The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is launching a brand-new training module in its Regional Training program: Thick-Bed Installations. This program will debut at America’s Floor Source in Columbus, Ohio on August 26, 2022. Thick-Bed Installations Regional Training is open to NTCA members and other professional tile contractors and installers, with a class size capped at 20. Led by highly-qualified […]
Read moreThe Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF) has organized an online auction to take place in August to raise additional funds in support of its mission. The CTEF aims to improve the tile industry through installer certification, education, training, and participation in the development of nationally recognized standards and methods. It exists based on income generated through in-person training and hands-on […]
Read moreNTCA is literally all over the map in July, reaching out to tile contractors in Utah, Colorado, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Kansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Nebraska and Florida, bringing a robust schedule of 16 free standards-based workshops your neck of the woods. Not only that, but five workshops on July 28 – the actual date of NTCA’s 75th anniversary – […]
Read moreThe National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the world’s largest tile contractor association, announced the 2022 Tom Ade Ceramic Tile Scholarship. Recipients were awarded $5,000 and recognized during the association’s annual awards ceremony that took place during the Coverings trade show in Las Vegas, which was held from April 5 to 8. As part of the award, scholarship winners received an […]
Read moreThe National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) has announced its 2021 Tile Setter Craftsperson of the Year Award in both the residential and commercial categories. On the commercial side, the winner is Gary Fox, of Fox Ceramic Tile in St. Marys, Kans., while the recipient in the residential category is Jay Cerda of Cox Tile in San Antonio, Texas. Winners receive […]
Read moreThe industry can now begin making plans for Las Vegas 2022 as The International Surface Event (TISE): SURFACES | StonExpo/Marmomac | TileExpo opens registration for its next event, 1-3 February 2022, education 31 January – 3 February. Whether traveling to Las Vegas for in-person networking and product sourcing or connecting to the event virtually at the hybrid TISE Live Virtual […]
Read moreThe National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) has announced its 2020 Tile Setter Craftsperson of the Year Awards in both the residential and commercial categories. On the commercial side (shown above), the winner is Ferid Hasic of Grazzini Brothers & Company, Eagan, Minn., while the recipient in the residential category (shown below) is Leo Reynaga of Visalia Tile in Visalia, California. […]
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