b'A&D CORNER A&D professionals learn, earn CEU credits at NTCA workshopsBy Lesley Goddin, EditorOne of the core pillars of NTCA is its focus on education and training. It has a long history of road shows (now called workshops), and in recent years has instituted training events and lunch-and-learns.While these events generally target contractors and installers, periodi-cally there are special sessions planned for the A&D community, offering coveted Continuing Education Units (CEUs)or architects and designers may choose to attend a regularly-scheduled NTCA Workshop on a sub-ject of interest. There is always a wealth of information for A&D profes-sionals to be aware ofnew products, techniques, substrate preparation, and properly specing and understanding gauged porcelain tile panels and slabs.Workshops also offer A&D pro-fessionals an oppor-tunitytointeract withcontractors, andsponsors/sup-pliersoffinishing andinstallation products.Infact,Erin Albrecht,ofNTCA Five-Star Contractor J&RTileinSan Antonio,Texas, gaveaworkshop ongaugedporce-lain tile panels/slab recently to a group of A&D profession-Architects from Studio8 learn about tile installation and per-formance during a workshop by J&R Tile in San Antonio78TileLetter | April 2020'