Exhibit 31.1

                              Certification of CEO
                                   Pursuant to
                  Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, William W. Collins, certify that:

1.         I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Building
           Materials Corporation of America;

2.         Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
           statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
           necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
           under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
           the period covered by this report;

3.         Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
           information included in this report, fairly present in all material
           respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
           flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
           report;

4.         The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
           for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
           (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
           registrant and have:

           (a)        Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                      designed under our supervision to ensure that material
                      information relating to the registrant, including its
                      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                      within those entities, particularly during the period in
                      which this report is being prepared;

           (b)        Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                      controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                      conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                      controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
                      covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

           (c)        Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                      internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                      during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that
                      has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                      materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
                      financial reporting; and

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5.         The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
           based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
           financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
           committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
           the equivalent functions):

           (a)        All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                      the design or operation of internal control over financial
                      reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                      the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                      report financial information; and

           (b)        Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                      management or other employees who have a significant role
                      in the registrant's internal control over financial
                      reporting.




Date:  November 11, 2003


/s/ William W. Collins
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Name: William W. Collins
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President