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 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128tests to take place with smaller class sizes across the country. Twelve new R e g i o n a l Evaluators are on the job, led by Kevin Insalato of California Flooring. In the testing area were also workshops and testing con- ducted by other industry sectors like carpet and vinyl. For NTCA, the whole show kicked off with an executive com- mittee meeting, followed by a well-attended Training & Education Committee gathering, led by Training & Education Committee chair Dave Rogers of Welch Tile and Marble. That first evening, NTCA held a reception and dinner in appre- ciation of its members and State Ambassadors with an address by NTCA president Martin Howard, presentation by Eric Astrachan of TCNA and a video on the history of NTCA and its accomplishments in the last 15 years. Wish you had been there? Stay tuned to our March issue for more details on the show. For now, enjoy all the infor- mation in this issue, from the Bostik’s cover story on the stunning mosaic installation in a Utah lodge to LATICRETE’s Sean Boyle’s e c o n o m i c update, to an exploration of the confounding problem of discolor- ation of natural stone used in show- er installations, to the list of installa- tion track seminars at the Coverings show, coming to Orlando in April. We also have a bonus story on measuring wet film thickness from MAPEI, and voices from the field in our new Hot Topics section, focused this month on grout. The new year is building momen- tum. Let’s make it a good one! Be well, and God bless, Lesley lesley@tile-assn.com EDITOR'S LETTER –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NTCA Training & Education Committee chairperson Dave Rogers (l.) with NTCA assistant executive director Jim Olson. David Allen Company’s Martin Howard, NTCA president, addressed the State Ambassador and Member Appreciation Dinner. 16 TileLetter | February 2017