Specialized Projects We Handle
- Library relocations – Collections moved shelf to shelf in exact order, for public libraries, universities, and institutions.
- Hotel FF&E installations – Furniture, fixtures, and equipment received, staged, and installed floor by floor for hospitality projects.
- Medical equipment moving – Clinical and laboratory equipment relocated with manufacturer guidelines and facility schedules respected.
- University and institutional moves – Departments, dormitories, laboratories, and administrative offices moved on academic timelines.
- Machinery and equipment – Heavy and awkward equipment rigged, moved, and placed with the right gear and crew.
- High-value and unusual items – Pianos, safes, sculptures, and the pieces other movers decline, handled by crews who have seen them before.
How Specialized Moves Get Planned
Standard moves are estimated. Specialized moves are engineered. Every project starts with a site survey: we walk the origin and destination, measure the access points, identify the risks, and meet the people whose operation we are moving. From that comes a written plan covering sequence, equipment, crew size, schedule, and contingencies.
The plan also covers the part most movers skip: your operation during the move. Libraries that need to stay open, hotels with guests on other floors, clinics with patients scheduled, all of it shapes the schedule. We have moved institutions while they kept working, and we plan for your reality, not our convenience.
Risk management runs through every specialized project. Crews are briefed on the specific hazards of the job, equipment is matched to the loads rather than improvised, and the plan names what happens if something unexpected appears, because on complex projects, something usually does. The result is a move that finishes without incident reports, which is the only kind of finish that counts.
Why Institutions Call Naglee
A century of unusual projects
Project management included
Fine arts standards available
Capacity to scale
Credentials for Institutional Work
Naglee Moving & Storage is an Authorized New York State Vendor, a Military Certified Relocation and Storage Provider, BBB accredited, and licensed under US DOT #15251 and NY DOT T-6656. Institutions that require vendor documentation get it without delay.
Trusted Moving and Storage Solutions Since 1912
Serving Customers Since 1912
100+ Years of Experience
65,000+ Square Feet of Warehouse Space
Museum-Quality Fine Art Storage
United Van Lines Agent
Trusted by Healthcare, Higher Education, Government, and Corporate Clients
Client Fills the Form
Fill out a quick form with your basic details and service needs so we can understand your requirements.
Gets an Offer
We review your request and send you a clear, fair, and personalized offer with all the details included.
Moving Day
Our professional team arrives on time and completes the move efficiently for a smooth experience.
Step-by-step Moving Process
Moving is what we have been doing since 1912. We keep the process clear, the pricing honest, and the handling careful from first call to final placement.
Areas We Serve
Naglee Moving & Storage is based at 1525 Grand Central Avenue in Elmira and serves the entire Southern Tier. Our crews regularly work in Horseheads, Big Flats, Pine City, Southport, West Elmira, and Elmira Heights, along with Corning, Ithaca, Binghamton, and Rochester. Through the United Van Lines network, we move families and businesses anywhere in the country and around the world.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We focus on delivering dependable exterior solutions with honest communication, skilled workmanship, and a customer-first approach.
Any project where standard moving methods would risk the items, the schedule, or the operation around them: libraries, medical facilities, hotels, laboratories, heavy equipment, and high-value collections all qualify.
Yes, almost always. Specialized projects are quoted after a site survey so the plan and the price reflect the actual conditions, not assumptions.
Yes. Phased schedules, after-hours work, and zone-by-zone sequencing let institutions keep operating through a move. Tell us your constraints and we plan around them.
A named Naglee project lead owns your move from survey through completion. You get one contact who knows every detail, not a dispatcher reading notes.
Yes. Dollies, lifts, rigging, custom crating, and protective materials are specified in the project plan and included in the quote, so there are no equipment surprises on site.
Yes. A grand piano, a gun safe, a kiln, a sculpture: one difficult item is still a specialized move. We quote it after understanding the item and the access at both ends, and we bring the equipment the job actually needs.
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