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Editor Brian Hamilton examines installation issues in the flooring industry, including training and compensation, and offers reports on all flooring categories: carpet, ceramic tile, hardwood, resilient flooring and laminates.
Editor Jessica Chevalier reviews this year's Coverings show, held in Orlando in April. The report, which includes trends and sustainability news, includes reviews of products from Crossville, Tau, Florida Tile, Imola, Marazzi, Florim, StonePeak and more.
Contributing editor Ruth Simon McRae reports on this year's Environments for Aging conference, held in Orlando at the end of April. The article pinpoints trends in the assisted living sector and discusses the need for more flooring education.
Rick Kercheval, director of surface analysis and solution at Intertech Commercial Flooring, takes a close look at the issues surrounding moisture mitigation in concrete, including the three keys to successful mitigation.
Publisher Kemp Harr targets lackluster corporate spending as a damper on the economy and also discusses the importance of good commercial installation and the WFCA's new consumer ad campaign.
Cheryl Bicknell of Slaterpaull Architects writes about the challenges her firm faced in relocating its own building to an iconic firehouse, and how flooring choice like linoleum and carpet tile helped it attain a LEED EB Platinum rating.
Mia Marshall, a principal at EHS Design, weighs in on some of her favorite new products, including Provenza's W-Age wood look porcelain tiles, Viva's Nr.21 tiles with concrete visuals, and Liquid Elements, a customizable design tool.
Editor Brian Hamilton profiles Modular Designs, a commercial contractor based in Charlotte, North Carolina and Fuse Alliance member that has prospered by adapting good ideas from other contractors.
Editors Darius Helm and jessica Chevalier, with assistance on statistics and analysis from market Insights/Torcivia, take an indepth look at the U.S. flooring industry, with overall analysis as well as sections on every major floorcovering category.
Editor Brian Hamilton reports on the state of the hospitality market, which is just coming out of a downturn of historic proportions, including statistical analysis and profiles of the most significant hospitality flooring manufacturers.