Sean Tighe is SVP of purchasing for Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation (LMC), based in Wayne, Pa. He began his career at LMC in 1994 as a lumber buyer, and has subsequently traded every lumber species in the North American wood basket.

LMC is the leading Forest Products and Building Materials Buying Group in the USA owned by independent lumber and building material dealers. There are over 1,400 LMC dealer locations in the U.S. and the Bahamas.

The surge in repair and remodeling projects during the pandemic set the stage for an unexpected boom in demand for a variety of LBM products. | Photo: Flickr user Mike Mozart
The surge in repair and remodeling projects during the pandemic set the stage for an unexpected boom in demand for a variety of LBM products. | Photo: Flickr user Mike Mozart

A Look at Lumber Prices From the Supply Side

An LBM insider tells the story of what factors led to record-breaking lumber prices during a global pandemic
March 31, 2021