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Case Study: An Office Move with E-Waste and Hard-Drive Destruction

A Pleasanton to San Ramon office move, with an added request to remove e-waste and arrange hard-drive destruction.

By Pablo Giordano, Owner, Ontrack Moving® • September 2026 • 3 min read

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Pleasanton to San Ramon

An Office Move with an Added E-Waste Request

Ontrack Moving® handled an office relocation from Pleasanton to San Ramon. After work began, the client added e-waste removal. We collected the designated hard drives, arranged their destruction and sent the client a Certificate of Destruction.

Project at a Glance

  • The move: an office relocation within the East Bay.
  • The original plan: preparation, retained furniture and cubicle relocation, reassembly and office clear-out.
  • The added work: e-waste removal and arranged destruction of designated hard drives.
  • The documentation: a Certificate of Destruction emailed to the client.

The Office Move and Clear-Out

The client was moving selected office contents to the new location and leaving other items behind for removal. The moving plan separated preparation, transport, furniture placement and cubicle reassembly from disposal work.

The proposed schedule also distinguished work inside the offices from moving between buildings, with preparation during regular business hours and after-hours relocation windows. Those details matter when planning which work can happen while a building is occupied.

For an office move with retained furniture and a clear-out, our commercial moving services are the starting point. The office relocation planning guide explains how to think through the phases.

E-Waste Removal Added During the Move

The e-waste request came after the relocation had started. It was an addition to the original moving scope, alongside the office contents already scheduled for relocation or removal.

Ontrack handled that added removal, collected the designated hard drives and arranged their destruction. This gave the client a way to address the retired equipment during the same project.

Hard-Drive Destruction and the Certificate

Ontrack arranged destruction of the designated hard drives and emailed the Certificate of Destruction to the client for their records.

If your office clear-out includes retired computers or drives, discuss the equipment and documentation you need when defining the scope. See our hard-drive destruction and Certificate of Destruction service.

What This Project Shows

The completed project brought an office relocation and an added e-waste request together. Ontrack handled the move, arranged destruction of the designated hard drives and followed up with the certificate. The case shows a practical extension of a commercial move: dealing with equipment the client no longer needed as well as moving the contents it was keeping.

This is a real Ontrack project. The customer is anonymous. The header uses an Ontrack fleet image, not a photograph documenting this job.

Questions About This Project

The project was an office move from Pleasanton to San Ramon. The plan included preparation, relocation of retained furniture, cubicle reassembly and removal of items the client was leaving behind. The client added e-waste removal after the move had started.

Yes. Ontrack collected the designated hard drives, arranged their destruction and emailed a Certificate of Destruction to the client for their records.

No. The client requested it after work began. Ontrack handled the added e-waste removal and arranged hard-drive destruction as part of the expanded project.
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