Relocation and Modern Office Design. Call FREE on 0800 458 6578 or email: info@whiteheadfrancis.co.uk For further information and advice follow below links: http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk http://www.whiteheadfrancis.co.uk/office_relocation__fitting_out.html

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