BMHC Announces Retirement of Ellis Goebel, Senior Vice President Business Development and Investor Relations

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building Materials Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:BMHC) today announced that Ellis Goebel, Senior Vice President Business Development and Investor Relations has retired effective December 31, 2005.  Mr. Goebel will serve as an advisor to the Company for one year.

Robert E. Mellor, BMHC's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Ellis was a key player in the 1987 leveraged buyout from Boise Cascade that resulted in the creation of BMC West.  As a founder of the Company, and in his previous roles as Vice President and Treasurer and as Senior Vice President -- Finance, he has played a significant part in the development and expansion of BMHC over the years. We are grateful for his many contributions and wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement."

Mr. Goebel added, "BMHC is a great organization and my years with the Company have been a very rewarding experience.  I am proud to have been a part of all that BMHC has achieved and believe the Company is strongly positioned for continued success."

As a result of Mr. Goebel's retirement, Mr. Mark R. Kailer, Vice President and Treasurer, has assumed responsibility for BMHC's investor relations. Business development responsibilities will be assumed by BMHC's wholly-owned operating subsidiaries BMC West and BMC Construction.

About BMHC

BMHC, a Fortune 1000 company, is one of the largest providers of residential construction services and building materials in the United States. We serve the homebuilding industry through two subsidiaries:  BMC West distributes building materials and manufactures building components for professional builders and contractors in the western and southern states; BMC Construction provides construction services to high-volume production homebuilders in key growth markets across the country.  To learn more about BMHC, visit our website at http://www.bmhc.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Building Materials Holding Corporation



CONTACT:  Bill Smartt, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,

[phone], or Mark Kailer, Vice President, Treasurer and Investor

Relations, [phone], both of BMHC



Web site:  http://www.bmhc.com/ 

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