Online New Product Gallery
By submitting a product for the gallery, your company consents to the terms below.
Terms:
Products must qualify as new as defined below:
A product qualifies as new if it is manufactured or exclusively distributed by a company and was introduced to the marketplace since January 2021.
OFFICIAL RULES
Set forth below are a list of rules (the “Rules”) applicable to the Online New Product Gallery being sponsored by International Tile Exposition, a joint venture t/a Coverings (“Coverings”). By submitting any materials to Coverings for use with respect to the Online New Product Gallery (the “Materials”), you acknowledge and agree to each of the following terms:
You must be a Coverings 2022 exhibitor to enter new products in the Online New Product Gallery. If you submit more than one product into the online gallery, all rules below apply to all product entries.
The product must be new in 2021. “New” means the product must have been first sold at any level of distribution since January 1, 2021. All new product entries are subject to approval. Coverings reserves the right to remove/disqualify any product that it believes does not qualify as new.
The number of product submissions per exhibitor is limited to (7) seven.
There is no entry fee to submit a product for the Online New Product Gallery.
The Online New Product Gallery will be available online on the website and mobile app.
Coverings may in its sole discretion elect not to include a product in its 2022 Online New Product Gallery.
You grant a perpetual royalty free license to Coverings for the use of the Materials as part of the Online New Product Gallery.
Coverings may make any stylistic edits to submission entries that it deems to be appropriate, in its commercially reasonable judgement.
Any legal dispute relating to these Rules or the Online New Product Gallery will be resolved by Arbitration in Arlington, Virginia before a single arbitrator under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
In no event shall the aggregate liability of Coverings to you with respect to the Online New Product Showcase exceed $500.00.
In no event shall any joint venture member of Coverings have any direct liability to you with respect to the Online New Product Gallery with your recourse being limited solely to the assets of Coverings.
Wednesday, April 06, 2022: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker(s)
Description
When porcelain tile was first introduced into the International Building Code as an adhered masonry veneer in 2009, designers embraced the opportunity to use it, even with the code’s conservative size and weight restrictions. In the decade that followed, innovations in tile, setting materials, and labor resulted in larger and lighter tiles, stronger mortar, and specialty-skilled tile installers, effecting a need to revisit IBC’s requirements. This program will take a close look at these innovations in exterior tile assemblies and the initiative taken by industry organizations to propose revisions and successfully testify to the International Code Council in favor of allowing larger tiles on exteriors. It will also examine some of the challenges and critical points in the design and installation of exterior tile veneers as addressed in the ANSI standards and TCNA Handbook with respect to substrate requirements, mortar coverage, and movement joints. This session will examine several case studies of exterior tile projects.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, participants will know the newly updated building code language requirements governing the use of exterior adhered porcelain tile, as well as the original code requirements, and examine the differences and the factors leading to the change.
Upon completion, participants will know about the latest manufacturing and installation techniques for thin, ultra-large format gauged porcelain tile (GPT) panels, and how these GPT satisfies the new code requirements.
Upon completion, participants will be familiar with advancements to thinset bonding mortars including the introduction of a new mortar standard, ANSI A118.15 Improved Modified Thinset Mortar, and how these improved mortars contribute to the performance of exterior tile assemblies.
Upon completion, participants will understand how minimum mortar coverage requirements and the correct location of expansion joints contribute to the success of exterior adhered tile veneers.