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2025 Hardsurface Award Winning Projects
Unique Special Award – YVR Duty Free Shop 3
Aligned Floor Covering Inc.
Architect: Grout McTavish Architects Inc.
Trade Contractor: Aligned Floor Covering
General Contractor: PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc
Material Supplier: Marazzi Tile USA
Owner: Avolta/Dufry
Restoration Award – Vancouver Aquarium Water Feature
Custom Building Products & Huard Duncan Group
Trade Contractor: Huard Marble and Tile
General Contractor: Huard Marble and Tile
Owner: Vancouver Aquarium
Material Supplier: Custom Building Products
Residential Award – The Quiet House
Schluter Systems & Campbell Brothers Tile
Architect: Studio North
Trade Contractor: Campbell Brothers Tile
Owner: Cheryl Ryan
Material Supplier: Schluter Systems and Ames Tile
Technical Product Application Award – Robert Lee YMCA
Schluter Systems &Apex Granite & Tile
Architects: Carscadden Stokes McDonald
Trade Contractor: Apex Granite and Tile
Owner: YMCA
Material Supplier: Schluter Systems
Terrazzo Award – FortWhyte Alive
TC Floors West
Architect: Stantec Architecture
Artist: Anishinaabe creator Cheryl Wirch
Trade Contractor: TCF West Inc
General Contractor: PCL Constructors Canada Inc
Owner: FortWhyte Alive
Material Supplier: Domus Terrazzo Supply Co.
Historical Award – Revillon Boardwalk
Ames Tile & Stone & XMG Commercial Floor Coverings
Architect: Dialog
Trade Contractor: Xebec Marketing Group (XMG)
General Contractor: PCL Constructors
Owner: Allied Reit
Material Supplier: Ames Tile and Stone
Manufactured Tile & Slabs Award – Jilani Place
Ardex Americas & Score & Snap Inc.
General Contractor: Area Construction
Designer: Sensyst - The Business Interior Group
Trade Contractor: Score & Snap & Tango Flooring
Owner: The Jilani Group
Material Supplier: Ardex Americas
Judges Award of Merit – South River Jewel
Schluter Systems & WNA Tile & Design
General Contractor: WNA Tile and Design
Designer: Nu Floors
Trade Contractor: WNA Tile and Design
Owner: Paul Asari
Material Supplier: Schluter System and Prosol
Project of the Year – Robert Lee YMCA
Schluter Systems & Apex Granite & Tile
Architects: Carscadden Stokes McDonald
Trade Contractor: Apex Granite and Tile
Owner: YMCA
Material Supplier: Schluter Systems
TTMAC Updates
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Summer Newsletter – 2025
A Letter From Our New President I didn’t set out to work in tile. After earning a degree in Interior Design, I took a summer... -
03/16/2023 in Headlines
Annual Golf Tournament – Vancouver
This year's tournament will take place on July 14, 2023 at the Pagoda Golf Course. This event sells out FAST each year; make... -
03/15/2023 in Headlines
Stone Tech 2023
The TTMAC and Stone Tech Canada signed a partnership agreement for the TTMAC to be the Principal Sponsor of the Trade Show,... -
03/17/2023 in Headlines
Annual Golf Tournament – Toronto
This year's tournament will take place on July 5, 2023 at the Kaneff Lionhead Gold Club. This event sells out FAST each year;...
Upcoming Events
| Board of Directors Meeting 27 Nov 2025, @8:00am Toronto |
| TTMAC 23rd ANNUAL SOCIAL NIGHT 27 Nov 2025, @6:00pm Woodbine Racetrack,Toronto |
| StoneTech Canada 2026 – The Stone, tile & Technology Expo 06 May 2026, @8:00am The International Centre, Toronto |
Stoneology - Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Stone 101: Stone Quarrying, Selection, Selling & Proper Application
- Regions that quarry the stone
- Technical characteristics of the stone
- Sealing, installation and maintenance
- Contemporary applications and uses in design
Stone 201: Stone Testing, Specifying, Fabrication and Installation Recommendations
- What machinery is used for fabrication
- Basic edge details and finishes
- Applications and uses in design
- Installation and stone testing issues
Care and Maintenance of Stone
- Basic types and characteristics of stone
- Choosing the right sealer for the right type of stone
- How to solve and prevent some common installations problems
Green Issues of Natural Stone
- What is LEED
- What are the environmental categories
- How materials contribute to LEED.
- How stone, tile and decorative products are used in green buildings
Dimension Stone
- Cladding
- Installation techniques
- Installation systems
- Specifications
Demo article
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Specification Addendums
DCOF Testing
New Requirements, New Method and New Threshold for Coefficient of Friction (COF) on tile.
Dynamic Coefficient of Friction, or DCOF, is often mistakenly portrayed as the sole indicator of a surface’s slipperiness. While DCOF can be helpful in assessing slipperiness, the measurement of DCOF by traditional means does not consider many aspects relating to traction and the DCOF value does not indicate where a product should be used, which is fundamentally important to tile purchasers. To provide a better assessment of traction and better communicate product use, the most recent version of ANSI A326.3, American National Standard Test Method for Measuring Dynamic Coefficient of Friction of Hard Surface Flooring Materials, includes a mandatory requirement that hard surface flooring products be classified into one or more of five new “product use classifications” listed in Table One of the standard.
Descriptions for each of the five product use categories defined in Sections 4.1.1 through 4.1.5 of A326.3, as well as the “possible areas of use” for each section, are excerpted below:
| a. INTERIOR, DRY | 0.42 |
| b. INTERIOR, WET | 0.42 |
| c. INTERIOR, WET PLUS |
0.50 |
| d. EXTERIOR, WET | 0.55 |
| e. OILS/GREASES | 0.55 |
TTMAC now offers this testing service in our Concord Ontario office and laboratory
Testing is conducted with the BOT 3000E and is called the DCOF AcuTest. The BOT 3000E is a type of Tribometer which measures the parameters such as frictional forces, coefficient of friction and the effects of lubrication.
Standard Testing conducted will be Wet Dynamic Coefficient of Friction. Also available, for an additional fee a Dry Dynamic Coefficient of Friction can be conducted. This is not required by ANSI A A326.3 – 200 but could be helpful for comparison purposes when the tile is used in wet versus dry applications.
Click here to download the Request Form.
Universal Floor Tester
TTMAC UNIVERSAL FLOOR TESTER
A method to test long-span joists, underlayment, bonding material, tile, and grout was required. There was also a need to test a concrete understructure/base. In order to test anti-fracture membranes and the result of concrete cracking, it was necessary to design a split slab method. The Universal Type Floor Tester was designed to meet all of these requirements. This tester can slowly open a split the slab or it can be set to fast acceleration. The new design allows for suspended floors to be assembled and tested at almost any given length and construction height up to 1,015mm (40"). Engineered wood assemblies with spans up to 4,573mm (15') or even longer can now be tested, and valuable data such as curvature of the span, deflection, twisting, and vibrations can all be monitored. Post-tension and pre-stressed slabs will be able to be tested fully suspended under the carriage of the tester. The split slab mechanism capability of the tester is specific to this tester and is not known to be duplicated by any other testing apparatus currently available. Revenue gained by our Association will allow us to increase expenditures on Research and Development and provide the ability to produce accurate specification guides Concrete Substrate Only.Tile -12mm+ quarry tile, 7mm+ pocelain tile or packing house tile Concrete Substrate Only. Tile -12mm+ quarry tile, 7mm+ porcelain tile or packing house tile. Concrete Substrate Only. Tile -12mm+ quarry tile, 7mm+ porcelain tile or packing house tile. Installation -309F2002, 310F2002, 311F2002.
Click Here to download the Floor test request form.
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The Universal Floor Tester is a unique machine. This machine is a redesign of the Robinson type Floor Tester and is capable of carrying out the test for an ASTM C-627 designation. The ASTM test is designed to verify the suitability of a flooring system for a particular type of installation. The test method consists of preparing installation slabs that duplicate the type of installation under consideration, subjecting them to one or more tests, and evaluating the results in a prescribed manner. This test method provides a standardized procedure for evaluating performance of floor tile installations under conditions similar to actual specific usages.
