14 Jul 2026
Work is underway and progressing well at Audi's new workshop and body shop facility in North Shields, just outside Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as CCS manages the delivery of a complete garage equipment installation for our dealership client.
CCS is appointed by our dealership client to manage the delivery of this new Paint and Body Centre in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, serving Audi customers across Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the North East from a self-contained facility at Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate.
Located away from customer sales and dealership facilities, the dedicated workshop and body shop facilities at Tyne Tunnel enable our client to maximise opportunities from this spacious, bright and versatile building, creating a working space that's fully-equipped to handle the complete vehicle range across the group, including Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat marques.
The North Shields centre undertakes a wide range of work, in particular accident repair work, diagnostics analysis, and body work and paint repairs. An Audi specialist, the Luxury Structural Aluminium Approved facility is the only Audi R8 Aluminium Structural approved repairer in the North East, using genuine Audi parts and Audi specified paint that restore vehicles to their original condition.
The new facility at Tyne Tunnel consolidates our client's existing workshops, creating a self-contained and fully-equipped workshop that has the capacity to grow with our client's business in the coming years.
Our workshop fit-out specification for this project included the relocation and reinstallation of our client's existing garage equipment, including the safe installation of vehicle lifts, MOT bay and wheel alignment equipment relocated from previous workshops. By maximising value from our client's existing assets, the workshop fit-out benefits from efficient budget control and ease of integration into our client's workflow.
Our installation project for the Audi Paint and Body Centre in North Shields is supported by CCS' dedicated, in-house electrical services.
CCS is a complete workshop partner, and our scope of work extends far beyond pure garage equipment. Delivering turnkey projects that are ready to get to work, our specification often includes groundworks and civils to prepare sites for installation of equipment such as vehicle lifts, MOT bays, inspection pits and brake testers, installation of complex pipework systems for the efficient distribution of lubricants and compressed air, and electrical installation that ensures sufficient power safely reaches every part of the workshop.
At Audi's Tyne Tunnel site, our in-house electrician delivered the complex electrical installation to serve this large site and the equipment that is to follow. Electrics handled by CCS, on this project and across other large workshop sites, include:
Reliability is a key feature of a CCS workshop, and a safe, secure and professionally-designed electrical installation is central to delivery of a garage equipment project that keeps our client businesses up and running around the clock.
CCS is currently on site, installing and testing garage equipment prior to commission of the Paint and Body Centre workshop. These images have been captured during the installation's early stages.
Initial groundworks are undertaken at our client's North Shields workshop prior to completing the full garage equipment installation. The floor slab at this extensive facility has been reinforced with 200mm concrete pads, adding strength that will adequately support the suite of vehicle lifts. Recessed sections have been created for MOT Bay areas.
Bunded steel storage tanks for fresh and waste oils are positioned externally, with distribution pipework designed and installed by CCS Garage Equipment to serve the workshop's servicing bays.
Services installed at the Tyne Tunnel Paint and Body Centre workshop in Tyne & Wear by CCS Garage Equipment include complex pipework and electrical systems for the safe, efficient and sufficient distribution of lubricants, compressed air and power throughout the workshop. CCS' dedicated in-house electrician installed the complete electrical installation for this workshop, including three-phase power to bays and working areas that can handle day-to-day demand of this busy facility.
CCS Garage Equipment's installation team at work, installing fixed 2-post vehicle lifts which have been safely removed from our client's previous premises, relocated and reinstalled at the new Tyne & Wear Paint and Body Centre facility. By relocating and reusing assets such as vehicle lifts, our client maximises value from its budget to get more out of the new workshop space.
Relocated and reinstalled fixed 2-post lifts offer generous 4500KG lifting capacities for larger vehicles. Lifts are safely installed and tested by CCS Garage Equipment's expert installation engineers prior to commissioning.
A suite of 4, brand new Nussbaum Smart Lifts adds further lifting capacity to this spacious workshop facility. Smart Lifts by Nussbaum, and installed by CCS across the UK and Ireland, are versatile and easy to use, with unmatched safety features that make these lifts a workshop essential for businesses worldwide.
Our client specified Nussbaum Smart Lifts with 3500KG lifting capacities, accommodating a broad range of vehicles within VAG's ranges. The vehicle lifts have been installed by CCS Garage Equipment onto the reinforced floor pad, installed during the groundworks phase to add the strength needed to carry the weight of the new lifts and vehicles when in use.
Each fully-equipped service bay within the workshop is serviced by lubrication hoses and reels, three-phase power and compressed air to ensure technicians have access to all the equipment they need, when they need it. With over 30 years' experience, CCS Garage Equipment understands the demands of modern workshop operations, designing every element from the ground up to support efficient and safe working.
For over 30 years, CCS Garage Equipment has successfully delivered expert garage equipment installations for private car and light commercial dealerships throughout the UK and Ireland, including new-build servicing centres, workshop refurbishments, vehicle PDI workshops, paint and body workshops, and vehicle lift upgrades that meet corporate identity specifications.
Backed by exceptional industry and regulatory understanding, and garage equipment consultancy to deliver operationally efficient, reliable and state-of-the-art working spaces, CCS' garage equipment installation teams create contemporary, functional and future-proofed workshops for car dealership brands and franchises including Audi, Kia, Volvo, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and many more.
With LEEA and GEA accreditations and a large team working throughout the UK and Ireland, workshops are driven forward by CCS' eye-catching and comprehensive designs, versatile equipment and the highest of safety standards.
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