National Wood Flooring Association headquarters was inundated with inspectors last week for five days of NWFA Certified Professional Inspector workshops.
Participants spent a day each on the topics of Environmental Effects on Flooring, Moisture Testing, Real-World Inspection Scenarios, Legal Responsibilities and Report writing.
The school instructors included two NWFA Regional Instructors, Jon Namba of Namba Services Inc. and Roy Reichow of National Wood Floor Consultants Inc., as well as 12 others: Brett Miller, NWFA vice president of education and certification; Cathy Duncan, EZ Report Writing; Barbara Dunn, Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Jim Enright and Randy Lenz, Aprilaire; Grete Heimerdinger, Lignomat USA Ltd.; Paul Laurenzi, Delmhorst Instrument Co.; Tim Moore, Moore & Neville Inc. Flooring Inspections; Tony Robison, Consult Inspect Design Inc.; Andrew Rynhart, Tramex Ltd.; Jason Spangler, Wagner Meters; and Chris Zizza, C&R Flooring Inc.
Participants were: Jason Austin, Preverco Inc.; Eric Herman, State of the Art Wood Floor Gallery; Jason Cantin, Jason's Custom Floors; George Lead, The Wood Floor Company; Joe Denman, Joe Denman & Associates LLC; Vince Licolli, Avalon Flooring; Bart Garner, Meyer Skidmore & Co. Quality Hardwood Floors; Doug Lindemann, Bostik Inc.; Lewis Gaylord, Gaylord Hardwood Flooring; Joseph Logan, Mohawk Industries; Kenneth Nguyen, Dan's Custom Hardwood Floor Inc.; Tom Schneider, Johnson Premium Hardwood Flooring; Ronald Oliver, Hallmark Floors Inc.; John Shepard, Carpet One Floor & Home; Tom Owen, Superior Coverings and Construction Inc.; Tom Skowron, Atlas Floors Inc.; Robert Remy, Consult Inspect Design Inc.; Christopher Vegas, Huber Engineered Woods; and Mary Anne Schneider, Johnson Premium Hardwood Flooring.
