The holiday season can wreak havoc on floors in commercial facilities, especially retail locations, and make work a lot more difficult for cleaning professionals.
EasyTurf, a supplier of synthetic turf for commercial and residential landscape applications announces the addition of Sparks At Play (S@P) to its authorized dealer network, serving customers in all areas of the Maryland and DC market.
Researchers at MAPEI have delivered a new, patent-pending sound-reduction membrane for use in both residential (homes, apartments, condominiums) and light commercial (office buildings) environments. Mapesonic 2 provides reduced transmission of both impact sound (footsteps, dropped objects, etc.) and airborne sound (voice, TV, etc.) through floors.
I recently attended a meeting with a number of leaders in LVT manufacturing. One attendee referred to his product as “a luxury flooring system featuring vinyl chemistry technology.”That’s ingenious, and a pretty accurate definition of pure LVT.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced that the total footprint of commercial projects certified under its LEED green building program surpassed two billion square feet.
Flooring success relies on several factors including – but not limited to – the right product for the right space; the appropriate environment controlled; a non-compromising substrate; qualified and experienced installation experts; protection of the material after the installation, and care of the flooring from the onset of use.
Headquartered in GREENVILLE, SC, Bonitz Flooring Group is the nation’s largest independent, employee-owned flooring contractor. Offering a full range of commercial flooring, Bonitz believes that “a successful project begins with understanding the needs of the customer.”
Following a recent seminar, a dealer approached me to ask for my thoughts on why he’d been unsuccessful going after some commercial business. “I’ll bet I’ve priced over 20 projects, and I have yet to get one of them,” he said.
Contrary to popular belief, installation is not the No. 1 problem in the floor covering industry; it's installing the wrong product in the wrong place which fails to live up to expectations.
