Building Materials Holding Corporation (NYSE: BLG) located in San Francisco, California is a holding company engaged, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, BMC West and SelectBuild Construction in the distribution and usage of building materials, selling primarily to professional contractors and builders as well as to project-oriented consumers (including professional repair and remodel contractors hired by them). BMHC was formed to centralize, at the holding company, responsibilities for acquisitions, financial and administrative functions - including strategic, financial and capital planning, corporate governance, and investor relations activities. In addition, the holding company structure is intended to focus operational management of the day-to-day activities.
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