BPD
Building Products Digest
MARCH 2022
THE VOICE OF THE LBM SUPPLY CHAIN — SINCE 1982
SPECIFYING SUSTAINABLE WOOD PRODUCTS • CYPRESS NICHE • NELMA UPDATE
R E R G E N H O T R E STO G & T
First issue of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, sister publication to BUILDING PRODUCTS DIGEST, by Jack Dionne, publisher of THE GULF COAST LUMBERMAN
1922 1933 N LMA Established - New York City - 2 Employees 1937 1st Eastern White Pine Grade Rules 1939 1st N LMA Grader Training School 1940 N LMA Exhibits at New York Worlds Fair N LMA releases film Story of Wood in the Northeast” 1946 “The 1955 1st N LMA Exhibit at Lumber Retailer Shows 1962 Arrival of future publisher David Cutler several name changes to reflect coverage of more products and the entire West, the magazine is shortened to its longtime nickname, THE MERCHANT MAGAZINE 1967 After 1970 First Voluntary Product Standard for Lumber Published (PS-20) 1982 N LMA celebrates 50th anniversary in Boston issue of BPD by David Cutler, initially distributed to the Southeastern 1982 First states that received the now-defunct GULF COAST LUMBERMAN 1994 BPD launches companion website, BUILDING-PRODUCTS.COM 2001 Start of the Heat Treatment Inspection Program Oakes succeeds Cutler as publisher 2001 Alan of BPD and THE MERCHANT expands its coverage beyond the South 2003 BPD to the mid-Atlantic region expands to the Northeast and Midwest, now covering 37 states 2004 BPD East of the Rockies to perfectly complement THE MERCHANT partners for the first time with NELMA on its first 2004 BPD annual Eastern White Pine Special Issue 2008 N LMA celebrates 75th Anniversary in New York City 2012 1.29 Billion Board Feet produced by NELMA mills 2014 Grader Academy introduced 2014 Patrick Adams succeeds Oakes as publisher of BPD and forms 526 Media Group 2015 Skip & Wane debut adds new publication, DECK SPECIALIST, to reach the contractor 2016 526 customers of BPD that specialize in outdoor living projects 2017 N LMA merges with NSLB 2019 411 monthly series begins for BPD 2019 BPD launches email newsletter, BPD eWEEKLY 2020 526 EVENTS hosts its first-ever virtual event… N LMA’s annual meeting E
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