The Tile Association 10th Anniversary Awards
The winners - The award winners celebrated here are the very best in the industry in their particular field.
The Tile Association Awards are the “Oscars” of the wall and floor tile industry and this year is the association’s 10th anniversary. For the 2010 awards The Tile Association received a record 127 nominations across the 21 categories. Outstanding contribution to the industry
This prestigious Award recognises an extraordinary contribution to the wall and floor tile industry. Past winners have been Cyril Potter, Spencer Ford, Kenneth Forbes, Mike Wheat, Jim McNaughton, Brian Newell and Bill Walters. Mr. Bob Howard, Managing Director Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd Bob Howard has spent his entire working life in the tile industry, beginning as an old fashioned indented apprentice tile fixer learning his skills at Manchester College of Building. His early days were spent on the tools, but as his career developed not only was he fixing tiles, but with his passion for training already developed, he was teaching tile fixing at Manchester College. He progressed up through the ranks to Contracts Manager and then moved down south, where he was employed by one of the larger London contractors. He progressed to Contracts Director whilst in his first stint at this business. He left that company but returned seven years later to take over as Managing Director. He was the last Chairman of the National Master Tile Fixers Association and went on to chair The Tile Association for a two year period. He has chaired the Training Committee since TTA was launched, represents the industry on many committees involved in improving standards in training and he represents the UK on the European Fixers Association. People Best Newcomer (tile fixing trainee
The winner - Niall Callaghan of Kemtile Limited
“Niall has shown a keen aptitude in all the different aspects of the work he has encountered and is maturing into a very good tradesman”. Highly Commended
Craig Biggins of P Plunket Tiling Contractors Ltd and Northumberland College.
Best Tile Fixer The winner is Peter Breathwick of Wilson & Wylie Contacts Ltd “Peter is one of only two tilers piloting the Master Craftsman scheme. “Peter is one of the best tilers that I have come across in 45 years.” Finalists are:
Jonathan Davies of J.D. Tiling.
Darrell Hawkins of Tilewell Ceramics
David Kletzien of Ron Oliver Wall & Floor Ltd Business Excellence in Independent Retailing The winner - Natural Stone Emporium
An impressive selection of natural stone can be found in this recently opened showroom. Beautiful limestone, granite, slate, marble and travertine in a multitude of colours and finishes. The finalists:
Creative Stone & Tile
Tiles Ahead Cwmbran
TileStyle Excellence in Multiple Retailing The winner - N&C TileStyle
The range attracts customers seeking products with design and flair at an affordable price. The N&C TileStyle ‘buying experience’ makes choosing wall or floor tiles easy and ‘de-mystifies’ tile buying. The finalists:
Armatile Ltd
Boyden & Co Ltd
Reed Harris Excellence in Tile Contracting The winner - Mosaic Restoration Co Ltd
The successful restoration or conservation of an existing mosaic can be assured due to the company’s thorough understanding of traditional fabrication, installation and maintenance techniques. The finalists:
Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd
Kemtile Limited
Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd Excellence in Distribution The winner - Ultra Tile
Instarmac pride themselves on offering ‘on time and uncompromised deliveries’. Their Ultra Tile delivery guarantee is within 48 hours to anywhere in England and Wales. The finalists:
Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd
N&C Nicobond
Minoli Environment Best Initiative to Reduce Environmental Impact The winner - Mapei (UK) Ltd for “Waste Management”.
During 2009 Mapei UK has taken steps to significantly increase recycling and in turn dramatically reduce the amount of material submitted to landfill. The finalists:
Arena Tiling Limited for Urban Planning Council Offices in Abu Dhabi
Instarmac Group plc/ULTRA TILE for “Continuing to raise the bar”.
N&C Nicobond for N&C Ecoflex Carbon Neutral Adhesive Marketing Excellence in Tile Industry Marketing The winner - Minoli for “Delivering inspiration for 50 years”
Working closely with the Minoli team, “brand experience” agency LloydNorthover developed the new brand identity, visual language, brand signature “The Surface Within” and the message “Be Inspired”. The finalists:
Mapei (UK) Ltd for their “Integrated POS Campaign”
Mapei (UK) Ltd for “The Solution is MAPEI “
Reed Harris for “Launch of e-newsletter” Best Website The winner - British Ceramic Tile Limited for www.britishceramictile.com
The website incorporates new branding and provides site visitors with a more intimate view of the business through both the written word, still and video imagery. The finalists:
ULTRA TILE/Instarmac Group plc for www.ultratileadhesives.co.uk/ www.instarmac.co.uk,
Boyden Tiles for www.tileexperience.co.uk
Building Adhesives Ltd for www.tilerworld.com Products Wall Tile of the Year The winner - the Royale Range from N&C Nicobond
Royale has the opulence and beauty of natural stone with the benefits of ceramic; colour consistency, size regularity, ease of fixing and ease of maintenance. Finalists:
The Chambray Range from British Ceramic Tile Limited
The Renaissance Range from British Ceramic Tile Limited
The Turin Range from British Ceramic Tile Limited Floor Tile of the Year The winner - Natural Slate from Unicom Starker, imported by British Overseas & Export Trading Ltd
This is an extraordinary product where digital ink jet technology has been utilised to reproduce a product that is visually undistinguishable from a natural slate tile. The finalists:
Antica from Gres Breda S.A.
Ethno from N&C Nicobond
Burgundy Stone (Pietra di Borgogna) by Marazzi Best Natural Product The winner -Etna Lava from N&C Nicobond
This natural product is a unique fusion of glazes in their natural tracery of the lava, creating unique and unrepeatable glints, shadows and textures with no two pieces alike. The finalists:
Artemis from Goss Marble Trading Limited
Eros from Goss Marble Trading Limited
Micro Mosaic from Pilkington's Tiles Group plc. Best New Innovation The winner is BAL Variset XP from Building Adhesives Ltd
Variset XP is the only adhesive to give the user the ability to precisely control the working and setting times in any temperature. The finalists:
Total Wetroom Solutions from N&C Nicobond
Ultralite S1 Adhesive from Mapei
X-Cores from Rotozip Projects Best Technical Use of Tile in a Construction Contract The winner - NÖM Dairy, Telford, Phase 2 by Kemtile Limited.
The fully vitrified hexagonal tiles were laid straight onto prepared slabs using a thin bed epoxy resin. The tiles had to be laid to the same tight tolerances as a vibration fixed ceramic floor. The finalists:
Charles II Street, Haymarket, London by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd
Marianne North Gallery Refurbishment, Kew Gardens by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd.
Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary by Mapei (UK) Ltd and P Plunkett Tiling Contractors. Best Use of Tile in a Domestic Environment The winner - Private house, Mapperley, Nottingham by East Midlands Ceramics.
Ceramic tiles are at the heart of this grand design. In this five bedroom luxury home ceramic tiles are used throughout to create a wonderfully elegant interior. The finalists:
Fitzpatrick House, Bramhall, Cheshire by Natural Stone Emporium.
Private house, Chandlers Ford by Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd.
Private house, South West London by Berry Tiles Ltd. Best use of Tile in a Large Construction Contract The winner - Union Square, Aberdeen by Mapei (UK) Ltd and A De Cecco Ltd.
Professional installation and project management ensured that the venture was not only completed on schedule but also to the high standard that this prestigious new build required. The finalists:
Charles II Street, Haymarket, London, by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd
Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh by Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd
NÖM Dairy, Telford, Phase 2 by Kemtile Limited. Best use of Tile in a Small Construction Contract The winner - St Patrick's Church, Dungannon by Armatile Ltd
The Celtic weave design starts at the altar encompassing the Greek Alpha and Omega symbols it was laid out in the Armatile factory to ensure accuracy before delivery to site. The finalists:
Keble College, Oxford by Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd
Marianne North Gallery Refurbishment, Kew Gardens by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd and Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd
Staplemead Dairy, Frome by Kemtile Limited Best use of Tile in a Housing Development The winner - Studland Dene, Alum Chime, Dorset by Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd
This project showed the versatility of Global Ceramic Tiling Ltd with its varying sizes and types of
tiles and their ability to complete on time, on budget and to the high standard required. The finalists:
Brighouse Homes by Craven Dunnill & Co. Ltd
Corner Farm, Rolleston by Pilkington's Tiles Group plc
10 Weymouth Street, London by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd Best use of Tile in the Leisure Industry The winner - Uxbridge Lido by Wilson & Wylie Contracts Ltd
Being the local tiling contractor, Wilson & Wylie have been involved with the Uxbridge Lido project for some considerable time, stretching back to the initial design and budgeting phase. The finalists:
Orchard Leisure Centre, Armagh by Mapei (UK) Ltd and Armatile Ltd
Private house in South West London by Berry Tiles Ltd
Waves, Whitley Bay by P Plunket Tiling Contractors Ltd Best use of tile by an architect or designer The winner - St Patrick's Church, Dungannon designed by P&B Gregory Architects
The design detail involved in the overall renovation meant that the floor needed to be equally spectacular. All of the features were created using Armatile’s water-jet technology. The finalists:
Crimscote designed by Aztec Design
Pizza East London Project designed by Michaelis Boyd
Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi designed by Jestico & Whiles For the full report with photos of all the winners click here
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