Last week's acquisitions by Builders FirstSource and US LBM, building on similarly big deals earlier this year, led us to wonder: If you...

While the biggest headlines in construction supply M&A during May involved acquisitions by US LBM and Builders FirstSource, they were...

DEALERS The Lester Group picked Kevin Silveira (right) to be VP for Building Supply. Builders FirstSource appointed Randy Whetzell as...

Two major deals announced in two days--US LBM's acquisition of American Construction Source (ACS) and Builders FirstSource's purchase of...

"I’ve long said that our employees have owned Ward Lumber in their hearts for a long time,” CEO Jay Ward said of the company's move to a...

Last July, Russ Taylor wrote a column asking if W-SPF 2x4 #2 lumber could hit $1,000 per thousand board feet. As of May 4 it's near...

M&A, openings, and closures activity through the first days of May now is running 50% ahead of last year's pace thanks in big part of US...

DEALERS Beacon Building Products named Phillip McCullum as Market Manager for California; Brian Wanke as Branch Manager in Howell, MI;...

As spring comes in and Covid all too slowly goes away, will we resume our old ways of operating a construction supply company, or has the...

DEALERS The merger of Builders FirstSource with BMC continues to make waves. Most recently, BFS named Sean Warrington as VP of Sales for...

One of my fondest LBM memories came when I saw Robert Plummer, president of R.P. Lumber, pushing a cart early one morning at a Do it Best...

Thanks to new owner American Securities LLC, Foundation Building Materials (FBM) has expanded its network by roughly 50% through the...

Four weeks into the Biden Administration, the American Wood Council's (AWC) president and CEO sees opportunities to promote wood as a...

Traffic jams at America's ports, railroad terminals, and trucking centers all indicate that the supply headaches you suffered last year...

The latest LBM deals, openings, and closures map has a lot of dots in Southern California and a lot of action elsewhere, and in both...

DEALERS SRS Distribution promoted Ryan Nelson to EVP and CFO; he's been SVP of M&A and Strategy since 2012. SRS also promoted Cynthia...

By Mark Barnard Adapt or be left behind: That’s the new motto that the LBM industry has embraced in the year since Covid first arrived....

By James Aiken Mergers and acquisitions in the building materials industry ultimately lead to changes in the employment market, with...

Which LBM operation did the most deals last year? Which state saw the most facilities change status? Which lumberyard was sold to a...

American Construction Source's news the morning of Jan. 20 that it bought Builder's Resource Group, a two-store operation in Wisconsin,...