IT Relocation, Moves & Cable Removal in Toronto & the GTA
One crew for every change: new drops and desk moves in the office you have, the full IT move to your next one, and the cable, racks and access points stripped out of the old space before the landlord walk-through.
Cabling is installed once and changed for the rest of its life. Desks move, teams grow, a camera or an access point gets added, and eventually the whole office moves and the old space has to be handed back. Velocity Cabling handles all of it: the day-to-day moves, adds and changes, the full IT move to your next office, and the strip-out of the one you are leaving. There is no minimum job. A single new drop gets the same labelling, testing and records as a full floor.
Moves, Adds And Changes.
MAC work is the small stuff that never stops. Each job is quick on its own. The risk is in what it leaves behind: a drop nobody labelled, a patch cord run across the floor “for now”, a port map that stops matching the panel somewhere around the fifth change.
| Request | What we do |
|---|---|
| New network drop | Pulled from the nearest panel with free ports, terminated, labelled at both ends to TIA-606 and certified on the Fluke DSX. |
| Desk or team move | Re-patched at the panel wherever existing outlets suit the new layout. New drops only where they do not. |
| New access point or camera | A ceiling drop to the mounting position, with the switch port checked for the PoE the device needs. |
| Furniture reconfiguration | Outlet positions worked out from the new furniture plan before the installers arrive, so cable does not end up under desks or across walkways. |
| Dead or intermittent port | Tested, then re-terminated or replaced and tested again. See finding cable faults. |
| Retired outlet | Cable removed back to the panel, not cut off at the wall and left in the ceiling. |
Records that stay accurate
Every change updates the labels, the patch panel schedule and the test results, so the records are as accurate after the fiftieth change as they were on the day of the install. If yours have already drifted, they can be brought back in line during a rack cleanup.
Rates for regular work
Clients who call us regularly work from an agreed rate list, so a new drop or a desk move can go ahead without waiting for a quote. One-off jobs are quoted individually. Access points and cameras added this way are covered in more depth on our Wi-Fi installation page.
Maersk Distribution Centre, Caledon. After the original install, more than 200 drops with an MDF and five IDFs, we stayed on for Maersk's adds and moves. Their IT team works remotely, so changes are worked from their port map and the cabinet photos we took at handover. Read the Maersk project.
Moving To A New Office.
On an office move we handle the full IT side: the cabling and comms room at the new space, the network equipment, and every desktop and phone. The goal is simple. Staff leave the old office at the end of one working day and sit down at working desks in the new one.
Start before the fit-out
The cheapest time to get the network right at a new office is before the walls and ceilings are finished. We walk the space early to check the comms room, where the drops need to go and what cabling is already there. Existing cable can be certified to see what is worth keeping, as covered under recertifying existing cabling, and a comms room that is too small or too hot is far easier to change on the drawings than after move-in. Order internet circuits as soon as the lease is signed. New carrier service can take weeks to install, and it is the one part of the move nobody can speed up at the last minute.
| Item | How it is handled |
|---|---|
| Racks and comms room | Every connection labelled and photographed and the port map recorded, then the rack is rebuilt at the new site and patched back to the same map. |
| Switches and firewalls | Disconnected, moved, remounted and reconnected in the new rack. |
| Wi-Fi access points | Moved to positions planned for the new floor, not copied from the old one. |
| Desktops and monitors | Disconnected and tagged by user, reconnected at the right desk and checked on the network. |
| Phones | Handsets moved and brought up on the new network. Numbers and service stay with your phone provider. |
| The old office | Cable, racks, access points and old TVs removed to suit your lease. See cable removal at move-out. |
Move weekend
Moves happen after hours or over a weekend so the working week is not interrupted, and larger offices can move one department at a time. The network at the new space goes in and is tested first. Desks follow, and every desk is checked for a working connection before the move is signed off. For the new space's cabling itself, see our office cabling page.
Cable Removal At Move-Out.
Leaving an office means handing the space back the way the lease says. Many commercial leases include a restoration clause that requires the tenant to remove its cabling and equipment before the keys go back. Others ask for working cable to be left for the next tenant. Read the clause before you plan the move, and if it is unclear, get the landlord's answer in writing.
What the Ontario Fire Code says
Sentence 2.4.1.1.(5) of the Ontario Fire Code requires abandoned copper and fiber cable with combustible jackets, along with non-metallic raceways, to be removed from a plenum. There are four exceptions: the cable is permanently enclosed by the building's structure or finish, removing it would disturb the structure or finish, removing it could affect cables still in use, or the plenum is sprinklered. Many office buildings are sprinklered, so in practice the lease usually decides how much has to come out.
| Item | What we do |
|---|---|
| Horizontal cable | Traced from panel to outlet, confirmed dead, and pulled back to the telecom room or riser. |
| Racks and patch panels | Taken down and removed. Equipment you are keeping is set aside for your move. |
| Wi-Fi access points | Taken down from ceilings and walls. |
| Old TVs and displays | Taken down and removed. |
| Outlets | Blank cover plates fitted over the old boxes. |
| Fire-rated openings | Re-sealed wherever cable passed through a rated wall or floor. |
| Removed material | Hauled away and recycled. |
| The space | Left clean and ready for the landlord walk-through. |
Without cutting what is still live
In a multi-tenant building your cable shares the ceiling with the landlord's fire alarm and building automation wiring, carrier services and other tenants' runs. Each run is traced and confirmed unused before it is cut, so nothing live comes out with it. Unlabelled cabling takes longer for exactly this reason.
When the cable is staying
If the landlord wants the cabling left in place, it is worth more to the next tenant with proof that it works. We can certify and label what stays, so it is handed over as a tested asset rather than an unknown. The same applies in reverse when you are the one moving in: certify what the last tenant left before you decide what to keep.
What Drives The Cost.
Regular clients work from agreed rates. Everything else gets an itemized written price before any work starts. These are the things that move the number.
Anything from a single drop to a full floor. Several changes done in one visit cost less than the same changes spread over several.
Unlabelled cabling has to be traced before anything moves or comes out, and tracing is the slow part.
Finished or high ceilings and occupied offices take longer. After-hours work keeps people working but costs more.
On a relocation, the number of desks, phones and racks sets most of the labour.
Older buildings can hold several generations of abandoned cable. The more there is, the longer removal takes.
Every rated wall or floor the old cable passes through has to be re-sealed after it comes out.
Moving, growing or handing a space back?
Tell us what is changing and when. We send an itemized price before any work starts, and site surveys are booked within 48 hours.
Moves And Relocation Questions.
Yes. There is no minimum job size. A single drop is labelled, certified on the Fluke DSX and added to your records the same way as a full floor.
It depends on your lease and the building. Many commercial leases require the tenant to remove its cabling and equipment at the end of the term. The Ontario Fire Code also requires abandoned cable to be removed from a plenum unless one of its exceptions applies, such as the plenum being sprinklered. Check the restoration clause in your lease and ask the landlord to confirm in writing.
Horizontal cable back to the telecom room or riser, patch panels and racks, Wi-Fi access points and old TVs. Old outlets get blank cover plates, fire-rated openings are re-sealed, removed material is hauled away for recycling, and the space is left clean.
Both. On an office relocation we handle the full IT move: the cabling and comms room at the new space, switches, firewalls and access points, and every desktop and phone. Phone numbers and service stay with your phone provider.
Yes. Moves and cutovers are scheduled after hours or over a weekend, and larger offices can move in phases. The network at the new space is installed and tested before the desks arrive.
Every run is traced and confirmed unused before it is cut. That matters most in shared buildings, where your cable runs alongside the landlord's fire alarm and building systems, carrier services and other tenants' cabling.
Yes. Clients who use us regularly for moves, adds and changes work from an agreed rate list, so routine requests can go ahead without a new quote each time. One-off jobs are quoted individually.
Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, Vaughan, Markham, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Oakville, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Whitby, Pickering and Ajax. Larger multi-site jobs elsewhere in Southern Ontario are quoted case by case.
Toronto, The GTA & Southern Ontario.
Crews dispatch from our Toronto base and reach most GTA sites within an hour.
Moving, Growing Or Leaving? Book A Site Visit.
Moves, adds and changes of any size, full office IT relocations and move-out cable removal across Toronto and the GTA. Site survey booked within 48 hours, itemized price before we start.
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