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Jim Anderson

Jim Anderson began framing houses in 1983 as an hourly worker. It wasn’t until he started his own framing business that working efficiently took on new meaning. Over twenty years later, Jim says that he still tries “to find at least one thing to improve on speed without sacrificing quality” on each house framed.

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