College and University Office Moving on the First Coast

Campus rules come first. Facilities assigns the loading dock or service drive, any vehicle permit for parking near a building, and the hours we can use elevators shared with classes. Summer sessions still bring students across campus, so heavy carts stay off main walkways at class-change times, and we stage by the service entrance rather than the front steps.

Many colleges ask for proof of our coverage before a crew may work on campus, and we send the certificate straight to the facilities or risk office. Book the student-facing offices into the quietest stretch between the last summer session and fall classes. That gap falls in hurricane season, so we hold a second date for those offices, and back-office suites moved earlier in the summer give the plan room to slide.

Student records stay under the college’s control from start to finish. Registrar, financial aid, and advising staff pack and seal anything with student information and either carry it themselves or hand it to us sealed and labeled with its destination. We never open those cartons.

Older campus buildings have narrow halls, tight stair turns, and original floors worth protecting, so we pad stairwell corners and put floor runners down along the whole route into each new suite. Counter casework is wrapped on the laminate faces and edges. Framed pieces and dean’s-suite furniture ride separately from the bulk of the office load. Every room is arranged to the department’s floor plan, and a staff member signs off before the crew starts on the next suite.