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Award of Excellence: Mohawk, EF win Best Overall

Floor Covering News

Garden City, N.Y.—Winning never seems to get old for Mohawk and Engineered Floors, which once again proved to be the big winners in FCNews’ 28th annual Award of Excellence competition. Mohawk earned Best Overall honors in the over-$5 billion category, and Engineered Floors claimed the under-$5 billion category—both for the third consecutive year. Sponsored by Floor Covering News and Informa, organizers of The International Surface Event (TISE), 27 awards were handed out at the event, which was h

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A Roadmap to Becoming a Tile Professional

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

The roadmap to becoming a tile installation professional isn't easy. That said, CTEF is actively developing training to help you each step of the way as I detail in this article.

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Optimal Ferronickel Slag Use in Soil Cement

The A to Z of Building

This study examines the hydration behavior and performance of soil cement enhanced with ferronickel slag powder under freshwater curing conditions. The research reveals that incorporating up to 45% ferronickel slag powder improves the compressive and tensile strength of soil cement, providing a denser microstructure, while excessive slag content weakens these benefits.

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Bjelin’s Woodura wins NeoCon award

Floor Covering News

Chicago—Bjelin’s durable Woodura hardwood flooring has won the Best of NeoCon 2024 Award. This award recognizes ideas that show innovative and sustainable design. “We’re honored to win this distinguished award,” said Zach Adams, Bjelin’s general manager for the U.S. “It’s a testament that our range of Woodura hardened wood flooring is one of a kind.

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Daltile hosts A&D community during annual ‘Parked at NeoCon’ event

Floor Covering News

Chicago—Daltile welcomed architects and designers to its Design Studio here for the company’s annual “Parked at NeoCon” lunch. The event showcased the brand’s exciting new products and gave NeoCon attendees a nice, relaxing oasis from the miles-long trade show held just across the street in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. “There is no other event like ours during NeoCon each year,” said Tom Bucherie, sales manager for Daltile’s Chicago Design Studio.

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