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UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND
      EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C.
      20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
PURSUANT
      TO
      SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
      of Report
      (Date of earliest event reported):
September 12,
      2005
www.bmhc.com
Building
      Materials Holding Corporation
Delaware
000-23135
91-1834269
(State
                  of
                  incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer
                  Identification No.)
Four
      Embarcadero Center, Suite 3250, San Francisco, CA 94111
(415)
      627-9100
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
o
Written
                  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                  CFR
                  230.425)
o
Soliciting
                  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                  240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
                  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
                  (17 CFR
                  240.13e-4(c))
Item
                  8.01
Other
                      Events
On
              September 12, 2005, the Board of Directors of Building Materials Holding
              Corporation approved an increase in the quarterly cash dividend to
              $0.15 from
              $0.10 per common share.  The dividend is payable on October 14, 2005
              to
              shareholders of record as of September 23, 2005.
Item
                          9.01
Financial
                              Statements and
                              Exhibits
(c)
            Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
News
                      release
                      dated September 13, 2005
Signature
Pursuant
          to the
          requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
          duly
          caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
          duly
          authorized.
Building
                  Materials Holding Corporation
Date: 
                  September 14, 2005
/s/ William
                  M. Smartt
William
                    M.
                    Smartt
Senior
                      Vice
                      President
and
                      Chief
                      Financial Officer
Exhibit
          Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
News
                  release
                  dated September 13, 2005