Posts Tagged ‘floors’
Selecting, Working With, and Getting the Most From Your Vendor Partners
September 1st, 2010
Remember to read Starlog for ongoing discussions of floorcovering issues! This month, a lot of good reasons — even in (or especially in) a down or slowly recovering market — to use quality products and network with top-notch vendors on every aspect [...]
Read More »Floorazzo from Mats Inc
August 24th, 2010
Our friends at Mats Inc. sent us news about the launch of Floorazzo™, their:
“new line of prefabricated terrazzo tile flooring by Mats Inc. Floorazzo™ offers the beauty and luxurious look of terrazzo flooring without the lengthy and expensive installation [...]
Join Mr. David’s 2nd Annual Bike Challenge
August 9th, 2010
On September 25, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., meet up for Mr. David’s 2nd Annual Bike Challenge at Randall and North Avenue, Saint Charles, IL.
The 2nd Annual Mr. David’s Bike Challenge is a 50k bike race/ride benefitting Elmhurst Memorial [...]
Heritage Contract Flooring Plants 30 Trees at Buffalo Public Schools
July 28th, 2010
Last May, our friends at Heritage Contract Flooring planted 30 trees at Buffalo Public Schools. Heritage has partnered with LPCiminelli, Lees Carpets, and Starnet Worldwide. All 30 trees were donated by Re-Tree of WNY.
Each tree was planted by Heritage staff members, [...]
Welcome to our newest Starnet Members Pat, Gloria, Adam, and Paul Bryan, of Bryan’s Flooring, Oklahoma City
July 21st, 2010
Welcome to our newest Starnet Members Pat, Gloria, Adam, and Paul Bryan, of Bryan’s Flooring, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Pat Bryan started his family-run business in 1978 and has grown the business steadily since. Pat and Gloria [...]
Read More »Congratulations to Vortex Commercial Flooring, Small Corporate: Starnet Design Awards 2010
July 16th, 2010
Congratulations to Vortex Commercial Flooring for winning the 2010 Small Corporate Starnet Design Awards with their graceful, serene work for Pfingsten Partners.
Vortex Commercial Flooring worked with architects Eastlake Studio and designers Tom Zurowski, AIA; Ann Chin, Senior Designer, LEED AP; [...]
CONGRATULATIONS TO CONSOLIDATED CARPET, LARGE CORPORATE: STARNET DESIGN AWARDS 2010
July 6th, 2010
Congratulations to Consolidated Carpet for their striking work for the Coty Beauty Lancaster Group in the Empire State Building, New York, NY.
Consolidated Carpet worked with architects Ted Moudis Associates and designer Luis Valcarcel, with products from Karastan, Lees, Tarkett-Azrock, Armstrong, Johnsonite, Burke-Mercer, [...]
Starnet member Ian Martin VP, Great Floors, Coeur d’Alene, completes Iron Man!
June 30th, 2010
Starnet members aren’t just smart and skilled — they are strong as iron! In a first for us, member Ian Martin, VP Commercial Sales for Great Floors in Idaho completed the Iron Man! Wow! His time was a seriously impressive [...]
Read More »Mannington Commercial Awarded Best of NeoCon for Design-centric Wood Flooring and Mobile App
June 24th, 2010
Mannington Commercial has been honored with two Best of NeoCon awards in this year’s competition: for Earthly Elements hardwood flooring in square tiles and planks, and for Choices that Work, a mobile App that truly serves designers.
Designers working in segments [...]
Register now for two upcoming webinars presented by Preferred Vendor Partner, Ardex, hosted by Starnet
June 21st, 2010
Hot Topic #1: New Ardex K55 Rapid and Microtec Self Leveling Underlayment with a general overview of self leveling underlayments
Date: Tuesday, June 29th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern; Noon – 1:00pm Central; 11:00 – Noon Mountain; 10:00 – 11:00am Pacific
Focus: [...]
CCA volunteers at 16th Annual Special Olympics Challenge Day
June 8th, 2010
CCA’s Sean Flannery participated in the 16th Annual Special Olympics Challenge day at the James E. Duckworth School, located in Beltsville, Maryland on May 21, 2010.
Assisting AOBA (Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington) who hosted the day’s events, [...]
Alexandria Carpet One Floor and Home Wins Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award
June 8th, 2010
Congratulations to Alexandria Carpet One Floor & Home — awarded the prestigious 2009 Angie’s List Super Service Award!
The Super Service Award, now celebrating its 11th year, is reserved for companies who have achieved and maintained a superior service rating on [...]
Corporate Floors Acquires Dallas-Based ReSource Flooring Group
June 4th, 2010
Starnet member Corporate Floors, Inc., a Grapevine, Texas, based commercial flooring services company, has acquired the assets of Dallas-based ReSource Flooring Group.
Corporate Floors, a minority certified business, member of the StarNet Commercial Flooring Partnership and a MilliCare Textile and Carpet [...]
great testimonial to the power of Starnet
June 4th, 2010
From Sam Prager of Carpet Services Inc. in Irving TX and Joshua Perry of Sally Beauty Company in Denton TX, here’s a great testimonial to the power of Starnet — the cooperation that gets everybody the floor they want, when [...]
Read More »Terrific interviews with Floor Daily
May 24th, 2010
The good people at Floor Daily have an interview with Randy Weis about what Starnet Flooring has been doing to help its membership during these difficult economic times. Listen to the interview to hear Mr. Weis’s — and our — [...]
Read More »Congratulations to Floors and More, Public Space: Starnet Design Awards 2010
May 20th, 2010
In our 2010 Category: Public Space, Starnet Member Floors and More won for their strong, natural floors, which designate space and help to guide shoppers at Harps Food in Benton AR.
Universal Flooring worked with J Price Architecture and manufacturers Armstrong, [...]
Mannington Introduces Mobile App Designed to Serve the Design Process
May 18th, 2010
Here’s a fun, interesting PR from our friends at Mannington — a mobile app for designers!
Mannington Commercial announces the launch of Choices that Work, the floorcovering industry’s first mobile application designed to serve designers’ process. Using a smart phone’s integrated [...]
Congratulations to Universal Flooring, Unique Installation Challenges: Starnet Design Awards 2010
May 13th, 2010
In our 2010 Category Winner: Unique Installation Challenge, Starnet Member Universal Flooring won for their magical project at the Pretend City Children’s Museum of Orange County in Irvine, CA.
Universal Flooring worked with Ben Haskins from Kraemer Design + Production Inc., and manufacturers [...]
Congratulations to the talented and hard-working student honorees and winner: Starnet Design Awards 2010
May 5th, 2010
Awarded Honoree in our 2010 Student Achievement category, Rachel Erickson from the Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design created a clean, open space for the World Wildlife Fund Headquarters, Washington, DC.
Rachel worked with Teragren on the lovely bamboo surfaces.
Another Honoree in our [...]
