Building Materials Holding Corporation

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Building Materials Holding Corporation (BMHC)

Type	Public
Founded	Boise, Idaho (1987) as BMC West
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Industry	Building Materials
Revenue	US$2.91 billion
Employees	21,000 (Approx.)
Website	www.bmhc.com

Building Materials Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: BMHC) located in San Francisco, California is a holding company engaged, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, BMC West and SelectBuild Construction in the distribution and usage of building materials, selling primarily to professional contractors and builders as well as to project-oriented consumers (including professional repair and remodel contractors hired by them). BMHC was formed to centralize, at the holding company, responsibilities for acquisitions, financial and administrative functions - including strategic, financial and capital planning, corporate governance, and investor relations activities. In addition, the holding company structure is intended to focus operational management of the day-to-day activities.

[edit] BMC West

BMC West is a corporation that began in 1987 as a building materials operation. BMC West is currently wholly owned by BMHC. The main office of BMC West is located in Boise, Idaho. BMC West distributes building materials, manufactures building components, and provides construction services to professional builders and contractors. Its products include dimensional lumber, panel products and building materials purchased from manufacturers, as well as manufactured building components, including mill work, trusses, and wall paneling. Construction services include framing and installation of miscellaneous building products. BMC West serves its customers based on a regional market management approach where strategic locations offer its entire breadth of building products, manufactured building components, and construction services to a market area.

[edit] SelectBuild Construction

SelectBuild Construction, formerly BMC Construction, provides framing and other construction services to high-volume production home builders. These services include managing labor, materials, and construction schedules. SelectBuild Construction customers are high-volume production home builders. SelectBuild customers generally enter into contracts for building products and construction services on an as-needed basis.