Lab & Medical Equipment Relocation
Relocate the lab. Keep the research and the patients on schedule.
Laboratory relocations and medical equipment moves planned around your EHS clearances, OEM requirements, and facility protocols — so sensitive instruments arrive ready to recommission and patient care areas stay open.
What happens next
01 A project manager replies within 1 business day
02 Walkthrough with your lab, EHS, or facilities team
03 Written move plan and quote
Sample Move Sequence
Nothing moves until it's cleared.
A lab move runs through more hands than an office move. The plan names the owner of every step, so equipment is never packed before your EHS team and its manufacturer have signed off.
Lab Move Sequence · Sample
01
Decontamination & clearance
Equipment cleaned and certified for move.
Owner: Your EHS
02
Samples & regulated materials
Moved by your staff or licensed specialists.
Owner: Your Team
03
Instrument shutdown
Disconnect per manufacturer requirements.
Owner: OEM
04
Inventory, pack & crate
Tagged to source room and destination bench.
Owner: JCS
05
Transport & placement
Placed to your new lab layout.
Owner: JCS
06
Recommission & verify
Reinstallation, calibration, sign-off.
Owner: OEM
Every plan is built per project with your EHS, lab, and facilities teams.
100+
Years moving businesses
12
Hub markets with our own crews
350+
Markets via the Office Moving Alliance
1
Point of contact across every vendor
Two Environments
Different rules, same discipline.
Laboratories & life sciences
Research, university, and biotech labs moving instruments, benches, and support equipment. The plan centers on decontamination clearances, instrument-specific packing, and handing off to OEM service teams for recommissioning.
Hospitals, clinics & medical offices
Department moves, phased restacks, and new-building openings in occupied facilities. The plan centers on access windows, infection-control procedures set by your facility, and room-by-room placement so care areas reopen on time.
What We Move
Instruments, equipment, and everything around them.
Scope varies by project and facility. Regulated materials, samples, and specimens stay with your team or licensed specialists — we plan around them.
Lab
Benchtop & floor-standing instruments
Analytical instruments, microscopes, centrifuges, incubators, and similar equipment packed to manufacturer guidance.
Lab
Lab furniture & casework
Movable benches, carts, shelving, and storage — disassembled, moved, and reinstalled to the new layout.
Lab
Freezers & refrigeration units
Units moved empty or coordinated with your cold-chain plan for contents.
Clinical
Patient care equipment
Beds, stretchers, carts, and mobile equipment staged and placed room by room.
Clinical
Clinic & medical office moves
Exam rooms, admin areas, records, and furniture for practices and outpatient clinics.
Both
Large & specialized equipment
Heavy or sensitive equipment moved in coordination with OEM rigging and service teams, scope-dependent.
Who Does What
Every handoff named before move day.
Lab and medical moves involve more parties than an office move.
The plan names who owns each step, so nothing is moved before it is cleared.
Johnson Commercial Solutions
- Walkthroughs, inventory, and room-by-room tagging
- Written move plan and schedule
- Packing, crating, and transport
- Placement to your new floor plan
- Building access, after-hours and phased work
- Interim storage and decommissioning
Your EHS, lab & clinical teams
- Decontamination and clearance certificates
- Samples, specimens, and regulated materials
- Infection-control and access requirements
- Final acceptance of each space
OEM & specialty vendors
- Manufacturer-required shutdown
- Reinstallation and recalibration
- Warranty and service compliance
- Specialty rigging for large equipment
Featured Project · Hospital
Patient care equipment for Memorial Hospital North
Staging, transporting, and placing patient care equipment — beds, stretchers, and more — throughout the building, sequenced so each unit was ready when its care team needed it.
Where We Work
Local crews in 12 hub markets.
Boulder & Longmont lead our lab relocation work; Indianapolis specializes in healthcare equipment staging. Multi-site health systems run through one contact.
Often Paired With
Healthcare, Labs & Life Sciences →
How we support healthcare organizations beyond the move itself.
IT & Data Center Relocation →
Clinical IT, server rooms, and network gear on a cutover plan.
Commercial Storage →
Secure interim storage with scheduled releases between sites.
Office Decommissioning →
Clearing and returning the old space once the move is done.
FAQ
Lab & medical relocation questions
Regulated materials, samples, and specimens are handled by your team or licensed specialists under your EHS program. We move equipment once it has been decontaminated and cleared, and plan our schedule around those steps.
Your OEM or service vendor handles shutdown, reinstallation, and recalibration where required. We coordinate the sequence so instruments are placed and ready when their technicians arrive.
Yes. We plan around access routes, elevator reservations, and after-hours or phased work windows, and follow the infection-control and security procedures your facility sets.
Yes, typically empty or alongside your cold-chain plan for their contents.
Yes. We offer secure short- and long-term commercial storage with scheduled releases, so equipment arrives when the new space is ready.
Yes. Our 12 hub markets and the Office Moving Alliance network let us run multi-site programs with a single point of contact.
Planning a lab or medical equipment move?
Tell us your equipment, facilities, and deadlines. We’ll build the plan with your EHS and facilities teams.