Project Profiles
Since 1981, we’ve made the move with thousands of businesses and families and played an important role in operating seamless transitions.
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July of 2014- Bing Crosby Collection
Gonzaga University decided to relocate
the Bing Crosby Memorabilia from a
private display room of the Crosby
Student Center to its new location now
at the remodeled Crosby House on
Campus. DeVries packed with white
gloves and moved the collection and
was proud to be selected as their
moving company. This collection was
donated by the Crosby family to not
only honor Bing, but to share his life
story with the University where he
attended. This collection was
comprised of posters of all his movies
he made, pictures of the US tours
during WWII with other celebrities, gold
records from his famous songs, his pipe,
and his Oscar Award he received.
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In May of 2016 we entered into a
five year contract with Washington
State University to provide
relocation services for their football
program.
We are responsible fortransporting all of the equipment to
the five away games in the
2016 -2017 football season as well
as any championship and Bowl
games. We will provide the
equipment and drivers that will be
responsible for meeting tight
delivery timelines as well as
assisting in setting up the visiting
team locker rooms and sideline
activities. We also had the trailer
entirely wrapped in WSU logos and
designs and we are looking
forward to our partnership with
Washington State University.
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January 2012 through March of
2012 - we moved Servatron from
their 62,000 square foot location
on Euclid, to their new larger
facility on Mirabeau Parkway in the
Spokane Valley. Servatron has a
long history of manufacturing,
cable assembly, electronic repair
and quality finished goods.
With over 175 employees contents,
modular furniture, computers,
racking, milling machines,
4 - Copper Lindgren Enclosures
and 3 – 60 foot washer lines, this
two month move was
accomplished with over 1750 man
hours, and 550 truck hours on time
and on budget.
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In February of 2010, we started a two
phase remodel project for Worksource
in Spokane WA. This consisted of
relocating 125 personnel in stages and
for reconstruction and improvements of
their existing offices, painting and
re-carpeting of their entire building,
then coordinating the transportation of
5 semi loads of excess product back to
Olympia to finish the project.
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In August of 2016 we consolidated and
relocated two separate locations in
Newport, WA of the new Newport
Hospital and Health Services building.
This move was completed over two
separate weekends to accommodate
patients and minimize disruptions to the
hospital personnel. Through proper
planning and a coordinated effort with
hospital staff they were able to continue
operations throughout the moving
process. We moved over 140 staff
including doctor’s offices and medical
equipment to their new hospital
location.
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Also in September of 2006, DeVries
completed it’s third relocation of the
offices of Teck Cominco American
Incorporated Corporate. This move was
from the Spokane Valley location to
their new offices in downtown
Spokane. Construction of the new
offices was not completed by the date
scheduled for their move, so the
DeVries project manager worked
closely with Teck Cominco to make sure
that their needs and requirements were
taken care of, in order to stay
operational during the relocation.
At the same time, we were moving the
offices downtown, we loaded three 53
foot air ride vans of furniture, shelving
and equipment from the Spokane Valley
facility to Reno, Nevada, where a new
office was being set up. DeVries flew
our own lead installation technician
from Spokane to Reno to help unpack,
reassemble shelving, and furniture, so
that the office could be functional
and back in operation as soon as
possible.
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January 2016 – Relocation and shuffle
of 5 schools in this overcrowded school
district. This began with moving the
Early Learning Center and Barker
School into a recently remodeled Yokes
(grocery store) now called Mica Peak
School. Evergreen went to the old
Barker location, Summit School went to
the Early Learning Center and Chester
Elementary went to the old Summit.
This shuffling now leaves Evergreen
and Chester vacant for remodeling. The
Requirement was to move one school a
weekend for 5 consecutive weekends
of which the start and finish time had to
be done over a 48 hour weekend. This
was moving class rooms, music rooms,
sport equipment, cafeteria fixtures,
libraries, and outside storage buildings.
Central Valley School District completed
construction of two new high schools in
the summer of 2002. We were awarded
the contract and proceeded to move
everything out of the 2 old high schools
(Central Valley and University High) to
make way for a new parking lot at the
new CVHS and the consolidation of
Adams and McDonald elementary
schools into the old University High
school.
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In the years of 1999, 2000, 2001,
Albertson’s Inc. grew by acquisition of a
few different grocery store chains
through out the county. The facilities
department in Boise, ID, was
responsible for many store remodels
and upgrades during this time.
Old racking, freezer cases, shelving,bakery, meat dept, deli dept.
equipment/fixtures all had to be
removed and stored quickly for
contractor trades to complete
remodels. As the old equipment was
removed, new equipment and fixtures
were ordered and shipped to the
various locations. DeVries was
responsible for the asset management
of the old fixtures that were put into
storage and the receiving in of new
fixtures for delivery out as needed.
We selected 16 different warehouses
within the Atlas agency net work that
picked up fixtures from stores, received
in new fixtures, and stored both used
and new fixtures and coordinated
deliveries of new fixtures with local
contractors. Items going into storage
had to be recorded and their condition
assessed. At the end of the remodeling,
up grading, and building of the new
stores, DeVries was responsible to
consolidate to one warehouse or
liquidate old and used fixtures.
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In October of 1998, we moved the
DSHS Division of Children and Family
Services from their old building at 1425
N. Washington to the new Rockpoint
complex at 1313 N. Atlantic in Spokane.
This project was done over 2
consecutive weekends and involved the
relocation of over 250 employees and
their electronic equipment, personal
contents, and peripheral furniture. This
involved a 20 man crew and 5 trucks
running 12 hour shifts for 3 days on 2
weekends. The move ran very smoothly
due to extensive planning and many
meetings.
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The moving of the downtown Spokane
Public Library in 1992 was a great
challenge and a job that we are
extremely proud of. The library had to
move into a temporary location for one
year while their old building was
demolished and a new building was
built at their original location. We not
only had to move all shelving in
sequence with the books that went on
each of the shelves but we also had to
take great care in keeping the numerical
system in tact. This also involved
handling of the historical books and
photographic collections. Each move
consisted of the relocation of over 1
million books. We have been asked to
install, reconfigure, and move all public
and county libraries since.
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City of Spokane – Transportation
Dept – Sept 2015 – We moved this
division out of 3 different buildings into
one large facility. The Transportation
Dept consisted of storage from the
Police dept., snow plow division, and
city utility trucks. This move consisted of
over 400 tires, mechanical components,
offices – all things that a large
garage/shop would have stored in it.
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September 2012 – Pepsi
Beverages Company relocated its
office and two warehouses,
moving 135 employees from
57,000 sq ft to 80,000 sq ft. One
warehouse was in Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho was consolidated with the
Spokane operations and offices.
DeVries moved office furnishings,
display materials, safes, computers
and warehouse items. E-crates
were used for office packing and
miscellaneous items. The move
was completed over 3 days, on
time and on budget. DeVries was
able to locate used office cubicles
for Pepsi to purchase and our
installation crew was able to
present a floor plan that was
acceptable and created 30 new
workstations for office personnel.
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In August of 2009, Gonzaga University
completed construction their newest
dorm, Coughlin Hall. This beautiful new
five story building will house over 660
students to the enrollment of the
university. Our crews were responsible
for off loading, installing and detailing
over 12 semis of new bedroom furniture
for these new students to move into.
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In August of 2007, we were selected by
Titan Spring and Wire Inc. to relocate
their entire company. DeVries sent its
staff from Spokane to personally
manage the packing, loading and
transportation of all their offices, and
manufacturing equipment from North
Hollywood to Hayden. As loading and
transportation began in California, our
own company drivers transported
the offices and equipment directly to
the Hayden facility. The crew that
loaded the trucks were then flown back
to Hayden to be on site to receive over
a million dollars worth of equipment and
items for their new facility. Eleven
automobiles, high valued coiling
machines, punch presses, office
furniture and contents were all up and
running, in eleven days, from start to
finish, keeping their down time for
production a minimal.
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January of 2006, we were chosen to
move Itronix into their new 10 million
dollar facility in the Spokane Valley. The
move happened in two phases during
the entire month of January. DeVries
leaders meet with all the employees in
six separate meetings to educate them
and prepare them for packing and
labeling of their move and answer any
questions that they may have. During
the move, two managers meeting were
schedule each week to pre plan the
moving of the different departments,
and discuss any changes in their
schedules.
The first phase was all thepersonnel and labs from Stevens street
in downtown Spokane, and Phase II was
the Liberty Lake facility with personnel,
labs, shipping, receiving and Field
Services operations. The personal
contents move alone consisted of over
300 people and the receiving
production area at Liberty Lake
consisted of over 200 personnel. The
DeVries Team was involved also in all
the disassembly and reassembly of their
receiving area, technical equipment and
machines, and 5 motorized conveyor
systems, making sure that everything
was up and running to meet their
production schedules, with little or no
down time to their customers.
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August of 2001 marked the year’s most
delicate move other than the Cheney
Cowles museum, with Pathology
Associates, (PAML) moving over 450
employees, a vast number of computer
servers and p.c.’s, and millions of dollars
worth of sensitive laboratory equipment.
This move was completed with minimal
disruption to the above mentioned staff
from PAML.
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In July/August of 1999, we were
awarded the move out of Lewis & Clark
High School to their temporary site in
the Holley Mason building. This job was
approx 3000 man-hours of labor and
was complicated because of the lack of
elevators and we had to manufacture
ramps down 6 flights of stairs to move
everything out.
The historical society closely monitored
our progress and watched as we were
very careful not to damage the building
as it had to be remodeled while being
careful not to change any of the
historical fixtures. In the summer
of 2001, we moved them back into their
new 46 million plus dollar building.
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Another major project in the Spokane
area which has involved a multitude
of our services has been moving Farm
Credit Services three different times in
17 years. Each time we have received
new furniture at the site, installed all
products as per plan, and moved all
other office items. In the fall of 1997,
Farm Credit moved 200 people into
their new facility with new workstations
and new furnishings throughout,
including modular walls.
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In June of 2016 we received seven
trailer loads of new Steelcase furniture
at the new Comcast Support Center in
Liberty Lake WA . In this phase of the
project we received and assembled 400
work stations over a three week time
frame. We then disassembled moved
and reassembled 300 Steelcase
workstations from their temporary site
on Sullivan Rd to the new facility. We
also moved all of their employees, set
up game rooms, outdoor furniture etc.
The entire project included over 700
workstations, conference rooms and
private offices and was completed over
a six week time frame. This was
completed ahead or schedule and on
budget.
July 2015 – Temporary Customer
Service Facility. Over 400 new
Steelcase Answer workstations installed
in 3 weeks (one week ahead of
scheduled completion). Each
workstation was designed with glass
privacy panels on top of the segmented
panels with electrical race ways.
Included in this install were 12 private
offices and 6 training rooms as well as
all seating and miscellaneous office
furnishings to complete this facility.
Eleven trailers of new product was
received at sight. Phase II of this
project will be the teardown, move, and
reinstall the project from above as well
as the addition of another 300
workstations in the summer of 2016
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June – July of 2015 Gonzaga
Hemmingson Center The new 60
million dollar state of the art
Hemmingson Activity Center was built
on the Gonzaga University Campus and
was the students new place to go for
dining, studying, and entertainment. It
also was the center for new offices for
over 225 employees from various
departments throughout the campus
and DeVries was selected to educate
the staff members and move their
belongings.
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May-June 2014 WSU Ops Center
The new WSU Operations Center on the
Pullman, Washington Campus was
finished and DeVries Movings'
Commercial staff played a big part in
completing the 5 floors of furniture
installation in the 75,000 square foot
facility. DeVries received a majority of
the furniture in their Spokane
Warehouse, and then transported it to
the building for installation. The
beautiful building over looks Martin
Stadium Football field and consists of all
the coaches offices, meeting rooms,
recruiting room, lounge areas, Football
hall of fame, and the weight room
overlooking the stadium.
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March through April of 2012 - US
Bank did a complete remodel of
their main branch in downtown
Spokane. The move entailed the
removal of 6 floors of furniture
which either came back to our
warehouse for storage or moving
the furniture to a temporary
location within the building, then
moving it back and reinstalling it
after construction was completed.
Also involved was the distribution
of the used furniture to other
branches within the Spokane area
and other donation centers. This
move was done over a two month
period with over 700 man hours,
and 200 truck hours.
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In March of 2011, we relocated the
corporate headquarters for Telect in
Liberty Lake, WA. Telect is a repeat
customer since their initial move 1988.
Their current move took place in 3
phases, relocating over 90 personnel
and their contents into their new two
story facility. Numerous meetings
where held to help educate their staff in
packing and labeling, preparing them
for a smooth relocation and placement
of individual workstation belongings
and common work areas and storage.
We have assisted Telect, Inc., as they
have grown. In 1988, Telect moved into
their new corporate offices at Liberty
Lake, WA. At that time they had
approximately 300 employees of which
120 were in workstations and the
remainder were employed in their
manufacturing facility doing assembly
work. Again, we were involved in the
receiving and installation as well as
moving their corporate offices to this
new location. Telect now employs
almost 1000 and we have been involved
in the three expansions and additions of
workstations at their current location,
and continue to handle all of their
Steelcase furniture reconfiguration
and moving services.
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In the fall of 2007, Kootenai-Shoshone
Library’s completed construction of new
additions to their existing libraries. The
Idaho libraries that received expansions
were Pinehurst, Spirit Lake, Athol,
Rathdrum, Harrison and the main
Hayden Idaho facility. DeVries Moving
Packing Storage provided the labor
services to vacate all the contents in the
existing buildings into containers for
temporary storage until the construction
was completed. Our crews then were
responsible to assemble the new library
shelving at each location and return the
books back into their correct areas and
departments.
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In September of 2006, DeVries was
selected as the moving company for
Itron Incorporation’s relocation. This
move consolidated both the Maribeau
Parkway building of 35 employees and
their Sullivan Road facility of over 490
employees, into their new 30 million
dollar Liberty Lake site. The DeVries
project manager met with over 526
employees in 18 plus meetings to
educate each employee on materials,
packing techniques, proper labeling,
and answer any of their questions.
The relocation consisted of their
personal contents, computers, files
cabinets and chairs. All the lab
departments and larger Thermotron
ovens were also relocated to their new
facility. This month long project and
preplanning meetings, meet all of Itron’s
requested schedule needs. The
relocation schedule was planned so that
there would not be delays in keeping
the company on track in production and
service for their customers.
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In the fall of 2004 we were awarded the
complete move and relocation of the
Safeco Insurance production office in
the Spokane Valley. The 12 phase, 11
department move started on 6/28/04,
and was completed on 9/24/04,
working evenings and weekends so that
Safeco's daily operation was not
interrupted. Weekly meetings were
held at Safeco with DeVries, and Safeco
management, computer technicians and
electricians, all working together as
a team to coordinated the completion of
each move.
During phases 1-6, the DeVries team
dismantled 305 Herman Miller
Ethospace Workstations and
reconfigured them into 365 stations.
On phases 7-12, we dismantled 290
Herman Miller Action stations at the
Safeco Sprague facility, and rebuilt
them on the 2nd floor of the Liberty
Lake facility, then relocated all the
personnel and their contents into the
completed stations. We also cut
hundreds of laminated work surfaces
to accommodate the newly
reconfigured area, then shipping all the
remaining product back to Safeco's
Redmond Washington facility.
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Center Partners of Fort Collins,
Colorado, specializing in call centers,
choose to purchase Kimball Office
furniture from our new furniture division.
In the spring of 2001, we ordered and
installed over 500 new workstations.
We were responsible for administering
the order, receiving at site, and project
management through completed
installation.
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In July of 1999, was probably one of our
most challenging and delicate moves
we have ever done. We relocated the
entire office and curatorial staff, and all
the irreplaceable collection items of the
Cheney Cowles Museum out of their
existing building in preparation for a 2-
year remodeling project. We did this
using a climate controlled trailer
and hundreds of carts that we carefully
stretch-wrapped to prevent any motion
in transport. The move was a complete
success and a model for careful moving.
In the fall of 2001, we relocated them
back in to their 26 million dollar
building.
In 1982, we were awarded the
installation of 500+ workstations for
Cowles Publishing, in Spokane. There
were 22 trailer loads of furniture
received for the project. Two thirds of
the product was received at the job site
and moved into a five story building.
One third of the product was received
at a warehouse to be stored for
installation a year later after the second
phase of their building project was
completed. We were also awarded the
move of all employee’s personal effects
going into their new workstations. 20
years later we are still involved in
work at Cowles Publishing.
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In the fall of 1994, we installed over 25
trailer loads of wood case goods, files,
seating, accessories and etc. for the
corporate offices of Sterling Savings
Bank. The first floor was the downtown
main branch for banking activities and
the remaining four floors were
corporate offices. All product in this
building consisted of three main
manufactures and the case goods were
all finished in a dark red mahogany.
There were over 30 different fabrics
used on a variety of styles of seating
that had to be distributed to the
different levels of employees within the
five story building.
At one point during our installation
there were 80 other trades men in the
building finishing laying carpeting,
ceiling grids, hanging light fixtures,
painting, and etc. The challenge here
was moving the new product through
the building, installing it, and then
protecting it from other work that was
on going within the building. All in
preparation for the move and grand
opening that had been scheduled
months in advance.
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August of 2015- May 2016 / River’s Inn &
Gonzaga University Lodging Project.
Gonzaga University’s enrollment was
growing and needed more rooms for its
students. On short notice GU decided
to move the students into 71 rooms at
the Rivers Inn. All the motel furniture in
the Rivers Inn had to be packed, moved,
and placed into storage and 142 rooms
of student dorm furniture moved back in
within a 5 day period.
Working 2 shifts, and over a thousand
man hours, we made it happen and on a
very tight schedule, finishing before the
students arrived for their first day of
class in the fall of 2015. May of 2016
the project began again but in reverse.
We had to move out all of the student
dorm furniture the day after graduation
and set up the 71 hotel rooms all in time
for the May Lilac Parade festivities
less than two weeks away.
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May 2015- Spokane Police Department
Museum
The Spokane Police Department’s
Museum that was located in downtown
Spokane, lease was up and DeVries
Moving was selected to pack and move
the artifacts into a temporary police
storage facility until a new building is
found.
Hundreds of artifacts and pictures from
the beginning of the Police
Departments history were handled with
care. The museum held hundreds of
pictures including the first Chief of
Police and the original gold badge he
wore, wanted poster of John Dillinger
the famous bank robber, Harley
Davidson motor cycle, old guns,
handcuffs, ball and chains, and the
uniforms from the past.
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February-April of 2013 Vet Med
Building: Washington State University
Interior Development East completed
their new Vet Med Facility in Pullman,
Washington. DeVries unloaded 9 trailer
loads of new modular furniture and
placed it throughout the new four
story facility. Our company installed 120
Unite cubicles, 2 wireworks cubicles,
104 true Works cubicles, and 1 executive
Krug station with over 230 new chairs
and benches. The move was
completed over a 5 week period and
over 1117 man hours. As each floor was
completed, the staff moved into their
new stations with minimal disruptions to
their work flow.
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