Facility Relocation Business Case
This is a practical guide to building a business case for a facility relocation project — the justification that weighs the costs, benefits and risks of doing the project, adapted to the realities of relocating a facility or operation to a new site.
What a Business Case is
A business case is the justification that weighs the costs, benefits and risks of doing the project. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Business Case. On a facility relocation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Facility Relocation project
Facility Relocation projects live or die on relocating a facility or operation to a new site. A well-built business case gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how facility relocation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Problem or opportunity
- Options considered
- Costs and benefits
- Financial appraisal (ROI/NPV/IRR)
- Recommendation
Facility Relocation-specific considerations
Tailor the business case to the risks that most often derail facility relocation projects:
- Downtime minimisation
- Logistics
- Staff and equipment moves
Example
On a real facility relocation project, the business case would be shaped by relocating a facility or operation to a new site. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — downtime minimisation, logistics, staff and equipment moves — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.