The National Academy of Floor Covering Training (NAFCT) will hold a Hardwood Inspection Class and facility tour at the USDA Forest Products Lab in Madison, WI, June 10-15, 2019. You cannot begin an in-depth understanding of wood flooring if you do not first learn wood anatomy, and where better to learn...
Fishman Flooring Solutions, a distributor of flooring and flooring installation products, has named Mapei, which manufactures products ranging from surface preparation and adhesives to grouts and mortars, its Vendor Partner Award for 2018. Recipients of the award must demonstrate the highest stan...
LATICRETE has been recognized as a winner of the 2019 Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards in the Special Recognition-Institutional category for its craftsmanship and technical know-how involved with completing the new main building of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in North...
Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition in North America, today announced the 10 projects that received the coveted Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards. The CID Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the design and installation of tile and stone in both r...
The Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC) hosted a Flooring Executive Summit on March 12, 2019 at the Dalton Convention Center. Scott Humphrey, FCLC member, and Kathi Rose, The Blackstone Group, updated the group on the labor shortage challenge, presented the research collected by the Blackstone Gro...
Bostik has created Grip N Grab™ specifically to decrease installation time of vertical applications. This advanced hybrid polymer technology “grabs” heavy materials quickly, reducing time and amount of bracing, then provides a strong, permanent bond to both porous and non-porous substrates. Designed for...
U.S. Tile Consumption Overview: Total U.S. ceramic tile consumption for 2018 was 3.11 billion sq. ft., up 1.5% vs. 2017.1 The following table shows U.S. tile shipments, imports, exports, and total consumption in thousands of sq. ft. Year US Shipments (incl. Exports) Imports Exports Total Consumption* Co...
FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association, is proud to introduce new CIMs as of April 10, 2019! The following professionals have completed all requirements of the Certified Installation Manager (CIM) Program to enhance their core skill set, experience, and knowledge base, which are necessary to succes...
Dale Kempster of Schluter Systems has been recognized as the NTCA Tile Person of The Year. This award is given annually to a contractor, distributor or manufacturer member who has demonstrated a strong commitment to the tile industry and has supported the mission and goals of the National Tile Contracto...
National Institute of Certified Flooring Inspectors (NICFI) president and Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC) chairman Robert Blochinger presented findings from the recently completed FCLC Research Initiative on the Current and Future State of the Floor Covering Industry Labor Force at the National...
