Of NTCA’s nearly 1,600 mem- bers, a number of tile contractors make their homes and operate their businesses outside of U.S. soil – allowing our membership to spread to Australia, Mexico, Canada and other countries around the world. One such world member is Tim Christopher, owner of Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone in Canberra, Australia, who has been a tile con- tractor for 20 years in Australia. Upon completion of his three-year apprenticeship, Christopher was awarded Apprentice of the Year in his state. From there, Christopher formed his own company, Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone, which has complet- ed various types of work including rural, residential and commercial. Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone has been contracted to work on sev- eral of national buildings such as Parliament House of Australia, and Australian Treasury. Attentiveness to new technolo- gies and products keeps Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone on the cutting edge of new prod- ucts as they have become introduced in our market. “ M o i s t u r e - sensitive stone would be a good exam- ple of this,” C h r i s t o p h e r said. “My company was one of the first in my region to success- fully install this type of product in a market where many failures were occurring through misun- derstanding products such as reconstituted stone.” Christopher is currently vice president of the Tile and Tiling Industry Association of Australia NTCA MEMBER SPOTLIGHT ————————— sponsored by NTCA transcends countries to attract quality-minded tile setters Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone works to establish and update standards in Australia Tim Christopher, owner of Modern Aspect Tiling & Stone 58 TileLetter | June 2019