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Send Your Best Installation Today for 2011 TileLetter Awards!

Have you completed an outstanding project between January 2005 and June 2010 that you'd like to tell the world about? Then act today and enter the 2011 8th Annual TileLetter Installation Awards, the annual tile installation competition that spotlights outstanding tile contractors and stunning examples of installation artistry and expertise. Due to the early date of Coverings, next March 14-17 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, NTCA is currently seeking entries for this competition by October 12, 2010. The structure of the competition has been changed to better represent all categories. In both Residential and Commercial categories, there will be a tile, natural stone, mosaic/glass and green winner for a total of eight winning contractors who will take home $500 and a trophy from the awards ceremony at Coverings in Las Vegas. 2011 awards will also recognize ultimate installation excellence in both Residential and Commercial categories with Residential and Commercial Grand Prize winners who will each receive $1,500 and a trophy at the award ceremony.

All winners will be recognized at the NTCA Awards ceremony at Coverings 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be featured, along with their installations, in future issues of TileLetter.

See 2010 Winners


About NTCA

Organized and chartered in 1947, the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) is a non-profit trade association serving every segment of the industry, and is recognized as the largest and most respected national tile contractors association in the world. Learn More


 

NTCA, CTDA and TCNA Join Forces for November All Industry Conference

The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the largest tile contractors association in the world, has announced the 2010 edition of its annual Total Solutions Business and Technical Conference slated for November will now be held in concurrence with the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association Management Conference, and will also include the membership of the Tile Council of North America.

Total Solutions Plus 2010, will be an all industry conference and tabletop display scheduled for November 4-6, at the Naples Grand Beach Resort in Naples, Florida. Full registration information will be announced in the coming months. The NTCA Total Solutions Plus program is an educational and technical conference for tile and stone contractors, distributors and manufacturers alike. It will offer training, networking and recognition opportunities, along with a celebration of industry leaders designed to renew the passion for the tile trade. [read more]



Tile TV

TILE-TV is a monthly multi-media broadcast featuring industry news, information, and entertainment. Each episode contains late-breaking news that professional contractors and TILE-TV members depend on. Tune in monthly for exciting updates and features.



Latest News Headlines

Allied Collection Resources to be providing service to the NTCA and its members
Jul 29, 2010 - As the VP of Consultation for Allied Collection Resources I have just completed an agreement with the National Tile Contractors Association to be... [more]

NTCA Second Quarter Report Continues Growth in a Challenging Year
Jul 23, 2010 - The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the largest tile contractors association in the world, announced continued growth for the second... [more]

NTCA Members Pace Inaugural Live Install Showcase at Coverings “Installation Design Showcase”
Jun 29, 2010 - The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the largest tile contractors association in the world, was a key sponsor in the inaugural... [more]

NTCA Announces Winners of the 7th Annual TileLetter Installation Awards
Jun 1, 2010 - The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the largest tile contractors association in the world, presented the Seventh Annual TileLetter... [more]

NTCA, CTDA and TCNA Join Forces for November All Industry Conference
Apr 15, 2010 - The National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), the largest tile contractors association in the world, has announced the 2010 edition of its annual... [more]



NTCA Overview Video
The National Tile Contractors Association is the Voice of the Tile Contractor.

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Now offering the NTCA Reference Manual on CD-ROM

Major revisions to the NTCA Reference Manual include information on the installation, care and maintenance of natural stone tile installations, as well as two new documents addressing ceramic tile installation over poured gypsum underlayments, and the danger of using scribing felt as a crack isolation membrane. The advanced CD-ROM version is a ready-to-use addition to the already popular print edition, which is thought to be an invaluable resource guide for the office. Order Your CD-ROM Today


NTCA Recognized Consultants
NTCA frequently receives inquiries from the tile and construction industry and from consumers requesting professional expertise both prior to and after installations. The Association has chosen to address this situation by developing a list of qualified individuals that meet a range of criteria and by making this list available on its website (read more).



Coverings 2011

The Ultimate Tile + Stone Experience will be in the Ultimate City: Las Vegas, Nevada in 2011!
March 14 - 17, 2011
Sands Expo and Convention Center

With over 1,000 exhibitors and 300,000 square feet of exhibit space, Coverings 2011 is THE place to showcase your products. Only Coverings gives you access to the industry's most influential buyers and specifiers for your products. Read More



Five Star Program Members
Click on each company's logo for more complete information on the Five Star Contractor.

JP Phillips Link

fdbtile.com link

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Lippert Tile
Performance Tile & Marble
Welch Tile Link

Youngstown Tile & Terrazzo


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Add the NTCA Five Star logo to your already strong list of credentials. With this program, not only will you have ascended to another high level of professionalism, your company will become even more focal. That means more potential top-level business for you! Read More


Estimating Software

If you do stone, stone fabrication or ceramic tile we want you to know that BVH-Gregg Inc DBA Gregg Software Incorporated is the estimating software partner with the National Tile Contractors Association and a member of the Marble Institute of America since 1998. Many of the NTCA board members and many regular members use our products and we service many of the Tile Contractors of America members. That includes many of the large union and non-union companies around the country and Europe. Clients like Port Morris in New York to Texas Stone & Tile in Dallas can be found in the client list of the brochure attached in PDF format. Read More