This may be necessary after a company move or bankruptcy. But it could also be that one has bought new office furniture and wants to freshen things up.
Now when it comes to just a standard office space, it all seems pretty simple. You take out all the office furniture, and then all the things that were left behind and it’s done. Oh yes….Also vacuuming. Even when clearing just an office, it is still a consideration to get the professional in. Costs more money than doing it yourself, but they work faster and they do a really clean job.
Now if we’re talking or a business space, so office combined with, say, a production environment or workshop or warehouse.
For these types of jobs are actually impossible to do with your own people. This involves disassembly and waste logistics. Even if it’s a company that has well-trained technical people of its own, we would still recommend getting the professional at a company clearance.
Companies that specialize in company clearance have knowledge and experience in the field of dismantling and disposing of a wide variety of items.
It’s a consideration. If you have your own technical staff you could say I’ll do it myself. That’s obviously much cheaper. But clearing a company is really much more difficult as just demolishing everything and taking it out.
How do you handle extremely heavy machinery, where should the waste go, what environmental requirements apply here. And do you still have cooling machines, with the cold agent that has to be taken out certified. Power systems that have to be safely disconnected and dismantled.
The in-house technical people will undoubtedly be competent, but specifically dismantling and clearing business premises is really specialist work. Often the choice to do it yourself is still dictated by the idea that the revenue from the old metals will outweigh the cost of the labor of one’s own people. This seems to me to be big nonsense. If you have the clearance specialist come for a corporate clearance then you will get a quote beforehand. In this quote, each corporate eviction specialist will factor in the expected metals that will come out of the business space after the eviction.In practice, we actually see that it is always the proceeds of the metals are much lower than the cost of dismantling and clearing.
Now if you go searching on the Internet you will find a lot of companies and businesses that offer house clearances. Most of them do most home clearing and for individuals and do corporate clearing a little on the side.
I would certainly not recommend working with such a party. Chances are that you will be dealing with amateurs who will be able to clear out grandma’s apartment just fine, but when it comes to dismantling a power installation or heavy machinery, you will get life-threatening situations.
I think it is first and foremost important that if you go with a company for a clearing that they meet at least the minimum legal requirements.
And in addition, you want them to be competent, work safely and care for the environment.
- A party doing dismantling work and disposing of old metals must have VIHB registration. Ask about this when you get a quote.
- If old computer hardware is involved, the WEEELABEX is mandatory.
You can very easily Google who does and does not have VIHB and WEEELABEX, this is public.
Furthermore, of course, companies with ISO9001 and ISO14001 are preferred.
And I would recommend asking about the VCA certification of the workers. This has everything to do with workplace safety.
Furthermore, you should only do business if it is clearly agreed in advance how things are going to be delivered and how long it will take. And you have to provide insight into how the waste is going to be processed.
Often you can tell from the website what kind of meat you are dealing with. If certifications are not listed, they just don’t have them. And if photos are clearly just stock photos, then you wonder how much experience they actually have.
Another thing is the quote, do you get a good quote quickly and is everything really in the quote. And especially does the quote say what the condition of the premises will be after the work is done?