Builders Trade Depot  - Building Material Supplies | Advertorial

Builders Trade Depot supplies contractors across a broad spectrum of the building industry, with our main focus being on those contractors doing individual homes to mass and residential housing, alterations-additions-renovations of any magnitude, hospitals and clinics, schools and maintenance for Industry and Government.

Our truly national spread and integrated structure enables us to source product from over 700 suppliers, allowing for economies of scale and efficiencies to be passed on to our customers ensuring our range is offered at an Everyday Low Price. This is supported by significant credit facilities (for approved contractors); flexible pricing on significant purchases; custom manufacturing (joinery & trusses); cost estimating; product advice and on site delivery.

Our History

The history of the group goes back some 150 years, making it probably the oldest Building Material Merchant in South Africa. Over the years there have been various mergers and take-overs which saw businesses like W F Johnstone, Hillman Bros, Blaikie-Johnstone, Sam Newmans, Wardkiss and many others incorporated into the group.
Federated Timbers was part of Federated Blaikie Limited, a building material division within the Barlow Group (now known as Barloworld), until early 1999.
Following Barlow's decision to exit this division, 31 branches of Federated Timbers were sold to a combination of a black empowerment company, NABCAT Empowerment Holdings and the Federated Timbers Employee Incentive Share Trust.
Following five years of significant growth in turnover and profitability, discussions with Massmart Holdings commenced, and with effect 1st June 2005, Federated Timbers became part of Massmart and was incorporated into the new trading division of Massbuild established to house Massmart's building material outlets.
In 2008 the trading name was changed from Federated Timbers to Builders Trade Depot.

Builders Trade Depot is comprised of 29 branches throughout South Africa, employing some 1 250 people, and specialising in the supply of building materials.

Services

• Supplier of full range of building materials
• Professional onsite assistance
• Roof truss design & manufacture
• Supplier of timber frame homes
• Timber cutting and planing
• Board cutting and edging
• Estimating facility
• Paint tinting facility
• Deliveries
• Credit facilities available for approved contractors