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About BPI
Respect and Dignity
We believe in developing and maintaining meaningful and effective partnerships by fulfilling our commitments, preserving an atmosphere of respect and dignity, and sustaining a high level of character and integrity.
We don’t call this value engineering or performance service management, we call it our responsibility.
Our History
Built to Last
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1957Company was founded and served its customers from the Dakota Warehouse Building in Watertown, SD.
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1965Lester Schull purchased controlling interest in company.
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1975Purchased Lumbermen’s Supply Company in Sioux Falls, SD and installed its first computer system.
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1980Moved corporate office to its current location, 405 1st Ave NE, Watertown, SD.
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1983Lee Schull becomes president of company.
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1984Company expansion: New branch in Waterloo, Iowa — Building Products Inc. of Iowa.
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1985Name changed from Lumbermen’s Supply Company to Building Products Inc. of South Dakota
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1991Consolidation of the Watertown and Sioux Falls branches while opening a new division Building Products Inc — Forest Products in Rauville, SD.
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2000Numerous expansions in branches of over 180,000 SF.
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2003Opened a Prefinish facility in Sioux Falls, SD and Waterloo, IA.
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2009Acquired a location in Council Bluffs, IA — Engineered Wood/Lumber Division.
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2012Further expansion of facilities of 60,000 SF.
Annual sales surpassed $150,000,000.
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2013Acquisition of Building Products Inc. Millwork Branch, sq. ft. 97,500.
Acquisition of Building Products Inc. of North Dakota, sq. ft. 48,844.
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