Vehicle and industrial auctioneer Manheim is building large scale canopies to protect customer cars.
Manheim has awarded a contract to MakMax Australia to design and build large-scale protective canopies, to protect vehicles on Manheim’s auction sites in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from being damaged.
The canopies will protect vehicles from extreme weather events, such as the hailstorm in Sydney December 2018, which resulted in $675 million worth of property and asset insurance claims.
“This project represents a significant investment in our facilities and combined with our existing under cover storage areas, will ensure Manheim can provide extensive protection for our customer’s assets,” Manheim chief executive Charles Cumming says.
“The large structures will provide sellers with confidence their vehicles will be protected whilst onsite – regardless of whether the vehicle is on display to the public or in storage awaiting allocation to an auction.”
The infrastructure investment in order to protect their customer’s vehicles will cost around $5m and will have the ability to accommodate and protect over 6000 vehicles across all sites.
MakMax was chosen for its experience in building structures around Australia for automotive OEMs and 3PL companies.
The project will begin in the first quarter of this year.
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