Article Number: 10031
FCLC Elevates Robert Blochinger as Chairman; Welcomes New Member Association
The Floor Covering Leadership Council (FCLC) elevated Robert Blochinger, President of the National Institute of Certified Floorcovering Inspectors, as its new chair starting immediately. Blochinger is the owner of Blochinger & Company, based in Boca Raton, Florida, where he has worked as a certified flooring inspector since 1990.
Blochinger has been a flooring contractor for 35 years, and is also a forensic investigator of flooring failure, consultant, expert witness, and training instructor in addition to supporting a variety of industry organizations and initiatives. Blochinger will help lead FCLC through a strategic planning process this year designed to develop an industry-wide plan for tackling the shortage of qualified installers in the industry.
FCLC also welcomes the Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA) as its newest association member. Based in St. Calhoun, Georgia, this newly formed industry trade association has a mission to establish standards to insure the performance and safety of polymer composite core products for indoor residential and commercial environments, as well as monitor compliance of its members’ products through third party certification of these standards. In addition, the association will actively promote sustainability throughout both the life cycle of the product and the supply chain.
FCLC’s next meeting will be held in August during the Certified Floorcovering Installers Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida.
About FCLC
The FCLC was established in 2015 as a coalition of flooring industry trade associations committed to identifying issue and developing solutions to the industry’s most pressing challenges. Currently, thirteen associations support the FCLC including: American Floorcovering Alliance, Inc. (AFA), International Certified Flooring Installers Associations Inc. (CFI), Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA), Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA), Marble Institute of America (MIA), Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA), North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD), North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA), National Institute of Certified Floorcoverings Inspectors (NICFI), National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), World Floor Covering Association (WFCA). For more information, visit www.fclcouncil.org.
Blochinger has been a flooring contractor for 35 years, and is also a forensic investigator of flooring failure, consultant, expert witness, and training instructor in addition to supporting a variety of industry organizations and initiatives. Blochinger will help lead FCLC through a strategic planning process this year designed to develop an industry-wide plan for tackling the shortage of qualified installers in the industry.
FCLC also welcomes the Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA) as its newest association member. Based in St. Calhoun, Georgia, this newly formed industry trade association has a mission to establish standards to insure the performance and safety of polymer composite core products for indoor residential and commercial environments, as well as monitor compliance of its members’ products through third party certification of these standards. In addition, the association will actively promote sustainability throughout both the life cycle of the product and the supply chain.
FCLC’s next meeting will be held in August during the Certified Floorcovering Installers Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida.
About FCLC
The FCLC was established in 2015 as a coalition of flooring industry trade associations committed to identifying issue and developing solutions to the industry’s most pressing challenges. Currently, thirteen associations support the FCLC including: American Floorcovering Alliance, Inc. (AFA), International Certified Flooring Installers Associations Inc. (CFI), Ceramic Tile Distributors Association (CTDA), Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA), Marble Institute of America (MIA), Multilayer Flooring Association (MFA), North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD), North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA), National Institute of Certified Floorcoverings Inspectors (NICFI), National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), World Floor Covering Association (WFCA). For more information, visit www.fclcouncil.org.
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