The TAD Communications fitting workshop in Hemel Hempstead

Where the
work actuallyhappens

Whiteleaf Road Hemel Hempstead 14 photographs Nothing tidied first
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Everything we sell, we can fit for you.

Unit 15 · Chancerygate Business Centre · HP3 9HD

Fourteen photographs,
no styling

Taken on ordinary working days. Click any of them to see it full size.

Vans lined up in the fit-out bays, Hemel Hempstead
Fit-out bays on a normal Tuesday
Red drawer units and racking installed inside a van
Drawer units built into the load area
A Luton box van and a panel van part-way through fit-out
Box van and panel van, mid build
A liveried specialist vehicle carrying roof-mounted equipment
Roof-mounted kit, specialist vehicle
Strip Beacon
Strip Beacon
Van with rear doors open during ply lining
Rear doors open, lining going in
A van raised on the workshop ramp
Transporter up on the ramp
Finished checker-plate floor lining in a van load area
Checker-plate floor, finished
Racking components stacked beside a van in the workshop
Racking stock, ready to go in
A liveried pickup truck at the back of the workshop
Pickup, towing and rear body work
A tipper truck in the workshop next to stacked racking
Tipper in, alongside the stock
A car in the workshop waiting on its install
Car bay
Van fitted with a roof rack, photographed in the workshop
Roof rack and beacon work
Two fleet cars parked outside the unit
Fleet cars in for tracker installs

How a job runs

Four stages, and you will know which one you are at. Most single-van fit-outs are in and out inside a working day.

01

Survey

Tell us the vehicle, the trade and what has to fit in the back. For anything beyond a straight swap we would rather see it — two vans of the same model and year can be completely different inside once you account for wheel arches and whatever the last fitter did.

02

Build

Ply and lining panels cut to the vehicle. Racking set out on the bench so the layout is right before anything is bolted in. It is a lot cheaper to move a shelf on the floor than in the van.

03

Fit

In the bay, by our own fitters. Wiring fused, loomed and routed properly rather than run under a mat. Anything electrical tested with the engine running and again with it off, because that is where problems hide.

04

Handover

We walk you round what has been done, hand over the paperwork, and the swarf and offcuts leave with us. If something is not right afterwards, bring it back.

On TAD i-am specifically

The i-am unit is mounted where its Bluetooth range covers the cab properly rather than shadowed behind steel, and the installer rings the office on 01923 712430 once the unit is in so we can activate it while they are still with the machine. IMEI and SIM details pick up automatically; registration and vehicle details get added at that point.

Hemel Hempstead

Bring it to us

Ramps, power, racking stock on the shelf and a bay booked in the diary. The right answer for a full build, anything structural, or a first-of-type install we want to get exactly right before it is repeated.

Your yard, your site

Or we come to you

Vans and plant get fitted where they are parked. Nothing is driven across the country, nothing sits in somebody else’s car park earning nothing, and a whole fleet can be worked through over consecutive visits without standing the job down.

Specialised sub-contractors

For certain jobs we bring in specialised sub-contractors we have used for years — trades with their own tickets, tooling and approvals. We would rather put the right specialist in front of your vehicle than claim we do absolutely everything under one roof. The job stays ours to manage and ours to answer for.

Arrange a site visit

Tell us where the vehicles are and what needs doing.

Plant hire van with chevrons and a roof box, fitted at the workshop
Why it matters for TAD i-am

A product built by people who fit things

Plenty of telematics gets designed in an office and posted out in a jiffy bag. TAD i-am was designed in a workshop by people who then have to install it, which changes the decisions you make.

It is why the unit ends up where it can actually see the driver’s Tag instead of buried behind a panel. Why the wiring loom is long enough for a telehandler and not just a Transit. Why a plant machine immobilises when the operator walks out of Bluetooth range, while a road vehicle waits until the ignition is off — because we have watched what happens on site when you get that the wrong way round.

And it is why, when you ring about a unit, the person on the phone can picture the machine it is bolted to.

Get your vehicle in the diary

Tell us the vehicle, the trade and roughly when you need it back. Ring first so we know what is coming and can have the right stock on the shelf.