With One Week Until Surfaces, Industry Gets Ready

Click the image to view and download Hardwood Floors magazine's 2015 Surfaces Pocket Guide.The second annual Design & Construction Week starts Monday in Las Vegas, featuring the 2015 TISE West/Surfaces Show, along with the International Builders' Show, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, the Las Vegas Market and the International Window Coverings Expo.

While each show is separate and distinct, registrants at one show are permitted to explore all the shows.

TISE West/Surfaces takes place Jan. 21–23 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. More than 750 exhibiting companies will fill 350,000 square feet of space.

The National Wood Flooring Association and Hardwood Floors will be there, along with 148 NWFA members. Fourteen of those members will exhibit in kiosks at the NWFA/HF Pavilion, booth #B3429. 

The NWFA will conduct two workshops the coincide with TISE West/Surfaces: The NWFA Certified Professionals Sales Advisor certification workshop will take place Jan. 20, the day before Surfaces, and the "Environmental Effects on Wood" workshop on Jan. 23.

To locate NWFA members on the show floor, use Hardwood Floors magazine's 2015 Surfaces Pocket Guide, which can be picked up in the publication bins or at the NWFA/HF Pavilion on-site, and is also viewable online.

TISE West/Surfaces also offers daily workshops on numerous topics. To attend an Exhibit with Education session, register online at TISEwest.com.

Courses that apply to the wood flooring industry include:

"Installation Problems, Causes and Cures: Hardwood, Bamboo and Laminate," taught by NWFA Regional Instructor Jon Namba on Jan. 21 at 3:45 p.m.

"What You Always Wanted to Know About Wood, Bamboo and Cork Floors But Were Afraid to Ask," taught by NWFA Regional Instructors Jon Namba and Roy Reichow, and Michelle Reichow, on Jan. 22 at 3:45 p.m.

A full list of Exhibits with Education, bonus education, continuing education and master certificate classes can be found here.

The International Builders' Show takes place Jan. 20–22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The exhibit floor will feature almost 1,200 exhibitors across 476,000 square feet of space.

More than 100 education sessions on a variety of topics will be offered to attendees.

For a complete schedule, go to BuildersShow.com.