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Article: Broken Chain.(trends in construction industry)
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- Professional Builder (1993)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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By Paul Deffenbaugh, Editorial Director
The building products supply chain is facing unprecedented pressure and operates with alarming inefficiency. Builders are part of the problem, but they may be the solution as well.
Even before the housing market downturn, the building products supply chain was going through a period of what could charitably be called "change." Uncharitably, it could be called bedlam. Consolidation was rampant. Chief among the players was ProBuild Holdings. Backed by Fidelity Investments, the company acquired more than 500 locations in 40 states, branding a national building product supplier for home builders. Stock Building Supply ...