“There is never enough time to do it right, but there is always enough time to do it over.” John W. Bergman.

A PANEL DISCUSSION

Join us for an evening of discussion on flooring installation failures, and how to avoid them.  We will be joined by experts in the field to provide their insight and experience.  Registration starts at 5:00, presentation begins at 5:30.  The panel includes:

Installation & Maintenance

Lippert Flooring And Tile:  Mike Thom Senior Account Manager, Jeff Engaldo Senior Account Manager, and Elias Shanine Maintenance Division Manager

 Setting Materials/Technical

Laticrete International: Jeff Kimmerling Technical Sales Representative and Tim Klaas Distributor Sales Representative

 Flooring Reps

J&J Flooring: Catherine Richardson Sales Representative

Patcraft: Joni Juergens Account Manager

Ceramic Tileworks:  Liz Nelson Architectural Sales Representative

schedule

5:00 Social, with appetizers and cash bar.

5:30 presentation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Attendees will learn the different types of flooring & installation, what is and isn’t an installation failure, the anatomy of an installation failure, who is responsible and who fixes it and at what cost.

Prerequisite Knowledge:
Knowing something about different types of commercial flooring and substrates, and generally the problems encountered at various times and places.

Learning Objective 1:
Overview of different types of commercial flooring and a brief description of how they are installed.

Learning Objective 2:
Defining what exactly is a flooring failure. (With examples and photos.)

Learning Objective 3:
Causation. Why did the install fail? What are the costs of remediation, who is responsible and who pays.

Learning Objective 4:
What can be done to prevent failures to save time and money in the future utilizing system warranties.

Learning Objective 5:
Understand what proper maintenance is, what are the best practices and why it matters.

This presentation is approved for 1 AIA CEU. 

PRODUCT REPRESENTATIVES

Would you like the opportunity to do an inexpensive sales pitch to our professional members? If so, I would like to remind you, that we do offer tabletop presentations at our chapter meetings. The cost for doing a tabletop presentation is $50.00 for chapter members, and $75.00 for nonmembers. Your fee includes a table set up for you to display your products, and a chance to do a brief (10 minute max.) introduction for yourself and your products.

To reserve a space at one of our upcoming meetings, please contact Curtis Norton, at (608) 576-7108 or at the Chapter email address: [email protected]