Freezers, incubators, safety cabinets, analysers and the delicate instruments that sit beside them each need handling differently. Laboratory relocation, for us, runs from survey to handover: our own crews write the RAMS, move the equipment and place it in the room you choose. We work from Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, and cover London.
A laboratory move runs in six stages. Work through them in order and put a date and an owner against each one.
What is moving, what is being disposed of and what stays behind, with an asset ID and serial number for each item. Name the move owner and the lab lead, and flag anything that must stay cold, powered or upright in transit. Survey the doors, corridors, lifts, loading bay and floor loading at both ends.
The method, the RAMS, building approvals and out-of-hours access. Brief the supplier and name any specialist who has to disconnect or recommission an item.
Decontamination, emptying, labelling and power-down. Decontamination certificates are asked for before we collect.
The crew signs in, protects the route, packs and moves equipment in the agreed order and unloads at the other end. Nothing is left unattended, and photographs go in the record before and after.
Equipment is placed in the new lab upright, level and clear of walkways. A specialist reconnects services and makes it ready for use, and we work alongside them.
Records, certificates and sign-off pass to your team. Calibration and validation belong to whoever owns them.
ISO 9001:2015 certified, Road Haulage Association member, DBS checked crews. Euro 6, GPS tracked, plain and unmarked vehicles with air suspension, tail lifts and 2.5 m load clearance.
Cover is arranged per job to the value of your equipment, up to £0.5m without referral. Public liability no less than £2 million.
Sometimes laboratory equipment movers have to take a door off. In June 2024 we delivered and installed a £250k scientific device, and the site survey showed the door and frame had to come out, because there was next to no room to spare. We kept the device horizontal and bridged the steps with lite deck staging.
Download the Laboratory Relocation Checklist and Timeline. A six-stage plan from survey to handover, covering fume cupboards, ultra-low temperature freezers, incubators and safety cabinets, decontamination certificates, route protection and condition photographs. Free PDF, no form.
Survey the route and the receiving room first. Keep the instrument upright and level, in original packaging or flight cases, on air suspension transport, with one team attending it from collection to the room. Photograph it before and after, and leave calibration to whoever owns it.
Yes. We move the units themselves with the right kit. Disconnecting and reconnecting services is done by a specialist and we work alongside them.
Yes. We are based at Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, and serve London, Heathrow and West London. Our London lab moves start with the same survey as anywhere else.
We move the equipment: collection, transport, placement and storage. Validation and GxP stay with you or the manufacturer.
The equipment owner, with the manufacturer or a calibration specialist. We deliver the instrument to the room and leave a record of its condition.
We are a specialist transport team that moves labs among other high-value equipment. Lab equipment transport is routine for us, and we say at survey what we will and will not do.
We have your details. Someone from the team will read it and come back to you by phone or email.
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