Bruce James Brigham, FASID, ISP, IES, interior designer and former American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) president died July 8 at 63.

J+J Flooring Group will join with APPA to present an APPA Facilities Drive-In Workshop on Thursday, Aug.7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.

Tandus Centiva has partnered with interior designer Suzanne Tick to raise funding and awareness for the Publicolor Summer Design Studio.

The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) has announced member participation in a volunteer wood flooring installation project for Nurses for Newborns, a nonprofit organization focused on providing at-risk families with needed education, healthcare and positive parenting skills, according to the organization.

H.J. Martin and Son has been named to the RetroPlate Elite Team.

Grosvenor Wilton’s new Diversity Collection transfers the company’s expertise in specialist restoration, historic and interior-designer markets to retail carpeting, according to the company.

The Philadelphia Floor Store (PFS) will soon offer quarterly promotional discounts to contractors.

Surya received an Icon Honor Award for Technology Innovations and Best of Floor Award at the Atlanta International Area Rug and Gift & Home Furnishings markets held earlier this month.

Hanley Wood and the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) recently released 2013 Greenbuild Sustainability Report highlights metrics regarding the impact on energy use and waste management at the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held last fall in Philadelphia.

The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) has released the Q2 Quarterly Executive Trends Index, a robust benchmarking and forecasting tool for members, according to the association.