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Dan Semsak has been promoted to v.p.-sales & marketing and RandY Schillinger to v.p.-operations for Pacific Woodtech Corp., Burlington, Wa. Jonathan "J.D." Dombek, ex-Engineered Wood Solutions, is new as sales mgr.

Bob Maurer, ex-Swanson GrouP, is a new field buyer with Universal Forest Products, Thornton, Ca.

James D. ttJim" Boyer has been Promoted to president of Parr Lumber Co., Hillsboro, Or., and its subsidiaries. David Hamill will remain c.e.o. through 20 I 3 to assist in the transition and develop business strategies.

Dave Cox, ex-Lumber Yard SuPPlY, has joined All-Coast Forest Products, Englewood, Co., as outside sales territory mgr. Chris Kimmett, ex-Minot Builders Supply, and Richard StyPinski are now in inside sales.

Reid Schooler, ex-Hampton Lumber Sales, is a new lumber trader at Buckeye Pacific, Portland, Or.

Darrell Chrapko is now engineered wood products mgr. at Boise Cascade. Denver. Co.

Kevin Daugherty, ex-Swanson Group, has joined Olympic Panel Products, Shelton, Wa., as Product line mgr.-commodity panels.

Rob Rodriguez, ex-Western Woods, has joined Boral TruExterior Trim as sales mgr. for the Northern California territory. He is based in Sacramento, Ca.

Darren McKowan is now handling all sales and shipping at Columbia Vista Corp., Vancouver, Wa., succeeding Scott Olsen, who has left after 25 years to become Purchasing and sales mgr. for Dis-Tran Wood Products, Pineville, La.

Robert Pineda, ex-Wholesale Lumber & Plywood, is a new senior trader at Neiman Reed Lumber Co., Van Nuys, Ca.

Jon Nagle, ex-Intermountain Orient, has joined Matheus Lumber Co., selling for the Phoenix, Az., office from Upland, Ca.

Bryan Elliston, ex-ProBuild, is now operations mgr. at Sterling Lumber & Investment Co., Westminster, Co.

David King is a new EWP designer at Capital Lumber, Woodburn, Or.

Scot Savary, ex-BMC West, has been named general mgr. of ProBuild, Spanaway, Wa. Amber ThurmanTruax, ex-Window Solutions, is a new millwork specialist at Dixieline Lumber/ProBuild, Solano Beach, Ca.

James Blair, ex-Plastpro, has joined El & El Wood Products, Elk Grove, Ca., as sales mgr. for Northern California.

Christy Lambeth is new to millwork sales at American Building Supply, Sacramento, Ca.

Mike Looper, ex-Atrium Windows & Doors, has joined the sales force at Orepac Building Products, Spokane, Wa.

James McMillan, ex-Economy Lumber Co., is new to door & window sales at Exclusively Doors, Richmond, Ca.

Ron Barrette has been named general mgr. of Valley Lumber & Truss, Henderson, Nv.

Greg J. Griffin, ex-Cal-Wood Flooring Supply, is now territory mgr. for the San Francisco Bay Area at Heppner Hardwoods, Azusa, Ca.

Blake Anderson is new to lumber sales at Alpine Lumber Co., Frederick, Co.

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Marguerita Chavarria, ex-Superior Engineering Products, has joined the inside sales team at Huttig Building Products, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.

Brenda Hunsinger, ex-Silverado Building Materials, is new to architectural sales at Peninsula Building Materials, Livermore, Ca.

Carol Fouts has been appointed district sales mgr. for Simonton Windows, Vacaville, Ca.

Craig Loop is store mgr. of the new Orchard Supply Hardware in Tigard, Or.

Bud Barr, ex-White Cap, is new to outside sales at Border Construction Supplies, San Diego, Ca.

David Penewell is now handling Northwest sales for Zometek composite decking from Aboeda/ Bamboo Hardwoods. Seattle. Wa.

Steve Bailey is a new truss designer at Holderness Supplies, Tucson, Az.

Joseph Sandoval is now in territory sales at L&P Building Supply, Albuquerque, N.M.

Allen Smith. ex-Golden State Flooring, has been named western regional mgr. for Pin n ac I e Hardwood Floors, Carrollton, Tx.

Julie Gengo has been appointed marketing specialist for the Environmental Certification Services division of SCS Global Services, Emeryville, Ca.

Dave Golling, Royal Plywood Co., Cerritos, Ca., has been elected to the board of the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers, Anaheim, Ca.

George R. Judd has resigned as president, c.e.o.. and a director of Bluelinx Holdings, Atlanta, Ga.

Howard S. Cohen will serve as executive chairman while the board searches for a successor.

Corbin Prows has joined Do it Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In., as a retail program mgr.

Gary Maulin has been named western states territory mgr. at Starborn Industries, Edison, N.J.

Steve Killgore, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., was elected to Engineered Wood Technology Association's advisory committee, replacing Barry Nelson, who resigned. Dale Leeper, Momentive Specialty Chemicals, succeeded Alan Weaver, who retired.

Armand A. Legg is now director of pricing at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

John Harmer, 85, co-owner and president of Southland Lumber & Supply,Inglewood, Ca., died May 15.

He started the business with his sister. Leah, in 1946 and remained active until his passing. The company continues under his daughter, Susan Harmer, and Leah's son, Johnny Crowell.

Eunice Lulu Wisdom. 86, former owner of Wray Lumber, Wray, Co., died May 6.

She and her husband, Dale, Purchased the company in 1964. She initially handled secretarial and book- keeping duties, but oversaw the entire business after her spouse died. She sold the company and retired in 1996.

Larry Leon McGuire, 80, retired president of McGuire Lumber Yard, Yakima, Wa., died May 22.

He joined his family's newly founded company at age 17 and also helped lead sister business Rahier Trucking, Yakima. He retired in 1993.

Wilbur Fullaway, 88, founder of Calaveras Lumber, Angels Camp, Ca., died May 5 in Angels Camp.

He attended Oregon State University before joining the Navy in 1943.

He served in Europe, including as a relief soldier at Normandy Beach.

After the war, he worked at American Forest Products. Stockton. Ca., for 27 years.In 1916, he used his retirement savings to buy a small yard that became Calaveras Lumber.

Alvin Joseph Ficco, 80, former coowner of Rice Lumber, Ouray, Co., died April 27 in Ouray

After serving with the U.S. Army, he co-owned Rice Lumber from 1956 to 1969 with his brother, Tom Fellin, and sister-in-law, Sally Fellin with his brother, Tom Fellin. From 1969 to 1994, he operated Box Canon Construction with his best friend, Norm Fedel.

Christopher Thomas Peepe, 64, former manager of McNamara & Peepe Builders Supply, Crescent City, Ca., died May l5 in Crescent City.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star. In 1976, he graduated from Humboldt State University with a degree in business.

He began working for his father at McNamara & Peepe Lumber Co., Crescent City, at age 15 and moved over to the builders supply when the sawmill closed in the early 1980s. When it shut down in the 1990s, he partnered with Jim Rawlings to launch Crescent Cabinets. He retired in 201 l.

Daniel Clayton Bidwell,'7 5, for' mer partner in Wheatwell Lumber, Stacey, Mt., died May 16.

After working at ranches and Ashland Sawmill, Ashland, Mt., he formed Wheatwell Lumber in 1973 with his brother-in-law, Walt Wheaton.

Luther Iverson ttl-uket'Love, 83, Northern California sawmill veteran, died May 23 in Taylorsville, Ca.

He entered the lumber industry at age 16, quickly rising to sawyer with Plumas Lumber, Genesee, Ca., and then at Louisiana-Pacific, Crescent Mills, Ca., before owning and operating his own sawmill for several years. He retired from Siskiyou/Plumas Lumber in 1993.

Marie Barr Langley,90, who supported her late husband Cordes Langley's businesses, Redwood Coast Lumber and Coast Wood Preserving, Ukiah, Ca., died May 4. She graduated from University of Califbrnia-Berkeley in 1981.

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Vaagen Hits Full Production at New Arizona

Mill

Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Colville, Wa., has started up its new Four Corners Forest Products sawmill in Eagar, Az.

Utilizing logs from wildfire salvage and fuels reduction projects in northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico, the facility's mobile HewSaw has a capacity of 100,000 bd. ft. of lumber per shift.

Green Demand to Double

Worldwide demand for green construction materials is expected to grow from $116 billion in 2013 to more than $254 billion in 2O2O, according to a new forecast by Navigant Research.

Future market growth for green materials will be driven by a combination of policies and regulations that prioritize energy efficiency and green design, the expansion of voluntary certification programs for green buildings. cost reductions for green materials, consumer demand, and growing evidence that green buildings confer quantifiable market advantages.

"Green building materials range from traditional materials that are being revalued for their minimal impacts to advanced technologies that are enabling better passive and active building performance," said Navigant senior research analyst Eric Bloom. "Incremental improvements in materials science, production efficiency within mature product classes, and changes in design and construction practices are all helping to reduce the impacts from the buildings and materials sectors."

The use of product standards and environmental assessments, along with product and company reporting, will be significant in shaping the green materials market. Though it can be argued that the current green product labeling landscape is overpopulated, a more select class of standards and tools is emerging, making environmental performance more measurable and more transparent, according to the report.

EPA Pushes to Widen Regs on Composite Panels

The EPA has proposed making national the California Air Resources Board's emissions standards on composite wood products.

The mandate would limit the amount of formaldehyde that may be emitted from hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, particleboard and finished goods sold, made or imported in the U.S.

EPA estimates that a national regulation, when fully implemented, could reduce formaldehye levels in new or remodeled homes by up to 25Vo.

The agency also proposed forming a third-party framework to certify that manufacturers meet the new rules.