If you are looking to relocate your plant, you are likely looking to hire a plant relocation service to assist you. A plant relocation service can help to move your inventory, rigging, and machinery. They can also disassemble and reassemble everything, helping you to get up and running at your new location in as little time as possible. If you have never hired a plant relocation service before, you may be unsure about what questions you need to ask as you go about hiring this type of company. Here are three important questions to ask as you look to hire a plant relocation service. 

1. What Type of Industries Do You Have Experience Relocating? 

One of the first questions you will want to ask as you look to hire a plant relocation service is what type of industries they have relocated in the past. The machinery and equipment used by pharmaceutical and medical companies is very different than the type of machinery used by lumber plants or chemical plants. If a company does not have experience relocating the equipment in the industry you are in, they may not know how to properly disassemble and reassemble your machinery or equipment. Asking this question helps to ensure they know how to work with the equipment you likely have in your plant. 

2. How Much Time Will It Take to Have My New Plant Up and Running?

Another important question to ask as you look to hire a plant relocation service is how much time it will take to have your new plant up and running. Depending on the skill level of the employees and the number of employees available, it may take one company a shorter period of time than another to get your plant up and running. If your plant is not functional, it is not making money, and your employees may be unable to work. As such, you want to find a company who can get you up and running as quickly as possible again. 

3. How Much Insurance Do You Carry?

The last important question to ask a plant relocation service is how much insurance they carry. When you are hiring a service, you want to ensure that they have enough insurance to cover the value of all of your machinery and equipment. This ensures if they make a mistake and damage your equipment, they have enough money to cover the loss. If their insurance is not high enough, you may have to pay for the difference between what their insurance maximum is and the cost of the new equipment yourself. 

Selecting a plant relocation service to assist you with your upcoming move is a big decision. The company you select affects how quickly your new plant will be up and running and how smooth the overall move will be. Asking the right questions, as well as thoroughly researching the reputation of a company, will help you to find the right plant relocation service for your upcoming plant relocation. 

For more information, contact your preferred plant relocation services today.