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When you are considering site selection for new operations, expansion, relocation
or consolidation, specialists from our Strategic Partner Network will help make your project
as seamless as possible. Member companies have specialties based on industry, company size,
geographic
preferences and other factors. To remain unbiased in the site selection process, no member company receives fees
or other considerations from agencies or brokers that are seeking to lure businesses to their areas.
Whether you want us to start early in the process to help you evaluate the move, or join an effort already under way, you select only those services that are necessary for your project's size and complexity. Following is a representative sample of the steps that may be involved in a relocation. Note: Rarely does a project involve all the following steps – e.g., a small company may need only a little help, which may also be true for a large company that has substantial Human Resources and Real Estate departments. Other companies will rely more on our relocation experts.
Initiating the Process
- Clarifying the objectives and business case
- Determining an ideal project time line
Selecting the Site
- Identifying healthy business climates in potential locations
- Benchmarking taxes, workers' comp and cost-of-living factors
- Evaluating marketing, supplier, transportation and lifestyle factors
- Reviewing workforce & educational characteristics in targeted communities
- Negotiating (anonymously) incentives from economic development agencies
- Inspecting specific sites
Planning the Transition
- Developing or amending furlough, retention & relocation policies
- Identifying costs to recruit & train new employees
- Determining whether to retain or contract out certain functions
- Initiating a change management process if necessary
Implementing the Move
- Drafting speeches & communications to employees
- Issuing announcements to the news media & stakeholders
- Scheduling transportation with specialist movers or riggers
- Arranging environmental remediation when vacating the old facility
At the New Office, Commercial or Industrial Facility
- Insuring proper placement of all new and relocated materials
- Staying in legal compliance with economic incentives provisions to safeguard against clawbacks
Members of the Strategic Partner Network are located throughout the United States. All companies respect stringent rules of confidentiality.
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