Office Furniture Assembly in Vancouver
Assembling one desk is a task. Assembling twenty-four workstations before Monday morning is a logistics exercise, and the things that decide whether it goes well are the loading bay, the lift, and where four hundred kilos of cardboard is going to sit.
Multi-workstation scheduling
Volume assembly is a production line rather than a series of individual builds. Boxes are sorted by component, sub-assemblies are batched — all frames, then all tops, then all drawer units — and the whole floor comes together at once rather than desk by desk.
That approach needs floor space to stage in, which is worth agreeing before the delivery arrives. Tell us the delivery date, how many units, and which room can be given over to staging, and we will tell you honestly how many people and how many hours it takes rather than discovering it on site.
After-hours and weekend installs
We work every day, 6am–10pm, so an office fit-out can run into the evening or across a weekend when the space is empty. Empty is significantly faster — no working around occupied desks, no noise consideration, and the staging space problem largely solves itself.
It also means staff arrive to a finished floor rather than to a building site. If the furniture is replacing existing desks, the sequence to plan is: old furniture out, new assembled, old removed from site. That middle step is where floors run out of room, and it is worth walking through before the day.
Cubicle and partition systems
Panel systems are a different animal from flat-pack desks. They are engineered systems with a specific build sequence, and getting a long run to stay straight and plumb depends on starting from the right corner and levelling as you go rather than at the end.
Many systems also carry power and data within the panels. Making off those connections is electrical work and goes to a licensed subcontractor — we build and align the panels and coordinate their visit. Tell us at quoting if your system is powered, because it changes both the sequence and who needs to be on site.
Packaging removal and recycling
The volume genuinely surprises people. Twenty workstations produce a startling amount of cardboard, foam and film, and it will not fit in your building's bin room — attempting it is how buildings issue fines to tenants.
We flatten and stack everything and sort it into cardboard, soft plastics and foam so it is ready to go. For volumes past what your building can absorb, book a bin or a recycling pickup for the following morning. Ask us for an estimate of the volume at quoting and we will give you a realistic one rather than an optimistic one.
What this costs
$145/hr · $290 minimum · most items $120–$400
Charged by time because that is what a flat-pack actually consumes. Wall anchoring of tall units is included, never an extra.
Materials are always separate from labour and passed on at cost. Quotes are free and written, and the full rate card is published rather than given out on request.
Common questions
Can you assemble an entire office overnight?
Often, depending on the count and the access. We work every day, 6am–10pm, and an empty office is considerably faster than an occupied one. Tell us the number of units, the delivery date and which room can be used for staging, and we will give you a realistic crew size and duration rather than an optimistic one.
Do you remove all the cardboard?
We flatten, sort and stack it — cardboard, soft plastics and foam separated and ready to go. We do not haul it away, and you should not assume your bin room can absorb it: twenty workstations produce far more than a commercial bin holds, and overfilling it is how buildings fine tenants. Book a pickup for the next morning.
Is there a volume rate?
For multi-unit work we quote the job rather than charging by the hour, because batching makes the tenth desk far quicker than the first and you should get that benefit. Send the item list and quantities and we will price it properly.