It’s that time of year and the clock is ticking! Floor Covering Installer presents the ninth annual FCI Installation Awards honoring the most professional and creative flooring installation in both residential and commercial settings.

Starnet member Howard’s Rug Company in San Diego teamed up with DriTac and O’Sullivan Floor Covering for a new fitness center floor for ATEC Spine Inc. 

Continuing to expand its training offerings, INSTALL, the North American leader in floorcovering installation training and certification, recently presented a Hardwood Flooring Installation course at the Northwest Carpenters Institute (NWCI) in Burlington, Washington. 

A high-performance, rapid-setting grout with maximized color depth and color consistency.

Oftentimes, installers are asked to install over questionable substrates. There are two questions that must be answered before making that decision.

The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) just returned from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Annual Convention in Austin, Texas where it represented the flooring industry as a potential career option.

The technology allows flooring manufacturers to produce only one type of panel instead of two, allowing manufacturers, distributors and retailers to reduce the number of SKUs they need to stock.

Tesa 54951 is a double-sided, segmented flying splice tape for melamine impregnated papers.

Week nine marks the second week of ceramic tile installation education. The students are permanently laying tile in their workspaces and wrapping up the final week of hands-on training. 

As the program expands and more and more colleges and organizations are made aware, the need for more sponsorship is still present.