About Us

Since 1959, Universal Building Specialties, with corporate headquarters in Auburndale, Florida, has been distributing a wide array of fine specialty lumber and timber products and services. Outside of being perhaps the largest solid sawn structural timber stocking distributor in the southeast U.S., Universal Building Specialties is known for architectural Hard Wood Lumber grades of Western Red Cedar, Cypress, Douglas Fir, Ipe’ and other Tropical Exotics, Southern Pine, Treated Pine, and T+G Roof Deck. In addition, UBS distributes many varieties of Hard Wood Lumber and Timber, all available in a large assortment of species and sizes.

Universal Building Specialties wraps its unique specialty product mix with numerous extra-services, including on-site Custom Remanufacturing, Just-In-Time Deliveries, Job & Tally Pulling, and Installation Assistance. UBS focuses on performing these values from its distribution facility, in Central Florida. UBS is on live rail ... has a custom remanufacture mill shop with one molder, 2 high speed planers, 2 resaws, and a sand belt line ... has over 150,000 square feet of covered storage and 12 acres of outside storage ... and has a company owned truck fleet. In addition, extra inventory comes in and out of Reload and Port locations such as Ft. Lauderdale, Savannah, and Camden. UBS promotes, sells and ships across the Caribbean, across the Southeast U.S., and reaches into the Mid-Atlantic markets. All of these assets are employed with one objective in mind … that of our Dealer Partner’s complete satisfaction.

Did You Know

  • Tom Moore, the founder of Universal Building Specialties in 1959, was the first to introduce WESTERN RED CEDAR to the state of Florida, both in a selling and stocking capacity. The cedar success has rolled since, with UBS now stocking over 2 million board feet of Western Red Cedar including heavy timbers up to 32’ long.
  • UBS stocks and distributes NAME BRAND product from selected big-league sawmills and manufacturers, the best the industry has to offer. Do you buy product based on who made it? ... just ask!
  • UBS is proud to be cutting edge for new product visions in three major categories of specialty lumber: ALTERNATIVE LUMBER, STRUCTURAL LUMBER, and LUMBER PATTERNS.

Universal Building Specialties

CORPORATE
FLORIDA
P.O. Box 1722
Lakeland, FL 33802
T: 863-967-1131
F: 863-965-3638
210 Neptune Rd.
Auburndale, FL 33823
T: 800-282-9583
F: 863-967-8166

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