Butler Manufacturing Advisory Council Meets In Kansas City
Kansas City, MO - The thirteen members of the Butler Manufacturing Advisory Council traveled to Kansas City recently for the bi-annual meeting of the Butler Builders who represent the six business regions in the United States and Canada. The Council’s chairman this term is Don Comer, president and CEO of Bobbitt Design Build, which has offices in Raleigh, NC and Columbia, SC. Each member serves a two-year term, with four members carried over for a second term.
The Council originated in 1956 in a pioneering initiative to provide Butler Manufacturing firsthand insight from the dealer network on market conditions, trends and objective assessment of specific products, support services and programs. The Council was one of many concepts attributed to the late Wilbur Larkin of Butler Manufacturing Company who spearheaded the development of a Butler Builder network, the Metal Building Manufacturers Association and other accomplishments that earned him recognition as the father of the metal building systems industry.
In addition to Comer, the Council’s members include: Randy Brooks, Aagaard-Juergensen, Inc., Orlando, FL; Chris Rice, Rice Building Systems, Inc., Sauk Rapids, MN; Marius Rygg, Gateway Building Systems, Inc, Fargo, ND; Scott Eiker, Design & Build Corporation, Fishers, IN; Art Hance, Hance Construction, Inc., Washington, NJ; John Westheimer, Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, LLC, Cincinnati, OH; Kyle Kent, Kent Construction, Inc., Mandeville, LA; Chuck Harper, Harco Constructors, Inc, North Little Rock, AR.; Aaron Wolf, Fleming West Building Co., Inc., Chandler, AZ; Tim Viole’, Tim Viole’ Construction Co., Inc. Tarzana, CA; Roy Timms, Timbro Design Build Construction, Welland, Ontario and Scot Rutherford, Scott Builders, Edmonton, Alberta.
About Butler Manufacturing Company
Butler Manufacturing is an industry-leading brand of metal building systems and was acquired in 2004 by BlueScope Steel, Australia’s largest steelmaker. The Butler Manufacturing brand of commercial construction products goes to market through more than 1200, full-service Butler Builder® contractors throughout North America that engage in both new and retrofit projects. For more information, visit www.butlermfg.com.