College and University Moving in Greater Boston

Campus facilities sets the rules: which dock, which service elevator, where the truck can park, what permit campus police or parking needs, and when work can happen near classrooms and residence halls. Risk management at most schools asks for our insurance certificate, listing the institution, before the first truck arrives; we send it on request. Facilities may also ask for a crew list for building access.

Plan the calendar around commencement, summer programs, orientation, and move-in. A large move is usually split into phases over several weeks, with the crew working evenings and weekends by request so daytime student service carries on. Older buildings on Boston, Cambridge, and Worcester campuses may have small elevators, narrow stairs, or no elevator, while newer buildings have docks shared with dining and deliveries.

Historic campus buildings have plaster walls, old wood floors, and doorways that are easy to damage. The crew pads walls, corners, stair railings, and elevator cabs along each route, and lays runners over floors. In occupied buildings, carts are staged where facilities allows and never left in corridors or egress routes.

Asset tags matter on a campus. Each piece that moves is checked against the property office's list, placed in its new room, and recorded, and anything not on the list stays until the office decides. Student records and personnel files are packed by office staff and never opened by the crew. Workstations are unhooked, padded, and set up in their new rooms; campus IT handles networks, phones, and card-access systems.