Despite numerous opportunities for product and installation education through multiple channels, flooring professionals continue to make costly adhesive application mistakes by failing to research how evolving chemical formulations impact their specific projects and bottom line. Here, installation educators explain how they and the product manufacturers they represent are working to help prevent failures on the front end.
Blake brings over 20 years of industry expertise, most recently as president of Floorz Denver, and a track record of delivering complex projects with operational excellence
Multifamily mastery: Dustin Kauffman of CB Flooring and Lindsay Harbold of AHF Products execute 200,000-plus-square-foot projects with minimal issues through trust and teamwork.
Trust + expertise = 350% growth: Jennifer Talley of Image Flooring & Jenny Wolff of Milliken show how strategic partnership transforms flooring business.
Strategic partnership drives over $1 million in annual growth: Jake Hoffnagle of Professional Diversified Flooring and Becca Dobbs of Milliken show how trust builds success in commercial flooring.
Patcraft marked its 80th anniversary at NeoCon with several new collections that showcase the company's evolution from hand-crafted textiles to high-performance, machine-crafted commercial flooring.
Traditional trades like interior contracting now embrace EOS and EXO 2.0—structured systems previously limited to tech sectors—to document institutional knowledge, strengthen succession planning, and navigate modern market pressures.
Shaw Contract has launched the ColorLink LVT Collection, a luxury vinyl tile line designed to celebrate color's emotional impact across commercial environments, including schools, retail spaces, workplaces, and healthcare facilities.
Global flooring manufacturer Tarkett has developed a breakthrough circular solution that uses mushroom root systems to convert its decades-old Powerbond hybrid carpet into biobased raw materials for new Tarkett Sports products.
Mohawk Group debuts its new showroom at Design Days 2025 while introducing an innovative approach to commercial flooring design that engages all human senses.