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Attention Dealers

Pre-fa bricate stair system s using SteadiTred stair treads and Durastrand Rimboard as stringers-create a new revenue stream in installed sales, with no additional inventory.

Du rastra ndn Ri m board and Stead iTred' from Ain sworth

Builders and dealers are finding that smart, sustainable building practices deliver real bottom-line benefits. Multipurpose products like 0.8E Durastrand OSL Rimboard are manufactured from renewable resources-and in the sizes you need -so you can save time and labor, reduce waste and disposalfees, and minimize inventory.

Multipurpose strength

1-%" 0.8E Durastrand OSL Rimboard

> as rim board, short-span headers and stair stringers

> ICC-ES code evaluated for flexural a pplications (ESR-1053)

> better utilization means less jobsite waste

For strong, consistent stair treads versus particleboard & solid sawn

> greater span capability (up to 45 in)

> always flat and straight: save on defects and call-backs

> APA exposure r rated: eliminate the waste and cost of temporary stairs

> bull-nosed or square-edged

> primarily made of aspen, a fastgrowing, renewa ble species

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Dolan's Lumber is closing Sacramento, Ca., yard after ve:us...

Pruett Lumber & Supply, Homedale, Id., opened on the site of Snake River Lumber. which closed in August ...

Meek's Lumber has closed its retail yard in Elk Grove, Ca., but continues operating its adjacent 2A-acreDC...

Gold Beach Lumber Yard, Gold Beach, Or., added a 3-acre yard in Harbor (Brookings), Or. (Ryan Ringer, general mgr.)

Bronson Lumber is rebuilding its store in La Grande, Or.o which was destroyed by fire Sept. 14

Keith Brown Building Materials last month closed its yard in Visalia. Ca.

84 Lumber is downsizing its Hesperia, Ca., yard into a satellite office, eliminating its showroom and shipping product from its yard in Beaumont. Ca.

Lowe's Cos. opened new stores Nov. 28 in Silverdale, Wa.; Nov. 22 inKenal Ak. (Rob Richmond, store mgr.), and Highland, Ca., and Oct. 16 in Moses Lake, Wa. (Brian Bruley, mgr.)

Lowe's has postponed constuction in Hollister, Ca., until July; won't build in Dinuba, Ca., for at

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h free seNice) least another two years; is seeking approval to build a 155,00-sq. ft. store on 11.8 acres in Santa Rosa, Ca.; will build a 162,000-sq. ft. store in Paso Robles, Ca., and has selected a site in Murrieta, Ca.

HomeDepot won planning commission approval to build a 102,513-sq. ft. store with 28086sq. ft. garden center in Grants Pass, Or., and is on track for a February opening of a 103,000-sq. ft. store with 25000-sq. ft. garden center in Auburn, Ca.

Habitat for Humanity opened a ReStore discount LBM outlet in St. George, Ut. (Russ Hansen, mgr.) ...

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Castle Rock Induslries, Spokane, Wa., agreed to sell its lumber millingfacilityto MRS Metal Roofing & Siding Supply, Mead, Wa.; Castle Rock owner William Gilcrist will focus on his safety gear business,Western Glove

Empire Lumber, Weippe, Id., lost its large log mill in a Nov. 4 fire; the small log mill and log decks were spared ..

Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., will cut one 70-worker shift at its Gaston, Or., sawmill Jan. 11

Three Rivers Timber. Kamiah. Id., temporarily idled its 80-worker mill early this month ...

RY Timber Co.,Livingston, Mt., temporarily shuttered its sawmill and planer mill late last month for up to two weeks

Georgia-Pacific Corp. cut one 30-man shift at its sawmill in Coos Bav. Or.

South Coast Lumber Co. temporarily reduced operations at its facility in Brookings, Or.

Weyerhauser's Canyon Country, Ca., DC lost a shed and a pile of lumber in a Nov. 2fire

Ply Gem Industries is closing its door and window plant in Phoenix, 42....

Reid & Wright 1nc., Broomfield, Co., isnow distributing Fiber Composites' Fiberon decking and railing in 10central Midwest states, including Colorado, northern and central New Mexico, and Wyoming...

Huttig Building Products wlll distribute Fiber Composites' Fiberon decking and railing in Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico and Texas ...

Building Material Distributors, Inc.,Galt, Ca., is now distributing lnuisiana-Pacific's full line of LP brand engineered wood products throughout Southern California from its DC in Riverside, Ca. ...

Steel Stud Manufacturers Association will launch a code compliance certification program ...

Railing Dynamics ftzc. received a registered trademark for Titan Pro Rail ...

Simpson Strong-Tie received a Category I anchor rating for its Strong-Bolt wedge anchors in ll2" and 5/8" diameters ...

Andersen received FSC chainof-custody certification for its Andersen and Renewal by Andersen brand windows and doors

Viance's Ecolife stabilized weather-resistant wood has been standardized by the American Wood Protection Association

Nova USAWood Products LLC, Portland, Or., has received Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custodv certification

Housing starts in October fell 4.5Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 791,000 singlefamily starts dropped 3.37o to a 531 ,000-unit pace ... permits plummeted l27o to 708,000 units.