Furniture often arrives before the space is ready. Here is how receiving, storage, inspection, and staging keep your project from turning into a last-minute scramble.

Planning a large office installation in Phoenix? The projects that go smoothly are the ones where construction is done before the furniture crew walks in. Working on top of other trades costs more time and money than waiting does. Here's what the process actually looks like from receiving to punch list — and what to expect from a crew that's done this hundreds of times.