Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124The National Tile Contractors Association NTCA the worlds largest tile contractors association recognized industry leaders and those making a difference within the industry at its Fourth Annual Awards Ceremony during Coverings 2016 at McCormick Place in Chicago Ill. amidst a crowd of over 200. In addition to its NTCA Five Star Contractor Awards NTCA Tile Person of the Year and Joe Tarver Lifetime Achievement Award sev- eral individuals were given special recognition honors. In addition the first recipients of the Tom Ade Ceramic Tile Scholarship Award were announced. NTCA Five Star Contractor Awards The NTCA Five Star Contractor Grand Prize awards were present- ed for outstanding installations in both commercial and residential projects by these cream-of-the-crop contractors. In addition this years Special Recognition Awards were presented for the Promotion of the Tile Trade and Membership. The Five Star Contractor Grand Prize winners received 2500 each in prize money sponsored by Daltile Corporation. Over 20 submissions were received and judged via the following criteria scope size of project complexity challenges technical soundness resolution of challenges and design and presen- tation overall appearance layout and artistic value. Five Star Contractor Grand Prize Commercial Tile Installation Grazzini Brothers Company of Egan Minnesota won this prize for its installation of over 24000 sq. ft. of exterior natural stone wall tile and interior porcelain floor and wall tile at the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory in Anchorage Alaska. Challenges NTCA Awards Night recognizes industry leaders at fourth annual ceremony First Tom Ade Scholarship Award recipients announced From left MarazziDaltiles Jeremy Sax Greg Grazzini and Earl Anderson of Grazzini Brothers and Jim Olson NTCA. Grazzini Brothers Company won the Five Star Contractor Grand Prize Installation for the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory in Anchorage Alaska. COVERINGS 2016 94 TileLetter June 2016