Kangaroo Bus Lines – Burpengary QLD

Public transport workshop

Servicing up to 150 buses required a specialist knowledge of equipment, design and workspace efficiency, so Kangaroo Bus Lines called Levanta to help with their fit out. Devising the perfect strategy to combine large scale efficiency, safety and productivity, the result was a resounding success.

Project Challenge

To work closely with a building and construction company to design, manufacture, supply and install a total workshop facility for the Kangaroo Bus Lines Depot at Burpengary that can service and maintain up to 150 buses. This was a green field site which required significant input and expertise to deliver a highly flexible and workable solution to the client.

Our Solution

Designed from the concept stage in conjunction with the client and the builder, this project combined the full scope of our workshop solutions, incorporating engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, supply and installation.

The project included:

Client Benefit

Kangaroo Bus Lines have received a top of the line facility that focuses on the safety of their staff and the buses that service Brisbane. This state of the art facility services and maintains up to 150 buses with ease. Allowing for multiple service, cleaning and repair bays, tradesman can work simultaneously to keep up with the heavy demands of this critical public service.

Bacchus Marsh Coaches – Victoria

Public transport workshop Bacchus Marsh Coaches – Victoria

In-house maintenance now more efficient with new design

Bacchus Marsh Coaches, part of the larger Donric Group of companies, were faced with a challenge.

They are justifiably proud of their modern fleet of luxury coaches, charter and school buses, which are serviced regularly at 5,000km intervals. All Bacchus Marsh Coaches’ vehicle maintenance is undertaken by their qualified in-house personnel, in order to ensure the highest levels of reliability, comfort and safety for their clients.

They needed to develop a bus workshop that would continue to meet their growing business’s needs. Levanta went to work on producing a detailed workshop layout to meet Bacchus Marsh Coaches’ requirements.

A full-featured turn-key workshop fitout

A central feature of the new workshop fitout was a 15 metre service pit, complete with ventilation, engineered jacking rail, and AC Hydraulics pit jack. The pit allows Bacchus Marsh Coaches to perform servicing much more efficiently than before.

Levanta installed a compressor and full compressed air ring main, to deliver air to wherever and whenever it’s needed, throughout the workshop.

An integral part of the new design was the installation of all oil lines in stainless steel piping, along with their associated pumps, reels and guns. This was an important consideration, because the system needed to be engineered to ensure sufficient flow rates from the guns, even in the typical cold weather of the Bacchus Marsh area.

After their initial engagement with Levanta, Bacchus Marsh Coaches decided to go ahead and install a BM roller brake tester and play detectors to ensure even greater flexibility and efficiency with their in-house bus maintenance.

Audi Centre – Osborne Park WA

Increased Service Capability Within Existing Space

Increasing their service offering within a limited, pre-existing space called for a fit out strategy that utilised design elements and perfectly placed equipment. Developing a full vehicle range capable workshop, with added service offerings, while maintaining safety standards was paramount for this project.

Project Challenge

Our client, a leading Audi Dealership in Perth, needed to increase their workshop capability to allow them to service their full range of vehicles, including wheel alignment servicing, plus provide a safe working environment for their workshop team.

Our Solution

With very specific brand and client requirements in mind, all of the lifting equipment was powder coated to Audi Grey. Utilising our experience in delivering the most value to clients within the scope of their space and budget, we worked closely with the client and the end result was a success.

The workshop fitout included:

Client Benefit

Our lifts and hoists provided the ability to cater to the full Audi range, including their extremely low profile cars. The ease of wheel alignment and the flexibility to service multiple vehicles, combined with the safety provided by the flush, clear floor equipment, while maintaining branding specifications was the perfect solution to Audi’s workshop needs.

Bartons Bayside – Wynnum QLD

An Australia First Servicing Workshop Fit Out

Our client had a vision for the future and we were happy to help. Delivering an innovative, Australia first in workshop fit outs, this project combined design, architecture and one of a kind equipment with technological future proofing, to ensure Bartons Bayside continued to remain at the forefront of servicing for their customers for years to come.

Project Challenge

Levanta was asked to provide consultancy for a new service facility to support and sustain a long standing, high profile Brisbane car dealership. The challenge was to deliver a technically advanced workshop which would utilise the finite space that they had available, deliver positive returns from day one and be recognised by clients, and the industry, as the most advanced facility in South East Queensland.

Our Solution

Levanta’s project team worked closely with the client and the architects, to develop an ideal solution to meet the client’s vision and challenge. This workshop fit out combined the full skill set of our Project, Technical and Product Teams to design a solution that would fit perfectly into the design of the new workshop and deliver the maximum number of revenue producing bays. We also engaged heavily with our suppliers to introduce some technologies that had not been deployed in Australia before.

The automotive project fitout delivered:

Client Benefit

Barton’s Bayside are already realising a rapid return on their investment. Presently, they have plans for an additional seven service bays, to complement the original twenty, for the new facility due to utilising the in-floor style, which allowed them to implement more service bays within their allocated floor space. They have enhanced customer experience, offer the most advanced testing equipment in Australia and have made substantial labour savings, while increasing their work flow through the improved efficiencies. All this has been achieved through the development of this new, state-of-the-art facility and our clients couldn’t be happier.

Westpoint Star – Osborne Park WA

With limited space and big plans, West Point Star turned to the experts in hard to deliver workshop fit outs. Understanding limited access and land locking issues, our engineers devised a strategy that would achieve all of Mercedes goals on time, on budget and in style.

Project Challenge

West Point Star, a high profile Mercedes Dealership in WA, needed a complete workshop fit out for their new service centre. The site was a brand new development that had limitations on space and access. Levanta was asked to provide input on the most efficient layout on equipment and to deliver the project on tight timelines and with a clean style befitting a prestige dealership

Our Solution

Our WA team worked closely with the customer and our Project department to develop a suitable solution to fit the specific needs of the site. We scoped the equipment and proposed very detailed designs. Due to the very precise fit and finish requirements, we kept West Point Star heavily involved through every step of the installation, to ensure we not only met but exceeded their expectations.

The complete workshop fitout included:

Client Benefit

We delivered an ideal strategy and a very attractive, highly functional workshop in-line with the client’s prestige vision. Offering efficiency and style, this workshop fit out delivered on every price point and within their strict time requirement. The solution resulting in improved work flow, increased floor productivity, efficient design capability and enhanced safety, exceeding our clients expectations.

Tait Auto Group – Moree NSW

Expanding a site to accommodate a full maintenance facility is a big task, that’s why Tait Auto Group enlisted the help of Levanta. With our experience in workshop fit outs across Australia, from refurbishing to brand new, we developed a strategy that would incorporate their existing equipment for relocation, while delivering their new maintenance facility, without major disruptions to the business.

Project Challenge

West Point Star, a high profile Mercedes Dealership in WA, needed a complete workshop fit out for their new service centre. The site was a brand new development that had limitations on space and access. Levanta was asked to provide input on the most efficient layout on equipment and to deliver the project on tight timelines and with a clean style befitting a prestige dealership.

Our Solution

Our WA team worked closely with the customer and our Project department to develop a suitable solution to fit the specific needs of the site. We scoped the equipment and proposed very detailed designs. Due to the very precise fit and finish requirements, we kept West Point Star heavily involved through every step of the installation, to ensure we not only met but exceeded their expectations.

The complete workshop fit out included:

Client Benefit

We delivered an ideal strategy and a very attractive, highly functional workshop in-line with the client’s prestige vision. Offering efficiency and style, this workshop fit out delivered on every price point and within their strict time requirement. The solution resulting in improved work flow, increased floor productivity, efficient design capability and enhanced safety, exceeding our clients expectations.

Geographe Ford – Bunbury WA

Using an existing bay plan, we worked hard and fast with our client to assist with advice on workflow efficiency and placement. Utilising our supply and installation experience, we quickly and efficiently delivered a complete workshop fit out that ticked all the boxes.

Project Challenge

Geographe Ford Dealership in Bunburry needed a complete workshop fit out for their brand new service centre. With an existing bay plan in place, they needed advice on workflow efficiency and placement, supply and installation. So we worked closely with existing contractors and the client to deliver a win-win workshop solution.

Our Solution

Our Engineers, in consultation with the builders and Ford Geographe, devised a workshop layout that would accommodate the varying demands that this busy new service area would need to facilitate the high volume of work expected of it.

The complete workshop fit out included:

Client Benefit

The brand new workshop provides a clean and clear work place, improved work flow, and provided the ability to service multiple vehicles simultaneously, while delivering high productivity capabilities and safe work spaces for their technicians. From design consultation through to the supply and installation, our complete workshop fit out provided the perfect equipment to space ratio to achieve Ford’s goals for their new service area.

Sylvania BMW – Sylvania NSW

A BMW Benchmark Fit Out

Needing to expand their growing business while keeping close to their existing showroom, Sylvania BMW needed to develop a brand new workshop, quickly, cost effectively and most importantly, a workshop that perfectly aligned with the excellence their cars and brand convey.

Project Challenge

Due to the growing success of their New South Wales showroom, Sylvania BMW needed to expand their ability to prepare, service and maintain client cars. Redeveloping an old bakery building within 2km of their showroom, this fit out needed to be perfect, so Levanta was asked to design a state of the art servicing workshop, deliver it in line with the BMW brand promise, on time and within budget.

Our Solution

The Levanta team worked directly with the Dealer Principal and builder to ensure perfection was achieved in every piece of manufactured equipment and throughout the installation process. To guarantee success, attention to detail was paramount, which meant no variations and maintaining the agreed budget as promised; delivering the fit out in under 2 months, we also ensured client timeliness requirements were met. With strict brand guidelines to adhere to, Levanta delivered, to the point that even equipment was colour matched to the BMW specification white.

The installed equipment list for this project included:

Client Benefit

This state of the art development was delivered so successfully by Levanta that Sylvania BMW will be the feature in an up and coming film, showcasing this development as a Benchmark workshop in Australia. On top of this, Sylvania BMW has doubled their existing space, increased productivity and throughput, as well as improved the flow of the workshop, delivering increased profitability and enhanced client service capabilities; all of which was achieved by Levanta on time and to the agreed budget.

Audi Alto Central Coast

Designing and building the ideal workshop fitout

When Audi Alto Central Coast created their brand new, full service dealership, their goal was to, ‘combine flawless design, technology and luxury’. To ensure their new workshop fitout reflected this ethos, they looked to Levanta.

We spoke to George Severino, Group Dealer Principal for Audi Alto Central Coast about the new workshop fitout, and how Levanta helped design and build the ideal end result.

A one-stop-shop for a complete workshop fitout

Levanta’s ability to design and supply the entire workshop fitout was a major factor in their selection to complete the Audi project.

“The workshop fitout industry is so fragmented,” said Mr Severino. “A lot of suppliers just aren’t able to supply every piece of equipment we needed. Levanta were able to do that for us.”

Audi Alto’s new 11 bay workshop features products from across Levanta’s range, from 2 post hoists, in-ground scissor lifts, and knuckle lifts; right through to oil storage and piping, air compressors and impressive Dura workshop benches.

“Going with just one supplier helped make the process far more efficient,” George Severino said. “Because Levanta were responsible for the entire project, we found they were more accountable, they worked better with our builder, and delivered a quality job.”

Designed around the need for workshop efficiency

As with any modern dealership workshop, ensuring an efficient workflow was a primary goal for Audi Alto’s fitout.

Levanta’s experienced team delivered a workshop design with every work bay laid out efficiently, taking into account WH&S needs, and with the most effective allocation of equipment (such as compressed air and oil reels) between bays.

Of course, meeting an OEM’s Corporate Identity requirements is a big part of any new workshop design. The Levanta team worked closely with Audi’s CI guidelines to ensure the finished workshop would be fully compliant. Levanta were also able to supply and install the specified European Dura workshop furniture, at a comparable price to local alternatives.

Another advantage of a modern, efficient, and well-appointed workshop is its appeal, not only to customers, but to current and potential employees too. Audi Alto Central Coast looks for the most skilled and qualified technicians to join their team. And such high quality employees are more likely to be attracted by the right working environment.