Floor Covering Inspectors Symposium (FCIS) at SURFACES 2012

Inspections 2012 - Carpet and Hard Surface Flooring Industry

January 23 and 24, 2012

This two day symposium is designed to give anyone involved in the floor covering and inspection service industry an opportunity to update their skills, learn some of the new techniques and hear the latest information available on soft and hard surface flooring.  Our instructors are experts in the industry, known to bring excellence to the floor covering trade, through education and sharing of information.

Symposium attendees will qualify for two IICRC CEC credits.  The symposium is being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in conjunction with Surfaces and begins prior to the opening of Surfaces, the floor covering industries premier floor covering event. 

The symposium features the top presenters and leaders in the floor covering industry.  Our hosts include Larry Cooper, Textile Consultants (TCI), an inspector with 30 years experience, the producer and organizer of the Connections Events and IICRC Standards Consultant and Lew Migliore LGM and Associates, with over 39 years experience solving problems related to floor covering manufacturing, specification, installation, performance, use and maintenance. Lew is the publisher of “The Commercial Flooring Report” distributed to over 300,000 readers worldwide and author of “The Claims File,” in Floor Covering News.

Our Instructors include: Lew Migliore, LGM, Carey Mitchell, Shaw Industries, Peter Craig, Concrete Constructives, Dave Horan, ProFloor Services, Sim Crisler, LGM, , Barry Costa, Aspire Educational Institute, and Vice Chairman of the IICRC S600 Carpet Installation Standard, Larry Cooper TCI, Dane Gregory, Interlink Supply and Robert Varden, Seam Master Industries.  There will also be presentations from Dave Gobis, Ceramic Tile Expert, Mark Berndt, Interface America,  Blaire Townsend, Velcro America,  Devin Schlisner, Base King, Christopher Capobianco, Chairman FCICA, Jim Gould, President, Floor Covering Institute, Fred Gamble and More.

This two day symposium was developed for professional Floor Covering Inspectors, Retailers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Installers, Specifiers, Architects, Designers and related floor covering interests.  The presentations will be in both lecture and hands-on format.  The goal of the Symposium is to advance the knowledge and professionalism of those whose business is impacted and influenced by all aspects of the floor covering industry, including both hard and soft surfaces.

The presentations at the symposium have been developed to benefit the attendees with an increase in expertise and to help increase profits while reducing losses related to floor covering problems, concerns and complaints.  Attendees will benefit from the advanced level of training by participating in the symposium.