INSTALL (International Standards and Training Alliance) issued what it called a “call to arms” to contractor members at its three-day 2015 Floorcovering Leadership Conference, which carried the theme of “The Future in Flooring” at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) International Training Center in Las Vegas.
UBC leadership stated that only 41% of its contractor members are INSTALL-certified and that currently 25 INSTALL contractors participate in the INSTALL Warranty on Labor Program. “Roughly 41% of our membership is not enough. We need to meet our commitment of 100% certification,” said Andris Silins, UBC’s general secretary-treasurer, to a group of more than 360 attendees, including about 160 contractors—the largest turnout of contractors at this type of meeting in recent memory.