YOUR NEEDS OUR SOLUTIONS HOW BLACKWOODS SUPPORTS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE You need trusted suppliers who understand the challenges you face – partners who can work with you to help your business operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and simplify your procurement workload without removing focus from critical areas like employee safety and productivity.
WHY CHOOSE BLACKWOODS From specialist products and unique solutions, to streamlining operations through smart technology, partnering with an industry-leading supplier is integral to business success in an evolving market. Deliver in-depth product fit-for-purpose 1 assessments, in-field technical support, product profile reviews & stocking aligned to your safety requirements.
We operate a dedicated 13 37 79 phone 2 service for our construction customers across metro and regional locations, supported by a tailored delivery service to your specific projects.
Our strategic partnerships with market3
Experienced technical specialists and 4
leading brands help us deliver the best products at the most competitive prices.
dedicated account managers provide selection advice on the right products for the right applications.
Leverage an extensive supply chain and 5 global sourcing capabilities, combined with a national footprint of over 60 branches and six Distribution Centres, to ensure stock is available whenever you need it.
Same-day turnaround of large quote 7 requirements, competitive pricing on volume buys and ensure we quote products available in stock wherever possible.
Blackwoods comes to you - From 6 onsite stores to cutting-edge vending technology, our onsite solutions help you better manage your inventory, reduce cost, free-up capital and improve productivity.
A fully integrated freight management 8 solution improves delivery performance and consistency of supply when it comes to equipping you with critical products for your engineering and construction needs.
With unrivalled expertise and the ability to bring together the best of the best, we have earned our place as Australia’s first choice for industrial and safety products and services. Our focus is on delivering value to customers and building a true partnership by leveraging our vast resources, expertise, new technologies and innovation when it comes to safety.
SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR CONSTRUCTION NEEDS We understand that running a construction project can be complex. Let us help streamline the process with our comprehensive range of products and solutions which can assist you in ensuring employee safety and productivity, and overcoming procurement workload challenges. ONSITE SOLUTIONS Blackwoods can deploy modified mobile store facilities and bulk storage solutions on your project sites. With a focus on streamlining your processes, our team of technical specialists will work with your team to determine the type, size and mix of facilities to suit each site, delivering: ▪▪ Secure, reliable and immediate product availability ▪▪ Reduced usage rates and greater control over spend ▪▪ Improved accuracy of supply and shorter delivery times ▪▪ Reduced stock holding and obsolescence ▪▪ Onsite procurement, sourcing and customised reporting
SAFETY CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR & APPAREL Blackwoods have you covered from head to toe. We know the industry and environment in which you operate – no matter what the application, we have it covered when it comes to safety. Blackwoods’ safety specialists are available to provide you the best advice to select the correct PPE and workwear for your business, helping you keep your people safe every step of the way. Our global network of world-class manufacturers allows us to supply a range of safety products suited to diverse applications. We supply more than 3,500,000 garments sold per year and over 800,000 embellished units annually.
▪▪ Integration within your existing store facility or onsite infrastructure
GAS, WELDING & ABRASIVES
POWER TOOLS & FASTENERS
Backed by a technical support team with extensive experience, Blackwoods offers a truly comprehensive range of leading brands in welding, abrasives and safety equipment, as well as associated consumables including Industrial Gas.
Our power tool and fastener specialists are positioned to provide an end-to-end solution from a vast range of marketleading power tools to fastening and anchoring products, both chemical and mechanical, for the construction sector.
▪▪ Increase spend discounts by bundling your purchases and sourcing all your needs from one supplier
▪▪ 100% access to the full range of power tools from leading brands – Milwaukee, Makita, Bosch and DeWalt
▪▪ Increase productivity by rationalising your supplier base and minimising back-end administration
▪▪ Onsite assessments and demonstrations to ensure products are aligned to your project requirements
▪▪ Improve security of supply by choosing a partner with a national footprint and comprehensive stock profile
▪▪ Site evaluations, tool demonstrations and recommendations
▪▪ Reduce risk with a market-leading gas cylinder scanning, tracking and reconciliation system
▪▪ For product repairs and warranties, we can manage swapouts with our suppliers, minimising downtime or any extra capital required to keep your project running
▪▪ Gain access to specialist welding, abrasives and gas advice and support through Blackwoods’ designated technical team
▪▪ Reduced number of site deliveries and challenges associated with project traffic management ▪▪ Scanning capabilities to improve delivery time and accuracy of supply
▪▪ Broadest range of fasteners – alliances with premier manufacturers and Australian importers
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
▪▪ Full suite of standard, specialised and one-off fasteners tailored to customer requirements, either ex stock or to your required supply schedules
Blackwoods utilises cutting-edge technology and the support of qualified professionals to help you better manage inventory, reduce cost, free-up capital and improve productivity. We have proven experience across large-scale engineering and tunneling projects. From automated vending machines, to mobile warehousing and onsite store management, our solutions aim to deliver: ▪▪ Reduced stock holding and obsolescence ▪▪ Secure and Immediate stock availability ▪▪ Reduced usage rates and greater control over spend ▪▪ Increased monitoring and accountability with tracking of consumption ▪▪ Reduced purchase orders and number of vendors
Backed by an extensive range of fasteners supported by product specialists, a dedicated fastener warehouse and QBC Engineering studbolt facility, we supply 100,000,000+ fasteners annually designed for the most demanding applications.
▪▪ Automated re-ordering and total inventory management
LIFTING & RIGGING Blackwoods’ specialist lifting and rigging business – Bullivants, offers a complete solution with expertise to identify and assess your high risk activities across lifting, rigging, restraint, recovery and height safety. Bullivants can help you achieve a safe and productive work environment around lifting, rigging, restraint, recovery and height safety, and do this by utilising leading expertise, quality assurance and a reliable service to assess your risks, supply quality products and support ongoing compliance.
▪▪ Petrochemical Stud Bolts produced to varied lengths with a range of specialised coatings ▪▪ Certified traceability from raw material to finished product on site ▪▪ QBC Engineering’s Quality Management System has been certified by BSI to ISO9001:2008 since 2013 ▪▪ ASTM standard certification to ensure strength and quality with all petrochemical products tested by a NATA approved facility ▪▪ Exclusive distributor of Rawlplug, the world’s leading manufacturer of specialist anchoring and fixing systems
Protector HC600 Orange Hardhat
Prosafe 630 Series Hard Hat
Part Number 0429 6706
Part Number 0228 4145
Bolle Rush Plus Safety Glasses
3M Peltor X4A Cap Attached Earmuff
Part Number 0287 8618
Part Number 0218 8095
3M Peltor H7 Cap Attach Earmuffs
UVEX Pheos Safety Glasses
Part Number 0068 9027
Part Number 0099 1533
Workhorse Long Sleeve Men’s Chambray Shirt
Workhorse Long Sleeve Women’s Chambray Shirt Style Code WSH008
Style Code MSH142
Workhorse Jacket Softshell
ATG Maxiflex Ultimate AD-APT 7 Part Number 0306 2677
Style Code MJA014
Workhorse Soft Shell Vest with Tape Prosafe Cheetah Hi Vis Gloves
Style Code MVE011
Part Number 0771 2703
Workhorse Women’s Vented Cargo Pant Style Code WPA005
Workhorse Denim Classic Jeans Style Code MJE001
Lace Up Zip Sided Safety Boots - Blaze Style Code K27190
Blundstone Safety Boots Style Code Blundstone 144
DRIVING PRODUCT AVAILABILITY & COST REDUCTION AT BORAL CEMENT “Our first priority was improved productivity – What we have found is that workers can now come to the vending machines, access the part using an approved work order number, and they can leave the machine in under two minutes.” RAIF HILMI
When you are the biggest supplier of cement
“We need people to be able to access items
and cement products into the booming
in the store outside of those hours, but we
construction industry in Australia, you can’t
had no way of placing the items outside the
afford your machinery to stop for a minute.
store to access during the late shifts. The
Boral Cement’s challenge was simple – get the
vending machines provided us with a very
product into the silos and out into the market
good solution,” said Raif Hilmi, Refactory and
as the market demands it. To achieve this, the
Services Engineer at Boral Cement.
maintenance department must make sure the machinery is running in peak condition, to
“I think they’re a real asset to our industry. At
ensure reliability and availability to guarantee
the end of the day we’re getting a very good
that those products make it to market.
product from a company that is looking after the machines for us.”
Blackwoods’ vending machine solution proved an attractive proposition for Boral as the company didn’t have to do anything with the vending machines, and they provided workers with 24/7 access to required products. As part of its evaluation of the service, Boral ensured it met four essential criteria – Improved productivity, faultless security, impeccable accountability, and tight cost control.
RAIF HILMI Refactory & Services Engineer Boral Cement
OUR FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT Blackwoods is committed to supporting Supplier Diversity and creating an inclusive work environment, with particular attention to the inclusion, recruitment, development and mentoring of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within our teams. In order for our own business to reflect the communities in which we operate, we actively work towards goals set by the Federal Government Employment Parity Initiative (EPI), which encourages organisations to create workforces representative of the total Australian populace, where 3% of the population identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Our Indigenous Employment Strategy is an important platform on which to continue to build a diverse workplace that better represents Australia as a whole.
PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS
▪▪ The Clontarf Foundation: providing Indigenous high school students with the opportunity to succeed through School Based Traineeships, graduate and alumni employment opportunities at many of our branches. ▪▪ Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME): bringing Indigenous school students together with university students and Blackwoods team members as mentors, education heroes and role models.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? Being a founding and active Member of Supply Nation, and participating on the Supply Nation Leadership Round Table, Blackwoods works with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver opportunity, value and success. With our supplier network we can provide a range of high quality and affordable Indigenous products that can help you meet your Supplier Diversity procurement goals:
As a truly Australian company, Blackwoods is focused on making a positive impact and contribution to the communities in which we operate. We foster and build strong relationships with a number of different Indigenous organisations and foundations, such as:
▪▪ The Fred Hollows Foundation: committed to ending avoidable blindness and improving eye care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Look for our ‘Prosafe’ range of eye related products, where 10% of sales are donated directly to the Foundation by Blackwoods.
▪▪ Boolamarr Industrial Cleaners – A range of Industrial Cleaning products that are inspired by traditional Aboriginal use of native plants for modern applications. Includes Industrial Hand Cleaner with Dual Grit, Industrial Degreaser and Industrial Truck Wash.
▪▪ CareerTrackers: Blackwoods provides internships for Indigenous university student helping to obtain valuable experience and knowledge across various areas of the business.
With their help, we aim to support and provide disadvantaged Indigenous young adults to receive employment, medical treatment and education opportunities.
▪▪ Yaru Water – Premium Australian spring water bottled at its pristine source in Bundjalung Nation, Northern NSW. Includes both still and sparkling varieties.
▪▪ Aboriginal Steel Art – A beautiful range of corporate gifts, awards, trophies and fine art. Owned and operated by Indigenous man Wayne McGinness and his wife Lucy. All pieces are hand crafted in Kuranda, Queensland. By purchasing these products you can help drive Indigenous business success and growth, and at the same time meet your own initiatives for cultural engagement and Supplier Diversity. Blackwoods also stocks CorporateConnectAB paper plates and cups with a variety of Indigenous designs. A percentage of purchases goes directly from CC.AB. to Indigenous communities. Similarly KingGee donates a percentage of Blackwoods sales of the Sally Morgan designed Blaze range of safety footwear to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
To learn more about how Blackwoods can assist, and collaborate on your Supplier Diversity goals and engagement in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander programs, contact your Account Manager or visit blackwoods.com.au
ABOUT BLACKWOODS Blackwoods is the largest operating unit of Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety, a division of the Wesfarmers group which is an ASX listed company and one of the largest employers in Australia. Blackwoods is proud to provide products and services that are essential to the economic growth and prosperity of our country. With origins extending back to 1878, Blackwoods is wholly Australian owned and operated, and specialises in the supply of industrial and safety equipment to Australian businesses of all sizes in a wide range of industries.
Blackwoods, along with Wesfarmers, are founding members of Supply Nation since its inception in 2009. We engage with a number of Aboriginal businesses as contractors to Blackwoods.
LIFTING & RIGGING
HYGIENE, JANITORIAL & CLEANING
OFFICE, STATIONERY & KITCHEN
MANUAL HANDLING & STORAGE
VALVES & FLOW CONTROL
TOOLS – HAND, MEASURING & PRECISION
FASTENERS & FIXINGS
PIPE & TUBE FITTINGS
TOOLS – CUTTING, THREADING & CARBIDE
WELDING & GAS
HOSE & HOSE FITTINGS
TOOLS – POWER, PNEUMATIC & PETROL
ABRASIVES
GASKET MATERIAL, PACKING & SEALS
TOOLS – MACHINERY & WORKSHOP
TAPES & PACKAGING
PUMPS
HARDWARE
SAFETY – PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
LUBRICANTS & LUBRICATION EQUIPMENT
BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
POWER TRANSMISSION
LADDERS & PLATFORMS
BEARINGS
PAINTS, MARKING & SPRAY EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL
ADHESIVES, SEALANTS & FILLERS
AUTOMOTIVE
STEEL & METALS
EQUIPMENT SAFETY – SITE & ENVIRONMENTAL CLOTHING FOOTWEAR
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