Brent Posten has helped supply materials for hundreds and hundreds of homes, along with hospitals, clinics and hotels across southwest Wisconsin. Today, as an inside sales representative at Spahn & Rose in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, he works part-time after moving into semi-retirement in early 2025.
For 49 years, Keith Biggs, Material Handler at the Tipton, Iowa, Spahn & Rose location, has watched the building materials business change from hand-loading lumber and crawling inside railcars to forklifts, boom trucks and composite products. Through all of it, one thing has remained the same: his commitment to customers, coworkers and the Tipton Spahn & Rose team.
Cedar is an amazing building material. Boards, shingles and accents made of cedar can be incorporated into indoor and outdoor designs alike. The wood’s deep red, eye-catching tones provide a warm, homey feel no matter where it’s used—whether for the beams of an outdoor pergola or as indoor V-joint siding. It’s also an ideal material for gables, inlays or decking, according to Greg Couch, General Manager of Metro Building Products in Marietta, Georgia.
For more than 120 years, Spahn & Rose has built its reputation on delivering quality products and services but also on taking care of its people. Across dozens of locations and hundreds of roles, employees describe a shared culture of support, opportunity, and belonging.
