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The month's notable events.
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Kenneth Beauvais shares the concerns of many that not enough young people are aware of the potential to build a career in construction supply. Unlike others, Beauvais is doing something about it.
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The month's notable events.
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This month's notable events.
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This month's notable events.
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Builders FirstSource has begun to attract customers and prospective employees who are abandoning LBM dealers that they regard as less stable, the chief executive officer of America's ninth-biggest dealer says.
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Jim Cavanaugh stepped down from his job as president of operations at ProBuild, the company confirmed, delivering a third jolt to the company following the departure of president and CEO Bill Myrick and the announcement of a reorganization that will wipe out the dealer's six regional offices.
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Bill Myrick stepped down as president and CEO of ProBuild, the company announced in an e-mail to employees. Fred Marino will take over as interim president and CEO as the company searches to fill the role. No reason was given for Myrick's departure.
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Independent Builders Supply Association, a buying co-op, named Tim Johnson as its permanent CEO. Johnson had been acting CEO since Ray Price's death.
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Stock Building Supply filled in the final piece of its executive-level reorganization when it hired Mark Fikse as division president and general manager for the LBM giant's Southeast region.
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Melvin Faircloth, a 59-year veteran of the LBM business and owner of City Lumber, Abilene, Texas, has been named the Lumber Dealer of the Year by the Lumbermen's Association of Texas and Louisiana (LAT).
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The Mid South Building Material Dealers Association named William King of King Lumber Co., Bassfield, Miss., as the group's new president and announced that executive director Robert Hellenthal will retire on March 1.
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Banks reducing lending to builders in an effort to improve their balance sheets edged out the Republican Party's election resurgence as the Top LBM Story of 2010, while US LBM president and CEO L.T. Gibson was chosen by voters as this year's Most Significant Person in LBM, according to the results...
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USG Corp., the drywall maker and distributor that has racked up $284 million in net losses through the first nine months of this year, revealed in an SEC filing it will take steps to save $22 million to $28 million annually through job cuts and other cost reductions.
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Doug Jones will become president of Edward Hines Lumber Co. when current president Gerry Wille retires on Jan. 31, Hines parent company US LBM announced.
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Beacon Roofing Supply promoted Paul M. Isabella to the title of president and chief executive officer position effective Jan. 1, the No. 3 company on the
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Stock Building Supply named Jeffrey G. Rea, a former Johns Manville executive and most recently president of Tyco Electronics Specialty Products Group, as the new chief executive officer of America's fourth-biggest construction supply company.
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Joe Appelmann, chief executive officer of Stock Building Supply, has left the company effective immediately, Stock said in an e-mail to employees Monday morning. A new CEO has been identified and will be announced later this week, the comipany added.