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Moving a lab is sooo much different than moving office furniture or warehouse inventory. It’s a high-stakes process involving sensitive equipment—often worth 5-, 6- and even 7-figures—hazardous materials, and often irreplaceable research. Exhibit A, the butterfly specimen relocation we did a few years back. As a company that’s been in this space for a bit, […]

When Solid BioSciences wanted their AMBR® 250 delivered from its North Carolina location to its headquarters in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Labovers.com got the call. We have a long history with Solid BioSciences. It dates back to when Labmovers.com did the relocation of Solid BioSciences from its previous location in Kendall Square in Cambridge to its brand […]

Move Client – Zone Labs Move Location – 200 Corporate Pl, Peabody, Massachusetts Lab move destination – 100 Corporate PL, Peabody, Massachusetts Move Timetable – Fall 2025 The Challenge Zone Labs was founded in 1995 by Dr. Barry Sears to develop dietary products based on his #1 New York Times bestselling Zone® book to control […]

When it comes to relocating a lab, the work doesn’t end when the truck door closes — or even when it opens at the destination. Every move Labmovers.com conducts ends with two critical steps: ✅ Documentation — We provide a full inventory of every item moved, with temperature logs from origin to destination.✅ Verification — […]

Move Client – University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Polymer Science & Engineering department Move Location – Amherst, Massachusetts Move Timetable – May 2025 The lowdown The University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Science and Engineering department sought Labmovers.com’s assistance in importing an atomic layer deposition system from Finland. Manufactured by Beneq, the ALD—the TFS 200—costs $425,00. From the Beneq […]

Lab Move Clients – Hatch.Bio Labs, Innovac Therapeutics, Fount Bio, IT Bio, LLC Lab Move Location – Nest.Bio Labs, 325 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA Lab Move Destination – 100 Chestnut Street, Somerville, MA Lab Move Timetable – March 2025 In March 2025, Labmovers.com supported a major growth milestone for Hatch.Bio Labs and its resident companies, […]

Labmovers.com, a division of Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves, recently completed its 100th lab relocation project for Dr. Stephen Lomber, from Lab McGill University in Montreal to the University of Texas at Arlington. BTI formed the division in 2019. “Being in the […]

George Rohlfing, president of Labmovers.com and Brookline Transportation Company, Inc. recently contributed an article to LabManager.com entitled How to Plan for a Laboratory Move with Cold Transport.  Here’s a brief clip: “There’s a reason laboratory movers want a minimum of six months to prepare, particularly if it involves cold transport. In some cases, millions of […]

Lab Move Client – Therapeutics Lab Lab Move Location – North of Boston, Massachusetts Lab Move Timetable – February 2024 The lowdown Humboldt Moving & Storage hired BTI’s Labmovers.com division to transport $7 million worth of samples and equipment for a therapeutics lab north of Boston, Massachusetts to its new location about one mile away. […]

Storing and Moving Optic Tables with Expert Care The boom in building lab space in the greater Boston area has been awesome to watch. It’s also created some challenges like delays in the completion of buildouts. For labs who have ordered new equipment, like say optic tables, that leaves an additional challenge. Namely… What to […]

Lab Move Client – Dr. Shabaana Khader Lab Move Location – Washington University, St. Louis, MO Lab Move Destination – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Lab Move Timetable – February 27 – March 3 Dr. Shabaana Khader is an internationally recognized expert on tuberculosis (TB), its pathogenesis, and the microbiological and immunological aspects of TB […]

Lab Move Client – Solid Biosciences Lab Move Location – One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA Lab Move Destination – 500 Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown, MA Lab Move Timetable – Spring 2022 – August 2022 Solid Biosciences is a life science company focused on advancing a portfolio of neuromuscular and cardiac programs. Solid Biosciences retained the services of […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves, recently completed the second phase of the relocation of the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Jack Szostak from the Richard Simches Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital to the Searle Chemistry Lab at the University of […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves, recently moved the lab of Solid Biosciences from One Kendall Square to 500 Rutherford Avenue in the Charlestown section of Boston. The move began in the second quarter of 2022 and was completed in August 2022. “There […]

Labmovers.com and Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves, recently completed the first phase of the relocation of the laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Jack Szostak from the Richard Simches Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital to the Searle Chemistry Lab at the […]

Lab Move Client – The Szostak Lab Lab Move Location – Simches Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Lab Move Destination – Searle Chemistry Building, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Lab Move Timetable – June 2022 – October 2022 At BTI, we treat all lab moves with kid gloves. Yet it’s difficult to […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, laboratory and residential moves, recently completed a six-month closure and relocation of GCP Applied Technologies’ Alewife Center complex in Cambridge, Massachusetts. IQHQ purchased the 300,000 square foot location in 2020, with closure to be completed by end of 2021. GCP makes sustainable concrete […]

Lab Move Client – GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.Lab Move Location – Alewife Center, Cambridge, MassachusettsLab Move Destination – MultipleLab Move Timetable – March 2021 - December 2021 To say there are a lot of moving parts within any move is more than just a bad pun. It’s a statement of fact. Particularly when move involves […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, laboratory and residential moves, recently completed a lab relocation for Harbour Biomed. The Metrowest-based company moved its lab from LabShares in Newton, Massachusetts to ABI Labs at 27 Strathmore Road in Natick, Massachusetts. The move took place at the end of June 2021. […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, laboratory and residential moves, recently completed two lab relocations for Cambridge, Massachusetts-based location of Henkel Adhesive Technologies. BTI moved part of the lab contents to a Henkel location in Madison Heights, Michigan and the remainder to another Henkel lab in Seabrook, New Hampshire. […]

Lab Move Client – Henkel Lab Move Location – Henkel Lab, Alewife Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lab Move Destinations – Henkel, Madison Heights, Michigan; Henkel, Seabrook, New Hampshire Lab Move Timetable – June - July 2021 Who hasn’t opened a canned beverage and heard that distinctive sound of freshness, particularly when it’s a carbonated drink? Henkel […]

Lab Move Client – Dr. Musheng Bao, Director, Harbour BioMed Lab Move Location – LabShares, Newton, Massachusetts Lab Move Destination – ABI Labs, Natick, Massachusetts  Lab Move Timetable – June 28-29, 2021 The Covid trend for most industries in the greater Boston commercial real estate market has been one of downsizing with one exception: life […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab relocation, medical, and science moves, announced that Jarrod Rohlfing, BTI’s vice president of operations, received certification from HazMat University. Rohlfing successfully completed Ground Online course from HazMat University’s Bureau of Dangerous Goods. “Lab relocations are a tricky business. Training is critical to […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial, lab, medical, science and residential moves, recently completed training to receive Certified Office Mover® credentials from the International Office Mover Institute (IOMI). BTI management and staff completed the training to receive certification in March 2021. “If we have learned anything the past 15 […]

Brookline Transportation, Inc. (BTI), a Mayflower Van Lines agent specializing in commercial and residential moves, recently expanded its laboratory relocation division. The new division features enhanced packing, storing and transport services available for laboratory moves originating in the continental United States. “Lab relocation is a specialty for many reasons that go far beyond moving expensive […]

Lab Move Client – Dr. Patrick Fuller, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Lab Move Location – Boston, Massachusetts Lab Move Destination – University of California-Davis, Davis California Lab Move Timetable – February 2021 Dr. Patrick Fuller is the Faculty Training Coordinator at Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine and the Research Division Head, Department […]

Lab Move Client – Merck Lab Move Location – Danville, Pennsylvania Lab Move Destination – Columbus, Georgia Lab Move Timetable – 2020 In mid-2020, Merck transitioned its facility in Danville, Pennsylvania. BTI was charged with moving a lab at the facility from Danville to Columbus, Georgia. The building itself, a 200,000-square-foot facility, was being torn […]

Lab Move Client – Harvard Lab Move Location – Boston (Allston), Massachusetts Lab Move Destination – Cambridge, Massachusetts Lab Move Timetable – November 2019 As a mover specializing in laboratory moves, you pick up on things fairly quickly. As a start-up prepares to ask for funding, it moves from its university lab to an incubator […]

Complex and fragile laboratory relocations planning does not begin with trucks and equipment. The starting point is thorough strategic planning and experienced leadership. George Rohlfing of Brookline Transportation Company (BTI) was on his way to Spain for a family vacation when he received word of winning the bid for the relocation of a butterfly lab […]

Laboratory Move Client – GZA Laboratory Move Location – Portland, Maine Laboratory Move Destination – South Portland, Maine Laboratory Move Timetable – December 2019 At the end of 2019, GZA (www.gza.com), a national company specializing in ecological, water, and construction management services, moved its facility in Maine from the Time & Temperature Building in downtown […]