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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CFI
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Pattern Match Carpet Success
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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CFI Industry News 38
10 You’re Only as Good as Your Member News 40
Foundation

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14 CFI Surface Prep Resource Guide at Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Flooring
Lake City, Utah. This project included
Tarkett’s IQ Natural, iQ Granit, and iQ THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CFI
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Optima vinyl sheet flooring installed
16 Stupid Hurts with RollSmart adhesive. The designer
and general contractor for this
project was Jon Dalton with Jacobsen Know Before You Go: Climactic Conditions
The Basics of Jobsite Safety
Pattern Match Carpet Success
Construction of Salt Lake City. Read the Fine Print Before Installing Waterproof Laminate Premiere Issue
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18 Best Practices of Custom Wood
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20 21st George Buckhardt Memorial SPECIALIST
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SENIOR EDITOR: CFI National Office
Kimberly Oderkirk 10676 West US Highway 80
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22 CFI Forney Training koderkirk@assocsvs.com Forney, TX 75126
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25 Know Before You Go: Climactic Shalynn Rangel
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JG MEDIA GROUP LLC: CFI STAFF:
26 CONCRETE MOISTURE: 4607 Lakeview Canyon Rd Robert Varden
Navigating Unknown Waters Ste 560, Westlake Village, Executive Director
CA 91361 rvarden@cfiinstallers.org
30 What’s NEW and HOT in Tools! Sales Manager/Co-Publisher John McHale
Dan Lipman jmchale@cfiinstallers.org
danlipman@pacbell.net
32 Read the Fine Print Before 805-368-7379 Lauren Johnson
Installing Waterproof Laminate Editor/Co-Publisher: ljohnson@cfiinstallers.org
Jeff Golden For subscription information,
34 Overcoming Aquatic Tile jgmediagroupllc@gmail.com please contact CFI.
Adhesion Failures 805-444-1472

The International Certified Flooring Installers Association, Inc. (CFI) is
36 AcryliCon, A Resinous a non-profit organization dedicated to improving flooring installation in
the residential and commercial fields through training and certification.
Flooring System Since 1993, CFI has been recognized as one of the flooring industry’s most
prestigious and beneficial platforms for not only flooring installers, but
flooring professionals worldwide.
39 What is a CIM? CFI provides educational resources for the flooring community, such as
hands-on training in all recognized installation applications. CFI supports
the professional development of the flooring industry by hosting training
All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in for installers at all levels, certifications for those looking to continue
whole or part without the consent of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible education, and seminars for flooring associates. CFI is committed to
for the content or representations in the submitted advertisements, or product
claims and representations. revolutionize, encourage and benefit the people of the flooring industry.
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