Ward Lumber recognizes Coastal Forest Products

Jon Barrett, purchasing and merchandising manager at Ward Lumber, presented the 2021 Vendor of the Year award to Steve Guertin from Coastal Forest Products.

Coastal supplies Ward Lumber with various building products, including engineered wood products for new home construction and remodeling.

“The Coastal engineered staff is our main supplier of floor systems, and they get things back to us timely,” said Jaimie Garcia, pro sales assistant.

The Coastal sales and engineered teams always provide exemplary customer service, said Ward Lumber.

“It doesn’t matter what department we are dealing with; Coastal always jumps through hoops to get us material to get the job done in the crazy engineered wood market,” said RJ Tromblee, pro sales. “I feel like they are partners with us.”

Coastal provides thorough communication and timely responses to quotations on floor systems and roof packages. Coastal is a partner in our success at Ward Lumber, said the company.

Ward Lumber noted that Coastal sales contacts are Dave Naugler and Steve Guertin, and engineering department contacts are Parker Donovan, Gabe Labelle, Mark Ledger and Mark Lambert.

Coastal Forest Products, based in Bow, N.H., is a wholesale distributor of specialty building products.

Headquartered in Jay, N.Y., Ward Lumber has been a family owned and operated business since 1890, supplying pine, lumber, building materials, paint and hardware.