INSTALL announces CIM scholarship program, new alliance partner

[Haddonfield, N.J.] INSTALL, in support of the Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association (FCICA), announced the creation of the INSTALL Certified Installation Manager (CIM) Scholarship Program. This educational opportunity was developed to support one hard working installation manager’s continued training and professional development. The $1,000 scholarship will allow a floor covering professional to enroll in and successfully complete this training. 

Criteria on which applicants will be judged upon in this scholarship program include: 
- Employer needs to be an INSTALL contractor. 
- Membership status and INSTALL certifications held by the applicant.  
- Reason for requesting the training.

Judges for this scholarship program include John McGrath, director of INSTALL, Tom Lutz, INSTALL Michigan and Kelly Fuller, FCICA. 

Deadline to submit an application is October 31, 2015. Those interested can submit an application here. Winners will be announced on November 6, 2015.

In addition, INSTALL announced three new flooring contractors have now achieved the status of INSTALL Warranty Contractor (IWC). The newest IWCs are American Floor Covering of Avon, Ind.; Tri-State Flooring, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and, Weiffenbach Marble & Tile Co., Clayton, Ohio.

INSTALL has also named flooring accessory company Lonseal Flooring as an Alliance Partners in its mission to improve installation training and certification standards across the floor covering industry.

Once a contractor has been named an IWC, it has the ability to carry the INSTALL Warranty on Labor. The recently expanded Warranty Program allows all IWCs to provide an additional, extended, free, non-proprietary and third-party installation warranty of $25,000 and two years. These new terms are five times the original warranty coverage and two times the original term.