Movers & shaKers

Shannon Smith, ex-Boise Cascade, has joined the sales/procurement team at Eagle Forest Products,

Eagle, Id. Aaron Fleming, ex-Seneca Sawmill, is a new sales account executive with Elk Creek Forest Products,

McMinnville, Or. Tom Johnston has been promoted to location mgr. at Parr Lumber,

Woodinville, Wa. Jeff Owenby was promoted to assistant mgr. in

Marysville, Wa. John Taylor is retiring April 29 after 46 years in the industry, with Simpson Building Supply,

Weyerhaeuser, Louisiana-Pacific, and finally Taiga Building

Products, Rocklin, Ca. Harrison

VanKalmthout is new to inside sales at Taiga in Rocklin. Jason Foster, ex-Simpson Strong-

Tie, has moved to Huttig Building

Products, Sacramento, Ca., as a

MoistureShield specialist. Thomas Robb is a new lumber trader at Blanca Forestry, Blanca, Co. Danny Osborne, ex-Shasta Green, is the new lumber sales mgr. at South

Coast Lumber Co., Brookings, Or. Kyle Delong is now Boise, Id., territory mgr. for Sierra Forest

Products. Brennan Emory, ex-E&E Lumber, has joined Matheus Lumber Co.,

Woodinville, Wa., as inventory mgr. Abigail Messegee is a new technical sales rep at RedBuilt, Portland, Or. Michael Sivucha has been appointed chief operating officer for Taiga

Building Products, Burnaby, B.C. Patrick Heninger has been promoted to plant mgr. at Milgard Windows &

Doors’ Simi Valley, Ca., facility. Jimmy Mason was named executive VP/general mgr. of OSB at LP

Building Solutions. Tony Hamill succeeds him as VP-siding manufacturing. Jason Ringblom is now executive VP/GM of siding. Amy Bass Messersmith has been appointed chief people officer for

Builders FirstSource, Dallas, Tx. Thomas Keep, Beacon Building

Products, Portland, Or., has been promoted to district buyer. Mark Campbell, ex-Mill Supplies, has joined Do it Best, Fort Wayne,

In., as product mgr.-member catalog. Also new are Jake McGee,

LBM sales support coordinator;

Stephanie Hutsell, product sales mgr.; Brianna Wells, e-commerce mgr.; and Andrew Foutz, outbound logistics specialist. Recently promoted are Michelle Hutker, now an associate building materials trader; Jenna Myers, merchandise mgr. for outdoor living & holiday;

Brian Billman, supply chain & inventory replenishment mgr.;

Megan Millsap and Erin Smith, managed marketing specialists;

Ashley Kenworthy, organizational change mgr.; Meagan McNeal, marketing services mgr.; Allison

Meyer, communications mgr.;

Ken Sorg, infrastructure project director; Shannon Vollen, rebate coordinator; and Jessica

Waggoner, e-commerce mgr. Chris Moudy, co-mgr., 84 Lumber,

Clovis, Ca., was named the chain’s

Rookie of the Year.

Dallin Brooks has been appointed executive director of the National

Hardwood Lumber Association, after 10 years of leading the

Western Wood Preservers Institute. Anna Prentice has been hired as an intern at Mungus-Fungus Forest

Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and

Freddy Fungus.

DA, PRO Group Unite as Hardlines Distribution Alliance

Buying groups Distribution America and PRO Group have merged into Hardlines Distribution Alliance, a Denver, Co.-based service management company representing more than 65 member distributors nationwide.

Shari Kalbach, formerly VP and COO of PRO Group, is now president of HDA. With the formation of HDA, the organization will be able to offer more robust programs and services to its distributor, manufacturer and dealer partners.

Steve Henry, CEO of House-Hasson Hardware and chairman of HDA, said, “The synergies we will all benefit from by combining the best of DA and PRO will enable us to better position customers for success in the highly competitive hardware and home improvement marketplace. House-Hasson is excited about the future of HDA and the reimagined powertrain that will drive success and opportunity.”

In addition to advertising, marketing and merchandising services, HDA boasts over $7 billion in annual purchasing power.

One driving factor for the merger was the successful Executive Planning Conference that brings together DA and PRO members in one setting. “The industry saw tremendous benefit when DA and PRO came together in 2003 to establish the annual Executive Planning Conference,” said Dave Christmas, CEO at Distribution America. “It is that same vision which will allow Hardlines Distribution Alliance to perform key advertising and merchandising services for all HDA members with a stronger platform than either entity could have achieved independently.”

Calling them “the most comprehsnsive lumber span calculators we have ever produced,” Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau has unveiled three new web-based calculators that provide users with previously unavailable digital structural lumber design tools.

PLIB’s Design Value Comparison Calculator, the first of its kind, allows users to determine the applicable design values for an unlimited set of species combinations.

“The issue of having multiple species to jobsites is not new,” explained PLIB president Jeff Fantozzi, “but with the increased use of imported lumber in recent years, we’ve been getting more and more calls for help from code officials, job superintendents, and engineers attempting to determine the applicable design values for species and species groupings they hadn’t encountered before.”

In 2021, challenges created by the need to deal with multiple species on jobsites surfaced in North Carolina resulted in disruptions on construction sites and at distribution yards.

“We developed the Design Value Comparison Calculator in response to this issue specifically,” Fantozzi said.

With the tool, users can enter any number of grade/species/region combinations they see on grade stamps to generate a table showing design values and specific gravity values for each individual grouping, while also highlighting the values that are applicable to the group as a whole.

According to Henry Morris, director of engineering for PLIB, “The tool saves wood designers, lumber brokers, and code officials hours—time they previously spent having to mine data from spreadsheets or printed tables. It vastly simplifies the use of virtually any structural lumber one might encounter in North American markets.”

DESIGN VALUE Comparison Calculator is one of three new digital design tools offered by the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau

PLIB’s new Span Options Calculator allows users for the first time to generate a set of lumber size options capable of achieving spans based on user-entered design criteria and species information. A new Max Span Calculator provides the maximum span length, along with bending, shear and bearing strength values for any combination of grade and species or species group based on user-entered criteria.

The calculators include data for virtually any softwood lumber species one might find in use in North America, along with a range of hardwoods that could be used in structural applications. Free to use, the calculators can be found at www. plib.org/resources/calculators.

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GETTING READY to break ground on Patrick Lumber’s new Timber Hall (left to right): Donna Jones, Brad Mehl, Jack Alley, John Quast, Mark Gray, Zack Halsey, Preston Johnson, Natalie Heacock, Chelsea Brown, Cam Stevens, Dave Halsey, and Kalayna Crook.

Patrick Lumber Shows Off on St. Patrick’s Day

Patrick Lumber Co., Portland, Or., celebrated its annual St. Patrick’s Day party for the first time at its remanufacturing facility in Philomath, Or.

The event opened with mill tours for guests. A highlight was a groundbreaking ceremony at the Philomath site for a “Timber Hall,” described by Chelsea Brown as “a place to gather, learn, allow for the sales team to work remotely, and entertain guests.”

The open house was followed by a reception at Oregon State University.

MoistureShield Launches Hub

Bringing a dream deck project to life has never been easier than with the MoistureShield Outdoor Project Hub, a new online tool that helps users create the perfect outdoor oasis.

The hub helps homeowners design and build projects with ease by offering step-by-step planning and checklists that are accessed on one dashboard.

“Sometimes, it can be overwhelming to start out with a blank slate,” said Molly Werner, senior brand manager. “The Outdoor Project Hub is the perfect online tool for helping MoistureShield customers seek inspirational design ideas, select the right products, and find a contractor who can turn their dream deck into a reality.”

The hub guides users through the entire planning process. Once they select a product, the tool utilizes a checklist to stay on track with deck size, budget, timing and amenities. Finally, users can search the “Find a Contractor” database and share the project as a PDF to start building.

MOISTURESHIELD’S new Outdoor Project Hub makes it easier to design and plan deck projects.

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