Outsourcing Services Agreement	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Outsourcing Services Agreement [Abstract]
Outsourcing Services Agreement	Outsourcing Services Agreement Under an Outsourcing Services Agreement, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) provides a number of corporate staff services to us. These services include, but are not limited to, information technology, accounting, and human resource transactional services. On November 17, 2014, we entered into the Fifth Amendment to Outsourcing Services Agreement (the “Amendment”) with PCA, which amends the Outsourcing Services Agreement, dated February 22, 2008 (the “Agreement”), to, among other things, provide expiration dates for the termination of substantially all administrative services provided by PCA to us pursuant to the Agreement. As of August 2015, substantially all accounting services provided by PCA have terminated and transitioned to us. Information technology and human resource transactional services will transition from PCA to us upon expiration in December 2015. During and after transition, our information technology systems will remain in place with many of the administrative services performed by newly hired employees, substantially all of whom we expect to transition from PCA to Boise Cascade employment. Total expenses incurred under the Outsourcing Services Agreement were $2.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and $9.7 million and $11.6 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.

Outsourcing Services Agreement

Under an Outsourcing Services Agreement, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) provides a number of corporate staff services to us. These services include, but are not limited to, information technology, accounting, and human resource transactional services. On November 17, 2014, we entered into the Fifth Amendment to Outsourcing Services Agreement (the “Amendment”) with PCA, which amends the Outsourcing Services Agreement, dated February 22, 2008 (the “Agreement”), to, among other things, provide expiration dates for the termination of substantially all administrative services provided by PCA to us pursuant to the Agreement. As of August 2015, substantially all accounting services provided by PCA have terminated and transitioned to us. Information technology and human resource transactional services will transition from PCA to us upon expiration in December 2015. During and after transition, our information technology systems will remain in place with many of the administrative services performed by newly hired employees, substantially all of whom we expect to transition from PCA to Boise Cascade employment. Total expenses incurred under the Outsourcing Services Agreement were $2.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and $9.7 million and $11.6 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.