Skip to content
MasterDB
Menu
PlatformIndustriesPartnersPricingTrustDevelopersContactApply for early access

Industries

Trade and Construction

Trade counters answer questions about stock, specification and compliance all day. MasterDB lets these businesses publish that data themselves, so an AI can answer a tradesperson without inventing the detail.

Building suppliersTimber suppliersBuilding materialsPlumbing suppliersElectrical suppliersTool hirePlant hireConstruction trades

A specification an AI invents can fail an inspection.

BRANCH AND HIRE STOCKItemUnitAvailabilityBranchTimber, treatedPer lengthIn stockBranch AInsulation boardPer sheetIn stockBranch APlant hire, mixerPer dayBooked outBranch BAggregate, bulkPer tonneTo orderBranch BAvailability by branch, published by the business.
Trade detail that public pages never carry: pack size, lead time and stock.

What AI gets wrong

Four failures you can stop

Branch stock treated as one

Heavy materials are bought where they are held, and an AI quoting a single overall availability sends a trade customer to the wrong branch.

Hire kit shown as available

Plant and tools go out on hire for days at a time, and an AI describes a machine as available when it is not back until next week.

Technical data guessed

Load ratings, sizes and compliance detail are approximated by an AI, and a tradesperson orders something that does not meet the specification.

Missing compliance documents

Declarations, safety data sheets and certificates sit in scattered files, so an AI cannot point a site team at the document it needs.

What you publish

Six things worth publishing first

All of it is free to publish, and none of it has a limit on how often you change it.

  • Branch stock and availability

    What each branch holds, updated as often as the business chooses.

  • Hire availability

    Which plant and tools can be hired, and when items are due back.

  • Technical specifications

    Sizes, ratings, materials and performance data for each product line.

  • Compliance documents

    Declarations, data sheets and certificates published against the products they cover.

  • Branches and opening hours

    Each depot and trade counter with its own hours, including early opening.

  • Delivery terms

    Delivery areas, site delivery options and collection arrangements.

Is it in stock at my branch, and does it comply?WITHOUT MASTERDBMaterials order, this morningBranch stockone figure for all sitesSpecificationa general descriptionCertificationinferred, not statedAssembled from cached pagesNobody asked the businessWITH MASTERDBMaterials order, this morningBranch stockstock at that branchSpecificationthe technical detailCertificationthe documents you holdPublished by the businessRetrieved at the moment of asking
The same question, answered from cached pages and answered from your published record.

What changes

Three things that stop going wrong

01

The right branch first

Trade customers are sent to the depot that holds the material, instead of a branch that never stocked it.

02

Specifications that hold up

Technical data comes from the business, so what is ordered matches what the job and the inspection require.

03

Hire answered accurately

People are told what can be hired and when, which cuts the calls chasing machines that are already out.

This page is for building materials suppliers, timber yards, plumbing and electrical suppliers, hire businesses and construction trades. Publishing to AI is completely free. Advertising and promoting what you publish are optional paid choices. MasterDB is opening to early access.

Other sectors

See what you can publish

Ensure AI users receive accurate authorised information about your business, your brand and your products & services.

MasterDB opens to a closed group of businesses first. Publishing is completely free. Apply now and we will be in touch with your access.

Apply for early accessExplore the platform