Slab assessment before you buy
A hoist needs the right depth and strength under it. We core-test, check for post-tension cables and tell you honestly whether the slab needs a poured pad.
Bay fit-out specialists
Workshop Bay Fit-Out & Equipment Installation
You've signed the lease, the concrete is down and the bays are still empty. Tradehavenglobal plans, supplies and installs the whole fit-out: two-post hoists, compressors, oil lines, tyre gear and the benches to hold it all. One crew, one schedule, and no chasing five suppliers for the bits that don't quite line up.
Overview
A workshop that works from day one
Most fit-outs go sideways in the last fortnight, when the hoist arrives and the electrician hasn't been booked. We work the other way around. The layout gets measured against your actual vehicle mix first, then each trade gets a date, and the equipment drops in behind them. If your panel shop runs mostly dual-cab utes and one light truck, the bays get sized for that, not for the brochure.
Every hoist we install sits on a documented slab check, and we log the anchor torque for your insurer. Air and oil lines run in proper looms with isolation points at each bay, so a single failure doesn't take the whole floor down. When we're finished you get a binder with the compliance certificates, the service schedules and the contact numbers for every trade who touched the site.
One accountable crew on site
Our installers handle the mechanical build, coordinate the electrical and plumbing trades, and stay until the last hoist passes its load test.
At a glance
Fit-out numbers
412
Bays installed since 2016
11
Trades coordinated per site
6.2 wk
Average build, four bays
97.4%
Snag lists closed at handover
Experience
Bad slabs, tight mezzanines and worse
Roughly half the sites we walk into were never designed as workshops. They're sheds, warehouses, ex-dealerships with a mezzanine in the way. Here's what that experience buys you.
Layouts that survive busy days
Bay spacing, roller door width and where the tyre machine sits all decide how many cars you actually get through. We draw it to scale before anyone drills.
Paperwork your insurer accepts
Load test reports, anchor torque logs, electrical certificates. Bundled, dated, signed and handed over on the day rather than emailed three weeks later.
We had four bays up in nine weeks with no shutdown. The bit that mattered was the layout session, because they shifted the compressor outside and gave us back a full working bay.
Dean Fabish
Owner, Fabish Automotive, Toowoomba
18,900 m²
Workshop floor laid out
Across regional Queensland, the Hunter and western Sydney, measured bay by bay and drawn to scale before a single anchor went in.
Pricing
Fit-out packages, priced up front
Every package starts with a paid site survey, and the survey fee comes off the final invoice. You see the whole cost before a single anchor goes in.
Single Bay Starter
One bay, the essentials, nothing padded out
$14,850
per bay, installed
- One two-post hoist rated to 4.5 t, load tested and certified
- Twin-cylinder compressor with a 40 m air loom
- Steel bench, cabinet and a rolling parts trolley
- Electrical and plumbing coordination handled by our crew
Twin Bay Working Shop
Where most independent shops end up
$31,400
two bays, turnkey
- Two hoists, mixed two-post and scissor configuration
- Screw compressor with dryer and per-bay isolation valves
- Oil and coolant delivery lines with capture trays
- Tyre changer, wheel balancer and diagnostic bench included
Multi-Bay Trade Fit-Out
Four bays and beyond, staged around trading hours
From $68,900
quoted per site
- Four to eight bays staged so you keep working through the build
- Ceiling-mounted air ring main with drip legs on every drop
- Exhaust extraction zoned per bay with hose reels
- Two-year maintenance agreement on all installed equipment
Figures assume a standard 8 m bay on a sound slab. The site survey confirms the final number, including any slab remediation.
Our process
How a fit-out actually runs
No mystery dates, no waiting on a delivery that never lands. Here is the sequence we work to on every site.
Site walk and slab check
We measure the shed, core-test the slab and photograph the existing services. You get a written report within four business days.
Layout drawing to scale
Your vehicle mix turned into a plan with bay widths, clearances and door swings marked. Two revision rounds come with it.
Equipment specification sign-off
Hoist capacity, compressor sizing, extraction volumes. You approve that list before any order gets placed with a supplier.
Trade sequencing and pre-works
Electrical, plumbing and slab prep happen before the gear lands, so nothing sits on the floor half-finished for a fortnight.
Install and load testing
Our crew mounts and commissions, then every hoist gets a witnessed load test with the certificate signed on site that day.
Handover and snag close-out
You walk the floor with the lead installer, and anything flagged gets sorted before the final invoice reaches you.
Gallery
Bays we've built
A few recent fit-outs, photographed the day we handed the keys back.
FAQ
Questions we get before signing
Straight answers, including the ones suppliers usually dodge.
Call the workshop
+61 7 4638 2915
Often yes, but it needs a cut-out and a poured pad with starter bars, which we price separately. If the slab has post-tension cables running through the hoist zone, we tell you at survey rather than drill into one and find out the hard way.
That is the normal arrangement. We stage bays so you always have at least one working, and heavy deliveries land either before opening or after close. Two of our crews work nights for exactly this reason.
Either works. Buying through us means one warranty contact and the install covered alongside the equipment. If you have already ordered, we install and commission what you have, as long as it carries current Australian certification.
We don't commission a hoist until the electrical sign-off is in hand, because the load test needs it. That is why the sparkie gets booked at the specification stage, not two days before install.
Optional, and it is a proper one: annual hoist inspection, compressor servicing and line leak checks. About a third of fit-out clients take it, usually the ones running six days a week.
Request
Get your fit-out priced
Tell us the shed size, how many bays you want and roughly when you need to be trading. We come back with a survey date and a real number.
Visit the fit-out yard
400 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba City QLD 4350, Australia
Send drawings or a brief to
tradehavenglobal@gmail.com
Trading as
Tradehavenglobal