Building Materials Holding Corporation Appoints Sara L. Beckman to Board of Directors.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2001

Building Materials Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:BMHC), a leading provider of building materials and services to professional builders and contractors, today announced that it has appointed Sara L. Beckman to its board of directors.

Dr. Beckman, 45, is currently a member of the Operations and Information Technology Management faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley teaching operations strategy and new product development. Dr. Beckman is a published researcher in product design and development, green design and manufacturing and operations strategy. She has served as co-director, Fisher Center for Strategic Use of Information Technology, as director, Management of Technology Program and recently as a founding member of the Berkeley Institute of Design. Her industry experience includes several management positions at Hewlett-Packard Company focusing manufacturing strategy, product development management and organizational change and renewal, as well as consulting experience at Booz, Allen and Hamilton. Dr. Beckman also serves on the boards of the Corporate Design Foundation, the California Management Review and the Production and Operations Management Society.

"Sara has broad experience in engineering, supply chain management and technology," said Robert E. Mellor, president and chief executive officer of Building Materials Holding Corp. "She has been published in numerous journals and is a frequent invited speaker at seminars and colloquiums. Sara's background in industry with Hewlett-Packard, as well as her research experience gained during her tenure at UC Berkeley will both be valuable assets to BMHC. We are pleased to have Sara join our board and look forward to her contributions to the Company."

Building Materials Holding Corp. is a leader in the building materials and construction services industry. The Company specializes in providing high quality products, as well as engineering, manufacturing and installation services to professional residential builders and contractors. BMHC operates through its subsidiaries BMC West Corp. and BMC Framing Inc., with 137 facilities organized into 60 business units in 13 Western and Southern states. Keys to the Company's success include concentration on housing markets where growth outpaces national averages, and a strong management structure that keeps BMHC close to local market trends and to the service needs of its customers.