Transition Planning & Management

As a nationally recognized leader in transition planning and move management, our Transition Planning & Management (TPM) team provides cost-effective relocation solutions to clients nationwide.

Managing Your Next Move

For more than 30 years, TPM has been recognized as a national leader in transition planning and move management. Our team knows the right questions to ask in the beginning, the importance of stakeholder buy-in to a thoughtful move plan, and how to identify, procure, and manage move-related vendors for maximum cost-effectiveness. Our approach optimizes operational space and systems within a new facility, supporting personnel and physical assets through the move process.

Core Transition Planning & Management Services

TPM customizes our services and approach to complement and support your in-house transition or move management resources. Our capabilities include:

Project Planning

Establishes a foundation for the project and builds the roadmap to a successful transition.

Transition plan development
Budget validation
Transition team facilitation
Issues and actions tracking

Operations Readiness

Ensures new spaces are prepared to effectively support day one operations.

Operations assessment (gap analysis)
Process workflow facilitation
Project communications
Education and training
Move sequence/department move plans

Activation Planning

Identifies all facility planning tasks required to ready new spaces for occupancy.

“Daily” activation schedule
Facility access, staging and egress plans
New FF&E coordination
Technology systems integration
Support services initiation
Onsite vendor coordination/support

Move Management

Oversight of the physical move(s) ensuring seamless execution.

“Hourly” move schedule development
Reuse FF&E planning
Vendor procurement and coordination
Relocation guidelines and instruction
Command center
Onsite move coordination

Project Closeout

Returning vacated spaces to their desired end state, documentation turnover and contract closeout.

Punch list resolution
Contract management
Lessons learned
Decommissioning

Market Flexibility

Key markets we serve:

Commercial
Healthcare
Higher Education
Justice and Public Safety
Life Sciences
Civic and Public Administration

Spotlight Capabilities

Leading Seamless Transitions, Delivering Exceptional Results.

We bridge the gaps between design, construction, and occupancy. Our approach involves working closely with our clients to build an implementation plan and supporting budget that support the project goals and objectives. We spend the time necessary to gain a comprehensive understanding of our client’s organizational structure, daily operations, available resources, and overall occupancy requirements while formulating a program that ensures minimal impact to ongoing business operations. The value we bring is not just our understanding of activities requiring completion, but our expertise in flawlessly executing each activity to eliminate surprises. It is our proven approach and depth of experience that separates us from the “move planners” in the marketplace.

With over 80 million SF of relocation and activation experience, Gilbane’s transition professionals are skilled in pulling all the elements of a successful transition together into a logical and achievable plan for virtually all types of high-profile organizations. Our success is built on a foundation of trust, continuous improvement, and teamwork in delivering projects on time, on budget, safely and efficiently while providing added value with innovative solutions and services for our clients.

80M

square feet of activation and relocation experience

250+

Completed projects