Moves Furniture Equipment Relocations

The Facilities Department provides on campus moving services to the Campus Community as requested by departments or as required by contract related area renovations. The scope of moves can vary widely, from the simple relocation of an item of furniture from one wall to another within an office to a mass rearrangement of an entire department's offices.

Basic Guidelines and Tips for Moving

1. Completing a move can require coordination between Facilities and Information Technology Services  personnel for accomplishment. Work requests to move furniture and boxes should be submitted for Facilities through FAMIS as far in advance as possible to allow us to coordinate/schedule staff to accommodate your request in a manner causing the least disruption possible to personnel in your area.  Submit your request for Facilities support at least one full week (7 working days) in advance.  Our Grounds staff perform the movement of items from one building to another building. Our Environmental Services staff perform moves within the same building. Please be sure to indicate in the request where the item(s) are being moved from and where they are going to.

2. Telephone and Computer equipment. If item(s) to be moved involve computer equipment, please contact the ITS Help Desk (x 3548.  Submit a ticket to ITS at: helpdesk-request@holycross.edu for the move of these items. 

3. Boxes. Facilities will purchase and provide departments with boxes and packing tape for Capital Project related moves only.  In all other situations, departments must provide their own boxes and packing tape. We request that packing boxes provided by Facilities for project-related moves be returned to our department once they have been emptied. Please call our Work Control Office at X2263 to make arrangements for us to pick them up.

4. All packing must be completed by the requesting department prior to the scheduled moving date. Please limit the weight of each box to that which can be lifted by one person. Please use masking tape for labeling boxes, not post-it notes as they may fall off. Label boxes clearly indicating if contents are fragile.

5. Desk drawers should be emptied, not just locked, as some moves will require the desk to be tipped on end to fit through doorways.

6. Oversized filing cabinets usually will need to be emptied. Facilities personnel will advise you of the best way to prepare these items for moving when they come to check the scope of the move for scheduling purposes.

7. Credenzas, bookshelves, desk tops, etc. must be emptied and contents packed into moving boxes.

8. It is most helpful if you provide a diagram of how you want the furniture and equipment in the new area arranged. A departmental contact person should also be available at the time of the move in the event questions arise.