TRADA Technology also provides a wide range of commercial and training services to TRADA members and to the timber and construction industries TRADA Technology is an independent consultancy company and prior to 1994 was wholly owned by TRADA TRADA's origins go back over 70 years and its name is synonymous with independence and authority It is now a member of the BM TRADA Group of companies and is TRADA's appointed provider for its Research and Information Programmes and for the administration of its membership services