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Rare Mosaic Floor Discovered in London

Why Tile

Archaeologists excavating a construction site in London have uncovered a rare mosaic floor dating to ancient Rome. It’s not uncommon to uncover Roman ruins and artifacts in South London, where the Roman city of Londinium was located. (The Romans ruled Britain from the first to the fifth century and founded the capital of Roman Britannia… The post Rare Mosaic Floor Discovered in London appeared first on Why Tile.

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Emser Tile’s Newtro wins NYCxDesign award

Floor Covering News

Los Angeles—Emser Tile’s Newtro is the hard wall covering category winner for 7th annual NYCxDesign Awards. This year’s NYCXDesign awards showcased over 175 finalists in 39 categories and Emser Tile had two finalists in the hard wall covering category, according to the company. The winners, selected by an esteemed group of industry experts, were announced on May 10, both virtually and as a part of a live in-person event.

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Berkshire Engineering Firm Selected for Luxury London Residential Project

The A to Z of Building

A leading Berkshire-based company, Structural Engineering Services, will be providing its expert design services to support the development of an exciting new build residential project in London.

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Ventiques floor accessories combine form and function

Floor Covering News

Today’s flooring vents, grills and registers serve a common purpose, but by no means are all products created equal. One particular company, Ventiques, is looking to set itself apart from the pack via its line of specially designed yet highly functional flush-mount flooring vents. Ventiques flush-mount vents—composed of powder- coated aluminum—do not bend, crack, rust, peel or chip, according to the company.

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20 Concrete Flooring Ideas

Onfloor Technology

Concrete floors are great flooring ideas for many reasons. It is durable and stable, but it can also control the temperature to avoid getting too hot during the summer season. Moreover, a concrete floor is also durable for heavy foot traffic. A concrete surface is also very smooth, so polished concrete flooring can give you a much more stable floor design for your home than regular wood flooring.

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Portobello America launches Sandwaves porcelain

Floor Covering News

Baxter, Tenn.—Pure sandstone offers unique, natural designs created over time by wind, rain and pressure. Portobello America ‘s new Sandwaves collection is a porcelain version of this rock with not only a unique surface presentation but also an elegant and all-embracing color palette of five warm earth tones, the company said. Marshmallow and Seedpearl are designed to offer a mélange of limitless design possibilities.

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Shaw Contract names Isaac vice president of hospitality

Floor Covering News

Carrie Edwards Isaac. Cartersville, Ga.—Shaw Contract appointed Carrie Edwards Isaac to the position of vice president of hospitality. Isaac will lead the sales and marketing strategy for the brand’s hospitality segment. A 30-year Shaw veteran, Isaac most recently served as vice president of strategic accounts for the company’s residential division.

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What Mt. Everest can teach us about business

Floor Covering News

After watching a video on the Mt. Everest climb, “Inside Story of Mt. Everest’s Deadliest Climb,” a trek that went bad, I realized there were many parallels with running a business. For one, climbing Mt. Everest is exciting and scary—much like owning a business. To put Mt. Everest in perspective, it is breathtaking at more than 29,000 feet. It is the highest point above global mean sea level.

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A shirt or flooring: It’s all the same

Floor Covering News

I recently bought a $400 shirt. Seriously, I did. I didn’t plan on it, nor would I ever consider spending that amount on a shirt—unless the shirt miraculously did my laundry and took out the trash and ironed itself. But, admittedly, I was bored, hadn’t spent money on myself in a while and needed a little pick-me-up. Anyway, you don’t care about that, nor should you.

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CFI hires Chris McKee, Dave Garden to leadership positions

Floor Covering News

Dalton—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) hired two new key executive leadership positions at CFI. Chris McKee was appointed president and Dave Garden was appointed to the newly created position of executive director of education, both effective May 16. In his new role, McKee will assume the overall leadership and strategic direction of CFI, working closely with the WFCA and the CFI advisory board to carry out its mission and create a vision for future growth and positive impact of CFI

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