Who’s Who in Softwoods
Idaho Timber: Offering Cross-Country Manufacturing Services
Brandon Marshburn
Brandon Marshburn is a lumber trader with Idaho Timber, based in Henderson, NC. His division specializes in producing Spruce-Pine-Fir dimension lumber and studs, serving customers throughout North Carolina and neighboring states to the north and west.
Idaho Timber is a leading U.S. softwood lumber producer, operating sawmills, and value-added manufacturing facilities across the country. The company’s annual dayshift production exceeds 800 million board feet, offering products such as Douglas Fir, Hem-Fir, Southern Yellow Pine, Spruce-Pine-Fir, and Premium European Spruce in dimension and studs, as well as Ponderosa Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, and Cedar boards, pattern stock, and split-rail fencing.
Value-added services include custom manufacturing, proprietary grades, precut and PET’ d studs, custom patterns and packaging, specialized mixed loads, just-in-time delivery, and jobsite-direct service. Idaho Timber is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, Idaho Forest Products Commission and the American Wood Council.
Marshburn has been with Idaho Timber for seven years, working in sales and building strong relationships across the Southeast. He grew up on the jobsite, as his dad and two of his five brothers are general contractors and run a successful construction company to this day, construction has always been a part of his life. At Idaho Timber, he’s developed a deep appreciation for the process of getting a 2×4 from the mill to the jobsite.
Marshburn stated, “We work in the best industry out there. It is strongly built on relationships and trust. It’s a relationship business, and it stands alone.”
Outside of work, Marshburn and his wife, Kristin, have been married for 13 years and are proud parents of two daughters, Harper and Ava. He enjoys serving at his church, taking on home projects, and spending time with his family — or being in Chapel Hill cheering on the Carolina Tar Heels.
To learn more, go to idahotimber.com.
David Chambers: Assistant Sales Manager At Bennett Lumber Products Inc.
David Chambers
David Chambers holds the role of assistant sales manager at Bennett Lumber Products Inc., which has locations in Princeton, ID, and Clarkston, WA.
According to Sales Manager Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber is the only inland sawmill that manufactures every species of softwood lumber that’s grown in that northwest region and their mills are SFI certified. White Fir and Cedar are big parts of their production. Other species handled include, but are not limited to, Ponderosa Pine, Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Doug Fir and Larch.
Chambers has been with Bennett Lumber for over 20 years. He started there after completing high school, soon becoming a millwright in the sawmill, planer and planer superintendent. While he was planer superintendent, he was his own father’s boss. He took a 10-year hiatus from the company before returning in December 2025.
He not only has knowledge of sawmill and planer production, but shipping and the market as well.
Visit blpi.com for additional information.
Hurst Boiler Offers High-Quality Equipment
Mark Rackley
Mark Rackley is a biomass sales engineer for Hurst Boiler, a boiler manufacturer with worldwide sales and services located in Coolidge, GA.
The company offers a wide range of products such as Biomass-Fired Steam Boilers, Hot Water Boilers, Direct-Fired STAG units for Solid Fuel Systems and Hurst Biomass, Gasification and Gasifier Boiler Systems.
Rackley wanted to highlight the “huge savings” Rogers Lumber in Camden, AR, experienced by using a “2006 model year Hurst,1200HP/ 250PSI/ Wood-Fired Hybrid Pressure Vessel Biomass Boiler, which anchored the retrofit system. Additionally, it included a 2,000-gallon boiler feedwater system with an Om-50 Deaerator a 14 x 56 Blowdown Separator with ash handling, combustion, emissions equipment and a fuel feed conveyor — all run by a 2025 Biomaster Control System.”
In addition to these products, Hurst also employs experts to support their clients for design, building and installation services for complete, solid fuel boiler systems from fuel storage systems to exhaust gas emission mitigation.
Clean and renewable energy for big companies around the globe can be achieved by using energy solutions based on biomass and biofuels. Biofuels, according to Rackley, also “mitigate the impact company activities have on the environment by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. This can also generate earnings for those companies by saving money on energy costs, and by the sale of carbon credits.”
Rackley has been with Hurst Boiler since 2016 but his first jobs within the industry were in logistics, parts and information and technology.
Hurst Boiler is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, the Southern Forest Products Association, the Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association, the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, the Timber Processing & Energy Expo, the SuperCorrExpo, the International Woodworking Fair, the Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo, the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, the International Wood Products Association, the International Biomass Conference & Expo and Enlit Europe.
Call 229-346-3545, email info@hurstboiler.com or visit hurstboiler.com.
Miguel Dorta Brings Engineering Expertise And A Relationship-Driven Approach To Nordic Structures
Miguel Dorta
Miguel Dorta supports business development in the states and Western provinces for Nordic Structures, a vertically integrated company based out of Montreal, QC.
A seasoned engineer, Dorta has spent the past several years in the company’s technical services department, where he has developed in-depth knowledge of Nordic’s engineered wood products, particularly I-joists and glulam used in light-frame construction. He has played an integral role in the department, reviewing and addressing repair requirements, preparing technical documentation and integrating building standards into in-house software tools.
His interest in business began early as he grew up in a family of entrepreneurs where he was exposed to sales and customer relationships from a young age. That experience, combined with his engineering background, has shaped his relationship-driven approach to business development.
As Nordic Structures continues to grow its Western presence, Dorta will work closely with distributors, designers, engineers and industry partners to identify opportunities and provide practical solutions for their projects.
An international background has shaped both his career and his perspective. He grew up in Spain and earned his Master’s degree in Engineering and Architecture from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Those experiences gave him an appreciation for different cultures, perspectives and ways of working.
After several years working from Nordic Structures’ Montreal office, he now lives in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley with his wife and son. Outside of work, family remains a priority and he enjoys staying connected with family and friends around the world. These values carry into the way he builds relationships in his professional life.
“Dorta’s technical background, combined with his natural ability to connect with people, positions him well to help expand Nordic Structures’ presence throughout the United States and Western Canada,” shared a Nordic Structures representative.
Nordic Structures is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association and is FSC certified.
Check out nordic.ca to learn more.
