Floors, Walls & Ceilings
Tile Association Awards recognise top achievers This year the city of Solihull hosted the Crystal 15th anniversary celebration of The Tile Awards. The event celebrates all that is best in tiling - people, products and projects. The day was once again hosted by TV celebrity Emma Jesson and was attended by most of the leading companies in the industry – manufacturers, contractors, distributors. The Gold Sponsors were: Mapei, Shackerley, Fila, Norcros Adhesives, Schluter Systems, Bellota, Lithofin and Tilemaster Adhesives.
In all, there were 74 finalists in 18 categories. The category winners included Dave Rowley of Building Adhesives Ltd., who won Outstanding Contribution to Industry; Paddy Plunkett of P Plunkett Tiling Contractors who won The Lifetime Achievement Award; Harry Foster of Johnson Tiles, head of specialist products
at Johnson Tiles, who won Employee of the Year; and Andrew Oates of Stortford Tiling and Marble, who won Tile Fixer of the Year. Retail and distribution category winners included TileStyle, Tile Choice and Minoli. Product awards were won by BAL RapidMat, Craven Dunnill’s Fusion Porcelain Tile Collection and Johnson Tiles Prismatics. Manufacturing and marketing categories were won by ARDEX, Mapei and Norcros. Projects recognised for excellence included Shoe Heaven in Harrods, the Commonweath Games Swimming Pool, and Kemtile won the Tile Contracting Award. This year three categories of award benefited from a widening of the voting – the Tile Fixer of the Year category was open to votes from both the public and TTA members, while Wall Tile of the Year and Floor Tile of the Year were opened up to TTA members. These innovations secured a great response from the industry, with over 400 online votes received and a 48% increase in Award nominations, compared to last year. www.ttaawards.com
awards@tile.org.uk 0300 265 8453
Interface helps bring university to life
Industrial food processing floor solution by Remmers A new industrial flooring system has been installed to the 2000m2 extension at C&D Foods manufacturing plant in Longford, Ireland. Remmers Crete SL was applied in combination with Remmers PUR Color Top 2KM seal coat to provide a colour stable finish and a subsequent seal coat of Remmers PUR Aqua Top 2KM SG, with the inclusion of a polymer bead to provide an R11 level of slip resistance with a silk gloss floor finish. The system was installed by Larsen Contracts who worked closely with main contractor, Gem Construction to allow the installation of the floor whilst other fitting out activities were also being carried out, optimising the overall program. www.remmers.co.uk
sales@remmers.co.uk 0845 373 0103
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Human Nature, the latest global collection from modular flooring manufacturer, Interface, has been used in the refurbishment of the University of Leeds Language Zone to help create a unique and inspiring area for students to learn. Working alongside Interface’s interior design team, Kay Tuke Swithenbank, Interior Designer at the University of Leeds, chose the Human Nature collection, which takes inspiration from biophilic design – human’s innate connection to the natural world. Interface’s HN810 tile in Limestone was selected to provide a multi-tonal texture, and combined with HN840 and HN850 in Nickel which has the appearance of a pebbly surface design. www.interface.com
interface.uk@interfaceflor.eu
0161 817 6600
Yeoman Shield leads the way in hospital A variety of Polyflor’s vinyl flooring has been installed extensively across a major redevelopment and conservation project at the Acre Mills Outpatient facility, in Huddersfield. Over 3300m² of Polyflor sheet vinyl flooring from the Forest fx, Pearlazzo, Verona, Hydro Evolve and Finesse SD collections was installed by flooring contractors CMC Flooring of St Helens throughout Acre Mill, providing efficient and attractive floorcoverings for various interior environments with different demands and requirements. Chris Race, Architect at Jefferson Sheard Architects commented: “Polyflor’s flooring had the ideal combination of performance and high design appeal to create a fresh and ambient space that didn’t have that clinical, institutional look.” www.polyflor.com
info@polyflor.com
0161 767 1111