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 848 2016 | TECH As many of you know, I wear two hats for the NTCA: President, and Chairman of the NTCA Technical Committee. As a tile contrac- tor it is the technical aspect of our business that will determine the success or failure of that installation. The NTCA is blessed with some very intel- ligent contractor members who are actively involved in both the NTCA Reference Manual and national industry installation standards committees. Our association was very suc- cessful at the recent TCNA Handbook meeting this past June. New inspection standards and nominal sizing criteria in regards to multi-size tile patterns will help alleviate a lot of head- aches for our members. I would like to shine a light and give credit to the following members for their hard work in helping our members save time and money when it comes to all of our tile installations: • Methods and Standards Committee Chairman Kevin Fox • Education Chairman and NTCA Technical Committee member Jan Hohn • ANSI Chairman, TCNA Committee and NTCA Technical Committee member Chris Walker • ANSI Vice-Chairman, NTCA Technical Committee Vice-Chairman and TCNA Committee member Nyle Wadford • Technical Committee and ANSI Committee members John Cox and Martin Howard • Technical Committee, and Methods and Standards Committee members Joe Kerber and Martin Brookes • TCNA Handbook and NTCA Technical Committee members Brad Trostrud and Rich Galliani • Technical Committee member and Apprenticeship Guru Dan Welch These hard-working tile contractors have gone above and beyond when it comes to fight- ing for both union and non-union tile contrac- tors, both NTCA members and non-members. I want to commend all of these people for volunteering their valuable time and energy to make our industry better. We at NTCA have committed to our members that their thoughts and concerns are heard and dis- seminated in front of national industry instal- lation standards committees. Please know that there are a lot of NTCA tile contractors that I failed to mention who work very hard and volunteer their time as well, and I want to say thank you to all of them too. As you can see, there are a lot of NTCA members who give their time and effort to make sure the entire tile installation com- munity can be more successful. If you have a chance at the next meeting, go ahead and tell them great job or nice work – it will mean a lot. James Woelfel, President NTCA Chairman NTCA Technical Committee 480-829-9197 www.artcraftgmt.com PRESIDENT'S LETTER James Woelfel New tile technology may resurrect old installation methods Qualified installers are key to large thin porcelain tile and plank success J We can test per ANSI B101.1 / ANSI B101.3 / ASTM C1028-07 ANSI A137.1 (AcuTest) / Meets or Exceeds ADA and OSHA 100% Guaranteed INCREASE YOUR TRACTION UP TO 600% Local testing and installers available Treated over 6,000,000 sq ft Engineer Tested and Proven We accept all Tile Store or Installers PO’s with 30 days terms! free fast shipping www.slipdoctors.com | Toll FREE 888-436-5404 | Fax: 214-666-3225 | info@slipdoctors.com