🔧 Project Update: New workshop installation for TIP Trailers, Shepshed nears completion

25 Apr 2025

Our commercial vehicle workshop installation at TIP Trailers' Shepshed depot is nearing completion.

Our CCS commercial workshop installation team is nearing completion of its work on site at TIP Trailers' new Shepshed workshop in Leicestershire, creating an 8-bay workshop to support the UK operations of this international commercial truck and trailer dealer, servicing, repair, compliance and asset tracking specialist.

Part of TIP Trailers' development of former Ryder sites UK-wide, customers of the Shepshed depot will benefit from the state-of-the-art facilities offered by this fully-equipped, new-build workshop which makes a significant addition to TIP's regional operations.

Serving TIP's HGV vehicle fleet which includes trailers, trucks and tanker units, CCS' garage equipment installation programme for this new commercial workshop included: 

  • 8 commercial vehicle servicing and maintenance bays
  • 3x prefabricated steel inspection pits
  • 1x ATF test pit: a 13m steel prefabricated pit that meets DVSA testing standards for commercial vehicles
  • Lighting installation
  • Electrical distribution boards
  • External floodlighting
  • LEV fume extraction system
  • Lubrication distribution and storage systems

Find out more about our garage equipment installation project for TIP Trailers' Shepshed depot in Leicestershire

📸 Our installation team has shared its images from the completed site, taken shortly before handover of the depot to TIP's operations team

Completed exterior structure of TIP Trailers new Shepshed workshop

The exterior structure of TIP Trailers' new Shepshed workshop is completed, allowing access to 8 vehicle servicing bays and with plenty of room for external manoeuvring of vehicles. Operations both internally and externally are made safer through the installation of external floodlighting to the site. 

Completed installation of 3x prefabricated steel inspection pits for routine servicing and maintenance work

The new workshop's interior nears completion. This image shows the completed installation of 3x prefabricated steel inspection pits for routine servicing and maintenance work, together with a commercial brake tester to the left of the photograph.

A fully-equipped ATF test pit and lane allowing for complete testing and inspection of vehicles to DVSA standards

A fully-equipped ATF test pit and lane, allowing for complete testing and inspection of vehicles to DVSA standards. This excellent addition to the TIP Trailers' Shepshed workshop in Leicestershire comprises equipment including an industry-leading commercial brake tester, a prefabricated steel inspection pit accessed via separate stairs and a side-entry tunnel, pit jack and headlamp tester.

CCS workshop installation team installed a hardwearing and reliable LEV fum extraction system

Throughout the workshop, CCS' workshop installation team installed a hardwearing and reliable LEV fum extraction system, including pipework, hoses and reels.

Completed installation of the fully-equipped ATF test lane

Installation of the fully-equipped ATF test lane is completed, having undergone thorough testing prior to commission by our team. Including an ATF lane in this workshop's specification allows the client team to deliver complete commercial vehicle management, servicing and maintenance from one site, maximising returns from its investment at Shepshed. The test lane is accessed via a side-entry staircase and tunnel for optimal technician safety.

CCS Garage Equipments workshop installation team on site undertaking complete inspection of the workshop prior to commission and handover

CCS Garage Equipment's workshop installation team on site undertaking complete inspection of the workshop prior to commission and handover. From prefabricated inspection pits to lighting installation, external floodlighting, LEV fume extraction and lubrication distribution pipework and storage, CCS' dedicated project manager coordinates every aspect of commercial vehicle workshop installations to keep projects on track.

Mobile equipment at the new TIP Trailers Shepshed depot includes these easy-to-handle trolleys and workstations

Mobile equipment at the new TIP Trailers Shepshed depot includes these easy-to-handle trolleys and workstations, as well as waste oil collection units. Workshop technicians will work safely and efficiently, with tools and essential equipment close to hand no matter where they're working.

 

Creating professional, safe & spacious commercial vehicle workshops in the UK & Ireland for HGV fleet operators & leasing specialists

CCS Garage Equipment partners with fleet operators and commercial vehicle dealerships, leasing, servicing and maintenance specialists across the UK and Ireland to deliver comprehensive commercial vehicle workshops equipped with reliable, hardwearing and industry-leading inspection pits, lifts, testing facilities, commercial brake testers, tyre changing and ancillary equipment that help our clients to get the most out of their workshop spaces.

CCS' completed garage equipment installation projects for TIP Trailers include:

  • Conversion and refurbishment of building to create new workshop, together with installation of commercial vehicle lifts, at TIP Trailers' Hull depot in East Yorkshire
  • Design and installation of commercial vehicle workshop at TIP Trailers' Nuneaton depot
  • Installation of a prefabricated steel inspection pit for TIP Trailers, Liverpool
  • Installation of a prefabricated12m servicing and inspection pit with pit jack for TIP Trailers Grays depot in Essex

Working alongside clients, architects, builders and local authorities, our workshop design team creates operationally efficient schemes to maximise space and budget, specifying equipment that's built to last. Installation during every phase is handled by our expert installation engineers and supervised by dedicated project managers, meeting project timescales and monitoring quality throughout to deliver fully-functioning and tested commercial vehicle workshops that keep logistics moving.

Garage equipment installation for commercial workshops by CCS Garage Equipment

For over 30 years, CCS Garage Equipment has successfully delivered specialist garage equipment installations for vehicle maintenance and servicing commercial dealerships, including nationwide TIP Trailers depots, throughout the UK and Ireland.

Backed by exceptional industry and regulatory understanding, 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 dealership brands including Northgate Vehicle Hire, Adams Morey, TIP Trailer Services 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 designs, versatile equipment and the highest of safety standards.

Contact CCS Garage Equipment to discuss your commercial vehicle workshop's installation project


 

 

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