Business View Magazine | September 2022

90 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 B rett Butterfield’s family have lumber at their roots. In fact, Brett and his brother Matt, co-owners of Skyline Builders Supply in Ephraim, Utah, are part of the third generation of Butterfields who are lumberyard and building supply business owners. Brett’s grandfather Ed started the tradition in the mid-1940s. At the age of 14, after being denied a summer job at the local lumber yard in Murray, he offered to work for free for a full week to prove himself. This started his career… culminating in Butterfield Lumber. Brett’s father Steve worked there as well, and after the family sold the business in 2000, Steve started Skyline Builders Supply two hours south of the original location. Today, Skyline has the reputation of exceeding customer expectation with unmatched collective knowledge. The company employs 12 professionals with little turnover, even though Brett admits that the company is not quite fully staffed at the moment. Finding workers for the few positions that are open has been just one of the many examples of the post-COVID roller coaster the company has been on. However, despite supply chain and labor challenges and historically high lumber prices, Skyline Builders Supply has enjoyed consistent growth. Whether building a AT A GLANCE SKYLINE BUILDERS SUPPLY WHAT: A third-generation family lumber business WHERE: Based in Ephraim, Utah WEBSITE: http://www.skylinebuilderssupply.com/ SKYLINE BUILDERS SUPPLY Carrying on a legacy in lumber