Samples and instruments can’t be replaced
Lab moves rarely fail in transit. They fail when a freezer loses temperature, a sample loses its chain of custody, or an instrument can’t be requalified on schedule.
Labs & Life Sciences Logistics Services
Your research can’t restart from zero. Samples, instruments, and data have to arrive exactly as they left.
Your lab manager is protecting work in progress, and EHS is tracking chemical and biological materials. Facilities is preparing the new space, and instrument vendors need to be scheduled to requalify equipment.
JK coordinates all of them under one plan and schedules every step backward from the day your lab is running again.
- Samples that can’t be replaced. A temperature excursion or a gap in custody can cost months of work.
- Instruments that must be requalified. Every day an instrument waits for its OEM technician is a day without data.
- Chemical and biological materials. Each has to be packed, segregated by DOT hazard class, and documented.
- Study timelines that don’t move. Downtime shows up as missed milestones.
- Many owners, one move. Lab managers, EHS, facilities, and vendors each own one piece of the plan.
The capabilities behind a lab move
Each move draws only on the services it needs, coordinated under one plan.
Lab relocation
Pre-move planning, disassembly, packing, and setup for labs of any size. Work in progress is protected with custom crates and anti-static materials.
Chemicals and specimens
Chemical, biological, and specimen materials packed and segregated by DOT hazard class. Specialty vendors are managed under the same plan as the rest of the move.
Medical equipment moving
Imaging systems, diagnostic units, and calibration-sensitive instruments moved in coordination with your biomedical engineers and OEM technicians.
Decommissioning
Equipment removal, recycling, and secure shredding for vacated lab space. Decommissioning and recommissioning are coordinated with your team and vendors.
Warehousing and storage
Secure storage for lab furniture, equipment, and records during phased moves, buildouts, and swing-space periods. Items are delivered when the space is ready.
How JK keeps your research running
One plan, built around the day your lab is running again.
Planned with your lab team
Equipment, work in progress, and chemicals are inventoried and sequenced with your lab manager and EHS before anything moves.
Packed for what’s inside
Custom crates, anti-static materials, and specialized packing are matched to each instrument and sample type.
Chain of custody throughout
Every asset is tracked and documented from pickup to placement.
Ready for recommissioning
Equipment is installed per your floor plan, and vendor visits are scheduled so your team can restart work quickly.
Moving a lab against a lease or buildout date? Talk to a JK project lead about a plan built backward from the day your lab needs to be running. Get a quote
Case study: 2.7 million tissue slides in six weeks
Pathology lab, managed with JLL
Case study: 2.7 million tissue slides in six weeks
Pathology lab, managed with JLL
JK moved more than 2.7 million tissue slides from 12 locations into one filing system, finishing a three-month project in six weeks.
- Double-shift crews and an on-site lab project manager
- Every slide kept in exact order
- No slides compromised
Lab moves near you, coordinated nationwide
From biotech campuses to research hospitals and university labs, JK runs lab relocations across the country.