Medical, dental & clinic relocation
Clinic movers who know
what to leave to your vendors
A clinic relocation goes wrong at the boundaries — the device nobody booked a technician for, the room that could not be closed. We map that boundary at the walkthrough, schedule around your vendors and your patients, and move the rest carefully.
- Google, 90+ reviews
- 5.0Google, 90+ reviews
- Liability insurance
- $2MLiability insurance
- Operating since 2017
- 9 yrsOperating since 2017
Boss Moving has run commercial relocations across Metro Vancouver since 2017 — 500+ moves, 5.0 on Google across 90+ reviews, $2M liability insurance and WorkSafeBC compliant. A clinic move is scoped at a walkthrough and quoted as one number agreed before the work starts.
We are movers, and the boundary matters
Boss Moving is a moving company. We are not a medical equipment specialist, we hold no device certification, and we do not calibrate, service, decommission or recommission anything. Some movers are vague about that. We would rather be plain, because the vagueness is what leaves a clinic with a device out of service and nobody contracted to bring it back.
What we do handle, carefully and under full insurance, is the substantial majority of a clinic by volume: cabinetry, treatment and consult furniture, chairs once they are free-standing, waiting-room and office fit-out, shelving, sterilisation-room furniture and sealed storage. And we handle the coordination — the part where your vendors, the buildings and your patient schedule have to agree on a sequence.
Imaging and anything under a service contract stays with the people who hold it. See our commercial moving overview, or office relocation if the administrative side of the practice is the larger part of the move.
How a clinic move runs
Six steps, starting with the boundary
A walkthrough that separates what we move from what we do not
The first job is an honest inventory in three parts: what a moving crew handles, what your equipment vendors must handle, and what stays with the premises. Treatment furniture, cabinetry, office fit-out, waiting-room furniture and sealed storage are ours. Imaging, and anything under a service contract, is not. Getting that boundary on paper before a date is set is what stops a clinic discovering it on the morning.
Your vendors scheduled around the move window
Where a device needs its manufacturer or service contractor to decommission and recommission it, that work sets the timeline and we plan around it rather than through it. We fix the move window and give each vendor a slot to work to at both addresses, so the clinic is not paying for a room that cannot be used because two contractors were booked for the same hour.
A window that fits the patient schedule
Most clinic moves we run happen on a closed day or across a weekend, so no appointment is displaced. Where the practice cannot close at all, we phase it by room — the operatories or consult rooms that are quiet this week move first, and the schedule keeps running in the rest of the building.
Careful handling, and records kept sealed
Cabinetry, chairs, treatment furniture and delicate items are padded, wrapped and moved individually rather than stacked. Records and anything holding patient information travel sealed in the containers you pack and seal — our crews move them, and do not open, sort or read them. If you would rather move records yourself, that is a reasonable choice and the plan is built around it.
Placed to the plan so vendors can work
Everything is set in its marked position rather than left in the middle of the room, so when your vendors arrive to reconnect and recommission, nothing has to be moved twice. Cabinetry and office furniture is reassembled by the crew that took it apart, and rooms are put back as rooms.
The old suite cleared
We clear and sweep behind us, which is normally what the outgoing lease requires. Anything you are not taking is grouped in one place so a disposal or resale pickup is a single job.
What We Handle
What a moving crew can properly handle
Treatment furniture, cabinetry, chairs, waiting-room and office fit-out, shelving, sterilisation-room furniture and sealed storage. Padded, wrapped and moved individually.
Scheduled around patients
Closed days, weekends, or phased room by room where the practice cannot close. The point is that no appointment is displaced by the move.
Records stay sealed
Patient records travel in containers you pack and seal. We move them and do not open, sort or read them. Moving them yourself is equally fine and we will plan around it.
Vendors coordinated, not replaced
Imaging and contracted devices are decommissioned and recommissioned by your manufacturer or service provider. We set the window and work around their slots at both addresses.
Quoted After a Walkthrough
There is no price on this page, deliberately. A clinic relocation is scoped in person and quoted as a custom rate agreed before the work begins — not billed against the hourly residential rates published elsewhere on this site.
The walk produces the three-part inventory, the vendor dependencies, the building constraints and the patient-schedule windows. A number built from those is one you can budget against; a number quoted over the phone for a clinic is a guess.
What is never charged on any move: stairs, elevator use, fuel or mileage. Protective equipment — blankets, straps, tape and dollies — comes with the crew and leaves with them. Certificates of insurance for your building are provided at no charge.
Frequently Asked Questions — Medical & Dental Moving
Do you move medical and dental equipment safely?
We move the furniture and fit-out of a clinic carefully and under full insurance: cabinetry, treatment and consult furniture, chairs, shelving, sterilisation-room furniture, office fit-out and sealed storage, padded and moved individually rather than stacked. What we are not is a medical equipment specialist. We hold no device certification and we do not calibrate, service, decommission or recommission anything. For devices where that work is required, your manufacturer or service contractor does it and we schedule around them.
Do you move dental chairs and imaging equipment?
Dental chairs and similar treatment units are usually uninstalled by your service technician, and once they are free-standing we move them like any other heavy, delicate item. Imaging is the clearer case: it almost always requires the manufacturer or an authorised contractor to decommission, transport under their own terms and recommission, and we do not attempt to substitute for that. In practice the honest answer at the walkthrough is often "this one is your vendor, not us", and saying so early is worth more than winning the line item.
How do you handle sensitive or high-value equipment?
Individually, and named in advance. Anything delicate or high value is listed at the walkthrough, wrapped and crated or padded to suit, moved on its own rather than in a load, and set directly into its marked position so it is handled once. Boss Moving carries $2M liability insurance and is WorkSafeBC compliant. Where an item's value or replacement lead time makes ordinary liability the wrong instrument, say so at the walk — that is a conversation to have before the day, not after it.
Can you work around our patient schedule?
Yes, and it is the normal way a clinic relocation is planned. Most clinic moves run on a closed day or across a weekend so no appointment is displaced. Where a practice cannot close, we phase by room: the operatories or consult rooms that are quietest move first while the rest of the clinic keeps seeing patients, then the remainder follows in the next window. The plan comes out of the walkthrough with your schedule in front of us.
Do you handle patient records confidentially?
Records travel sealed in containers that you pack and seal, and our crews move them without opening, sorting or reading them. We do not take custody of loose files. Many practices prefer to move records themselves or under their own supervision, which is a sensible choice and one we will build the plan around rather than argue with. We are a moving company and we do not hold ourselves out as advisors on your privacy obligations — your college or privacy officer is the authority on what your practice requires.
How far ahead should we book a clinic move?
Earlier than an ordinary office, because the constraint is rarely us. Vendor slots for decommissioning contracted devices, and service-elevator and loading-bay windows in medical buildings, are commonly booked weeks out and both ends need them. Four weeks is comfortable for a small practice; a multi-operatory clinic with imaging wants longer. Call earlier than that if the date is fixed by a lease.
How much does a clinic move cost?
It is quoted after a walkthrough, and there is no price on this page for that reason. Clinics vary too much for a published figure to be meaningful — the number of treatment rooms, how much is built-in cabinetry, what is moving versus what a vendor is handling, how much sealed storage there is, and whether it happens in one window or several. The walk turns that into a relocation budget agreed before anything starts.
Book a clinic walkthrough
Tell us about the practice and a coordinator will arrange the walk, including which items belong with your vendors. This form reaches the commercial desk, so you get a scoped quote rather than an hourly estimate. Or call (604) 726-9828 directly.