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Stats 2021: Commercial flooring market sees uptick

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Preliminary FCNews research shows the commercial flooring market totaled $6.488 billion in sales in 2021, an uptick of 6% over 2020. billion, according to FCNews research. Like other natural floors, there remains pent-up demand for tile, in part, to accommodate the trend toward sustainable and easily cleaned surfaces.

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Ceramic Collaborations

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RIBA North is hosting Moulding Futures: Collaborative Explorations in Ceramics for Architecture symposium on Friday 8th December, a one-day event created by ECAlab and supported by Tile of Spain, the University of Liverpool and Leeds Beckett University. Eagle Place (detail). A new post by Joe Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, November 2018.

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Adhesives: Greener formulations retain functionality

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Bostik’s Ultra-Set SingleStep2 contributes to LEED credits due to its recycled content. We conduct our own performance testing to verify the research of our vendor partners, addressing any discrepancies before a product goes to market,” said Roger Young, director of sundries category management, Shaw.

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STATS Commercial: Healthcare the bright spot in 2020

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FCNews research shows commercial flooring revenues (including specified business as well as Main Street sales) totaled $6.134 billion last year—a falloff of 11.1% There are several trends influencing flooring selections in the office. compared to 2019.

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Residential Deconstruction versus Demolition | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Despite the fact that we are going to seek LEED for Homes certification for our project (where deconstruction is preferable to demolition), there are benefits to every residential home owner who is planning on building a new house on a site where a house currently exists.

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NeoCon 2021 announces programming

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Special Program: You’ve Got to be From the Future to Design a Resilient Workplace: From the Sketchbook of a Workplace Futurist, Design Thinker and Agility Researcher. As Steelcase reflects in their research, “Be prepared to experiment.” Verda Alexander, Studio O+A Jon Strassner, LEED AP, ASID. The future is flexible.

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Time2Design: MIELE | BUILT FOR LIFE

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A gracious and very personable man, I felt an immediate sense of honor from him as he spoke of the strength, ingenuity, research, development and integrity that has built this company. color trend. Marcus Miele over a cup of cappuccino for a face to face conversation with him. I LOVE THE OBSIDIAN BLACK). Chihuly Collection. consentino.

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