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Aikenhead's Home Imprcvement Warehouse ln Canada (see story p. 38) Homeowners in s north Greensboro, N.C., nelghborhood are prot€sdng $e proposed butldlng of u Home Depot ... Home Depot Expo opened ln Atlanta, Ga....

Lummus Supply Co., Atlanta, Ga., opened an Acworth, Ga., location (see story p. 14) Buildcrs Sqnrc ls shopping for a relocation slte in Lalceland, Fl. a Winter Haven, Fl., Builders Square damaged by flre will not be reopened (see story p. 36)

E. C Barton & Co. opened a Union Salvage operation at lts Pine Bluff, Ar., location and acquired Lafayette, La., and Tbxarkana, Ar., sites to open similar unlts in the spring

Scotty's, Bradenton, Fl., was evacuated and closed for a day when a carton of muriatic acid bottles spilled

'Hatfield Lumber Co., Mena, Ar., was recognized as a Community Volunteer of the Year Fruge Lumber, Eunice, La., and East Canoll Lwnber, Lake Providence, La., are modernizing their computer systems

Hechinger Co. signed a three year truck Eansportation contract with Landstar Tran sp ortation Senices...

Anniversaries: Calcasieu Lumber Co., Austin, Tx., 110th; Ply Mart, Winston, Ga-,lst

Schuller International a,nd Owens-Comdng completed a roofing business exchange including an Owens Corning Oklahoma City, Ok., plant and equipment from Schuller's Savannah, Ga., plant...

Quikrete Companies, Atltnt& Ga., acquired T?i-State Buildlng Materials, /nc., Memphis, T[. ... Thomas & Betts Corp., Memphl+ Tn., acquired some assets of Wtt Corp. lncluding Westin ghouse manufacturing operations ln Vtdall& Ga.

Palmcr & Cay/Carswell, Inc., Savannah, Ga., acquired Jordan Agency, Columbus, Ga., expandlng lts lumber dlv. to include lnsurance spectaltsts ln Savannatr and Atlanta, Ga.; Jactsonville, Fl.; Greenvllle, S.C.; Chulotte, N.C., ard Dallas, Tx.

Focal Point Architectural Products Inc., Atlanta, Ga., and NMC Decoration Inc., Zebulon, N.C., have merged

Owens - Corndng dissolved construction products and lndustrial materials divs. in a reorganization, forming strategic business segments including roofl ng/asphalt, insuladon, windows and pipe

Celotex Corp,, Tampa, Fl., named its Atlanta, Ga., region the 1993 Butlding Products Region of the Year ,,, Andcrsen Windows is sponsoring the Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect exhibition at The Musewn of Modem Art, New York City ...

Advantage Business Computer Systems, Big Sandy, Tx., opened ofiices in Pensacola, Fl.

National Hardwood Lumber Association planned to break ground March I for an addition to its Memphis, Tn., headquarters

Western Red Cedar Lunber Association and the American Institute of Architects set July I as the deadline fer submissions to their co-sponsored 1994 Cedar Architectural Design Awards Program...

Housing starts fell l7.6Vo in Ian. (atest figs.) to an annual rate of 1,294,000 units, the lowest since last July ... single family starts slipped 8.5Vo, multifamily umts 34Vo ... permits sliel 8% bad weather was blamed for the decline Southern starts were off 22Vo.

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