THE TILE ASSOCIATION
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TTA AWARDS 2010

The judging of the 127 nominations has started

The Tile Association wish to thank Premier Sponsors CP Group, Schlüter-Systems Ltd, Mapei(UK) Ltd, Pilkingtons Group Plc, Rubi(UK) Ltd and Fila Industria Chimica Spa; and award sponsors Weber, Rubi(UK) Ltd, British Ceramic Tile, Currency Matters Ltd, Lithofin, TAYLIST Media, PCI/BASF, Johnson Tiles, Schlüter-Systems Ltd, Rotozip, YELL.COM, Tile & Stone Jourbal, Contract/Retail Floors and BKU Magazine. “We couldn’t do it without you”.

This is the final list of nominations. The short list will be announced in March and the winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on 17th April

People

Best Newcomer (tile fixing trainee)

Craig Biggins of P Plunket Tiling Contractors Ltd and Northumberland College.

Niall Callahan of Kemtile Ltd

Best Tile Fixer

Jonathan Davies of J D Tiling.

Simon Pratt of Simon's Tiling Services

Peter Breathwick of Wilson & Wylie Contacts Ltd

Darrell Hawkins of The Mosaic Company Ltd

David Kletzien of Ron Oliver Wall & Floor Ltd

Business

Excellence in Independent Retailing

Natural Stone Emporium

MGA Tiles

Tiles Ahead Cwmbran

TileStyle

Studio Ceramics, Newark

Creative Stone & Tile

Middlesex Tile Centre

Excellence in Multiple retailing

N&C Tilestyle

Armatile Ltd

Boyden & Co Ltd

Reed Harris

Excellence in Tile Contracting

Kemtile Limited.

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd

Mosaic Restoration Co Ltd

Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd

Excellence in Distribution

The Mosaic Company.

Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd

N&C Nicobond

Ultra Tile

Minoli

Projects

Best Technical Use of Tile in a Construction Contract

Kemtile Ltd for NÖM Dairy, Telford, Phase 2.

Mapei (UK) Ltd and A De Cecco for Union Square, Aberdeen, Scotland

Mapei (UK) Ltd and P Plunkett Tiling Contractors for the Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Armatile, Armagh for the Orchard Leisure Centre, Armagh

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for Marianne North Gallery Refurbishment, Kew Gardens

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for Charles II Street, Haymarket, London

Kemtile Ltd for Staplemead Dairy, Frome

Berry Tiles Ltd for a private house in South West London

Best Use of Tile in a Domestic Environment

East Midlands Ceramics for Private house, Mapperley, Nottingham.

Natural Stone Emporium for Fitzpatrick House, Bramhall, Cheshire

AG Ceramics for Low Farm, Cottered

Berry Tiles Ltd for a private house in South West London

Aztec Design for Crimscote

Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd for Private House, Lakewood Road, Chandlers Ford

Swedecor Architectural Tile & Mosaic for Private House, London

Best use of Tile in a Large Construction Contract

Pilkington's Group plc for Kentish Town Health Centre, London.

Mapei (UK) Ltd and R W Tyler Ceramic Tiling Contractors Ltd for Punch Taverns Head Office, Burton upon Trent

Mapei (UK) Ltd and A De Cecco for Union Square,Aberdeen, Scotland

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Tilecraft Services for 1 Waterloo Street, Glasgow

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Nottingham Flooring Specialists for Sony Ericsson Offices, Coventry, UK

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Nottingham Flooring Specialists for Derby College, The Roundhouse Campus

Arena Tiling Limited for Torquay Community College

Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd for Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for Charles II Street, Haymarket, London

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for Westminster Kingsway Academy, Kings Cross Campus, London

Kemtile Ltd for NÖM Dairy, Telford, Phase 2.

TileStyle for Eircom Headquarters, Dublin

Harper & Edwards Ltd for Bank of Dubai

Goss Marble Trading for PH Mallorca

W B Simpson & Sons (Tiling) Ltd and Boyden & Co. Ltd for South Thames College, London

Best use of Tile in a Small Construction Contract

Parkside Tiles for Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London

Simon's Tiling Services for The Wood Yard & Wimpole House

Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd for Keble College, Oxford

CP Group for RAFA Remembrance Garden

Armatile Ltd for St Patrick's Church, Dungannon

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd and Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd for Marianne North Gallery Refurbishment, Kew Gardens

Goss Marble Trading Limited for RB & Grill, Liverpool

Kemtile Ltd for Staplemead Dairy, Frome

H & E Smith Ltd for Covent Garden Tube Station

Best use of Tile in a Housing Development

Pilkington's Group plc for Corner Farm, Rolleston

Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd for Brighouse Homes

Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd for Studland Dene, Alum Chime, Dorset

Goss Marble Trading for PH Mallorca

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for 10 Weymouth Street, London

Best use of Tile in the Leisure Industry

Pilkington's Group plc for Haverfordwest Leisure Centre, South Wales

P Plunket Tiling Contractors Ltd for Waves, Whitley Bay.

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Armatile for Orchard Leisure Centre, Armagh

Mapei (UK) Ltd and Tilecraft Services for Turnberry resort hotel

Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd for Uxbridge Lido

Berry Tiles Ltd for a private house in South West London

Swedecor Architectural Tile & Mosaic for David Lloyd Leisure, Eastbourne

Best use of tile by an Architect or Designer -

Aztec Design for Crimscote

H & E Smith Ltd for Pizza East London Project

Swedecor Architectural Tile & Mosaic for Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Armatile Ltd for St Patrick's Church, Dungannon

Marketing

Best Website

ULTRA TILE/Instarmac Group plc for www.ultratileadhesives.co.uk / www.instarmac.co.uk,

British Ceramic Tile for www.britishceramictile.com

The Mosiac Company for www.mosaiccompany.co.uk

Kemtile Ltd for www.kemtile.co.uk

The Great Northern tiling Company for www.gntc.co.uk.

Arena Tiling Limited for www.arenatiling.co.uk

Alton Tiles for www.englishhandmade.com

Boyden Tiles for www.tileexperience.co.uk

Building Adhesives Ltd for www.tilerworld.com

Fila Industria Chimica Spa for www.filachim.com

Excellence in Tile Industry Marketing

Kemtile Ltd for their overall marketing strategy.

Mapei (UK) Ltd for their POS Campaign in 2009

Mapei (UK) Ltd for The Solution is MAPEI

Weber for Launch of Weber Low Dust Technology

Weber for Tile Fixing DVD

Minoli for “ Delivering inspiration for 50 years”

Reed Harris for Introduction of e-newsletter

Products

Wall Tile of the Year

British Ceramic Tile for Turin Range

British Ceramic Tile for Granite Range.

British Ceramic Tile for Chambray Range.

British Ceramic Tile for Renaissance Range.

Johnson Tiles for The Illusion Range.

Johnson Tiles for The Onyx Range.

N&C Nicobond for Royale

Floor Tile of the Year

Pilkington's Group plc for Dorset Quarry Tile.

Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd for Pietra Di Borgogna (Burgundy Stone)

Gres Breda S.A. for Antica

N&C Nicobond for Ethno

British Overseas & Export Trading Ltd for Natural Slate

Best Natural Product

Pilkington's Group plc for Micro Mosaic.

Gres Breda S.A. for Antica

N&C Nicobond for Etna Lava

Goss Marble Trading Limited for Eros

Goss Marble Trading Limited for Artemis

Best New Innovation

ULTRA TILE/Instarmac Group plc for Level IT Smoothflow.

Mapei for Ultralite S1 Adhesive

Weber for Weber Set Rapid SPF now with Low Dust Technology

N&C Nicobond for Total Wetroom Solutions

Rotozip for X-Cores

Building Adhesives Ltd for BAL Variset XP

Environment

Best Initiative to Reduce Environmental Impact

Mapei (UK) Ltd for waste management..

Instarmac Group plc/ULTRA TILE for Continuing to raise the bar.

Arena Tiling Limited for Urban Planning Council Offices in Abu Dhabi

N&C Nicobond for N&C Ecoflex Carbon Neutral Adhesive

Fila Industria Chimica Spa for Fila Green Care