**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Robert E. Mellor, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Building Materials Holding Corporation(“Registrant”);

 

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

 

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.               The Registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

 

(a)          designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

 

(b)         evaluated theeffectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)          disclosed in thisquarterly report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.               The Registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

(a)          all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

(b)         any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 14, 2003

 
|   /s/ Robert E. Mellor                  |   |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   Robert E. Mellor                      |
|   Chairman of the Board,  President and |
|   Chief Executive Officer               |
|   (Principal Executive Officer)         |

 

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