Commercial Flooring Report: Vol. 44, № 1 (Business is Picking Up)

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The world isn't ending after all. Business in many parts of the country is picking up. The Boston and Washington, DC markets are seeing steady increases in building as are many other large and small cities in the country. Conversations with clients around the country whether, architects, general contractors or flooring contractors have them seeing a return to where they were before the down turn or up significantly. One general contractor has hired over 100 people in the last year, another over 15 in the last six months, another architectural firm has hired 30 new people. Another general contractor is trying to hire people but can't find any that want to work, which is another dilemma. What's accounting for this and why?

Floor Trends Magazine: Vol. 13, № 12 (December 2011)

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On The Cover:
Pictured is Allwood Engineered Tiger Strand Bamboo, a 9/16" by 5 5/8" by 6' product with formaldehyde-free adhesives. The flooring features a nine-coat, UV cured, VOC-free finish, and 3mm wear layer. Allwood Tiger Strand Bamboo is a 70 percent carbonized to 30 percent natural mix. It can be installed as a nail down, glue down or floating floor above, on or below grade. Photo courtesy of Allwood.

Commercial Flooring Report: Vol. 43, № 1 (What to Test For When You Don't Know What To Test For)

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Having problems with flooring materials, sundries and substrates is an everyday occurrence. Some problems are easy to determine but others may be more complex than a simple cursory observation will reveal. For almost every problem that exists, with any flooring material, there is a test which will determine if who's being exhibited is a defect in the product or caused by some other influence. Sometimes it may be that a test will reveal the wrong product was used for a particular application or that, believe it or not, a product was incorrectly pulled and shipped. How are you to know?

Floor Trends Magazine: Vol. 13, № 11 (November 2011)

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 Volume: 13 |  Issue: 11 |  Download

On The Cover:
An installation of Caesar's More large-format porcelain tile at Brocade Communications' 560,000 sq. ft. campus in San Jose, Calif. Architect/designer: Robbin McDonald, Mindi Weichman, Karen Letteney and Darryl Jackson (RMW architecture & interiors). Contractor: DeAnza Tile and Reputable Tile. Distributor: Helena Jausas, SpecCeramics Inc. of San Francisco. Photo by Bernard Andre, courtesy of Ceramics of Italy.

Commercial Flooring Report: Vol. 41, № 1 (The Hidden ADA Risks for Flooring Contractors in the Sport Floor Industry)

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Our guest contributor this month is Mr. Timothy Vander Heiden J.D. He is currently CEO of SafePath Products and Van Duerr Industries with over 16 years experience in the industry of marketing and manufacturing products for the ADA compliance and specializes in green technology for the architectural market place. The information shared in his article is likely not common knowledge to most of you. We appreciate the opportunity to bring this information to light for you.

Commercial Flooring Report: Vol. 40, № 1 (Flammability and Floor Covering)

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 Volume: 40 |  Issue: 1 |  Download

In light of past fire related tragedies nationwide, we believe flammability characteristics are extremely important and pertinent issues of discussion for floor covering materials. The lab we work with has seen or overseen about 100,000 flammability tests conducted over the last 22 years and makes us recognize and realize more every day, the importance of burn rates, smoke generation, and flame propagation of floor covering products. Flammability research identified two possible ways in which carpet might become involved in a fire situation.