
The NWFA's traveling technical school completed its second course of daylong technical workshops of 2013. The classes were held in Manteca, Calif., from Feb. 25 to March 2. Students were instructed on moisture identification/mitigation, subfloor preparation, intermediate installation, intermediate sand and finish, factory finish repair and recoat, and field equipment repair.
Classes were taught by:⢠Jennifer Hansen (3M)⢠Avi Hadad (Avi's Hardwood Floors)⢠Brian Pruitt (Basic Coatings)⢠Pat Cooney (Bona US)⢠Bob Goldstein (Carver s.r.l.)⢠Matt Bingham (Clarke American Sanders)⢠Cort Dunlap (Delmhorst Instument Co.)⢠Craig Macintosh (DuraSeal)⢠Roger Barker (Fortifiber Building Systems Group)⢠Todd McDonald (Infinity Wood Floor)⢠Don Smithson (J&D Smithson Repairs)⢠Manny Hernandez (LOBA-Wakol LLC)⢠Steve Lima (MAPEI)⢠Wayne Lee (Middle Tennessee Lumber)⢠Dave Macintosh (Norton)⢠John Dupra (Norton)⢠Scott Greenwood (Powernail Company Inc.)⢠Bill Strother (PAM Fastening Technology)⢠Tom Hocevar (Rust-Oleum Corp.)⢠Mike Croes (Sika Corp.)⢠Kelsey Quigg (UFloor Systems Inc.)⢠Ron Smith (Wagner)⢠Adam Martin (Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products)⢠Randy Moore (Woodcare USA LLC)
These students completed the school, earning credits toward an NWFA degree:
⢠Levon Karapetyan (ArtexFlooring Inc.)⢠Michael Feltham (ASPEN Wood Floors Ltd.)⢠Kevin Hussey (California Wood Floors)⢠Josue Paz (California Wood Floors)⢠Henry Rotea (Cameo Flooring Inspections)⢠Bryan McCue (Craftcare Hardwood)⢠Jeff VanDao (Dao Wood Flooring)⢠Edward Moore (Ed Moore Wooden Floors)⢠Gregory Farris (Farris Floor Inspections)⢠Richard King (Kings Floor Coverings)⢠Jamie Blessum (Marathon Builders)⢠Carl Mattingly (Mattingly & Sons)⢠Dave Bickeret (Mohawk)⢠Nathan Carter (Pallmann)⢠Dave Christian (Pinnells Carpet One)⢠Shawn McElory (Pinnells Carpet One)⢠Brian Carey (Plank 1 Design)⢠Grant Hayes (Somerset Wood Products Inc.)⢠Arkadiusz Kosmaty (Superior Hardwood Floors Ltd.)⢠Terry Rickerson (Tom Duffy Co. & B.R. Funsten)⢠Bob Boorman (Walk Easy)
These companies served as Partners in Education for the school, contributing product, equipment and instruction:
⢠3M (St. Paul, Minn)⢠Avi's Hardwood Floors (El Sobrante, Calif.)⢠Basic Coatings (Toledo, Ohio)⢠Bona US (Aurora, Colo.)⢠Carver s.r.l. (Rodano, Milan, Italy)⢠Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)⢠Delmhorst Instument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)⢠DuraSeal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)⢠Fortifiber Building Systems Group (Fernley, Nev.)⢠Infinity Wood Floor (Crandon, Wis.)⢠J&D Smithson Repairs (Oroville, Calif.)⢠LOBA-Wakol LLC (Charlotte, N.C.)⢠MAPEI Corp. (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)⢠Middle Tennessee Lumber (Burns, Tenn.)⢠Mohawk (Hickory, N.C.)⢠Norton Abrasives (Watervliet, N.Y.)⢠Oshkosh Designs (Winneconne, Wis.)⢠Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)⢠PAM Fastening Technology (Charlotte, N.C.)⢠Rust-Oleum Corp. (Vernon Hills, Ill.)⢠Sika Corp. (Lyndhurst, N.J.)⢠Somerset Wood Products Inc. (Somerset, Ky.)⢠UFloor Systems Inc. (Aurora, Colo.)⢠Wagner Meters (Rogue River, Ore.)⢠Weyerhauser Co. (Federal Way, Wash.)⢠Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products (Redmond, Wash.)⢠Woodcare USA LLC (Duluth, Ga.)