Registrations, Ratings and Gradings

Full Member
Membership Number: 19029
BBBEE Rating: 1

Contact Details

Contact Person: Chris Brown
Phone: 031 702 9273
Fax: 031 702 9716
Cell: 082 444 9226

Physical Address:
Unit 4 Schenk Park, 3 Schenk Road, Pinetown, South Africa, 3615

Postal Address:
Po Box 97, Sarnia, 3615

Company Profile

Smith and Winfield are a leading professional Painting and Decorating Contractor, based in Durban and carrying out work in KwaZulu-Natal.

The company was founded in 1886 and since then has been responsible for the painting and decoration of many of the region's prestigious buildings.

Honesty and integrity are the founding principles of our relationships with our clients, suppliers, subcontractors and staff and the business has a strong commitment to social development and training.

We deliver a professional service and product - on time and to the highest quality standards, with the safety and care of our operators, our clients, the public and the environment of prime consideration.

How we work

All work is carried out professionally using trained and skilled painters and artisans, under the supervision of our foremen and contracts mangers. We use the best materials and painting/waterproofing systems, which we have developed over the years.

We adhere to strict safety standards for the sake of our employees and our client's protection.

We undertake our work efficiently, with minimal disruption to our clients and in compliance with their programmes and requirements.

Partnerships

We partner with our major suppliers Plascon or Dulux to provide an all inclusive service backed by a product and application guarantee where required by our clients.

We are long standing members of the following associations.

Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal
Over 80 years membership

Chartered Institute of Building

Institute of Painting Contractors
Founder Member
www.ipckzn.co.za

Awards

2009 Excellence in Construction Awards
Supreme Winner
162 Point Road (Mahatma Gandhi Road) Heritage Building restoration

2008 Alec Rogoff Awards
Finalists in the Small/Medium size business category

2007 Oliver Empowerment Award
Winners in the Basic Industries category for Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment.(Oliver award)

2004 Excellence in Construction Awards Excellence
For the themed artwork and painting to the exterior of the uShaka Marine Theme Park Shipwreck.

2003 The Department of Economic Development Umyezane award
We were winners of this award in the category - Worker Empowerment Programmes (Umyezane award)

Training Centre

The Smith & Winfield Training Centre has been in existence for approximately 5 years during which time 15 Construction Painter learnerships have been completed and 48 learners have completed short courses ( 45 days) in Painting and Decorating.

Smith & Winfield was established in 1886, and during its existence has been involved in the training of Artisans for the formal Building Industry. The management of Smith & Winfield has over the years been involved through the Building Industries Federation of South Africa (BIFSA) with the formulation of the training programmes, which were offered through the Building Industry Training Scheme.