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2.108 million single family starts rose 2.6Vo to a 1.709 million pace, while multi-family was up 7.8Vo ... regionally, starts were flat in the West ... permits climbed 2.4Vo iFloor.com, Bellevue, Wa., opened its first four warehouse stores in mid-October-in Seattle and Tukwila, Wa.; Hayward, Ca., and Newark, De.-and expects to open another 36 locations in the next l8 months ...

TimberWest Forest Corp., Vancouver, B.C., has placed its Elk Falls sawmill on Vancouver Island up for sale to concentrate on its timberlands ...

Building Materials Holding Corp. subsidiary BMC Construction, Inc., San Francisco, Ca., has completed the acquisition of HnR Framing Systems, 1nc., Poway, Ca.. and the assets of Home Building Components, and signed letters of intent to discuss the potential acquisitions of MWB Building Contractors, Inc., Rocklin. Ca.. and Benedetti Construction Management, Inc. ...

Liberty Diversified Industries subsidiary LDI Composites Co., has purchased the GeoDeck composite decking and railing system line of products from Kadant Composites LLC ...

Do it Best Corp. is partnering with BlueTarp Financial Inc. to provide credit and financial services to the buying groups 4,100+ dealer members

Progressive Solutions, for the 2nd vear in a row. was named one of C-anada's top 100 employers and one of B.C.'s top 20 employers by Mediacorp Canada

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., completed implementation of Progressive Solutions' Lumber Track sales and inventory management software throughout its wood products division

Chinook Lumber, Snoho-mish, Wa,, purchased a 55-user bisTrack building materials supply management software system ...

S nuco Manufocturing, Inc., Las Vegas, Nv., agreed to be acquired by Plasticon International Inc. ...

Spenard Builders Supply, Kodiak, Ak., was presented a National Industry Leader in Safety Award from the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association ...

Amarr Garage Doors is now carrying Jeld-Wen garage doors

Meeks Lumber, Sacramento, Ca., is now carrying WindsorOne products from Windsor Mill, Windsor, Ca. ...

Anniversaries: Rosboro, Springfield, Or., 65th ... Do it Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In., 60th ... Trus ./oisr (now a Weyerhaeuser business), Boise, Id., 40th ... Bear Forest Products. Riverside. Ca.. 20th,

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