Product Solutions + Guide Specifications + Industry Methods = Permanent, Problem-Free Flooring Installations

“When in Rome”….speak Italian, it is the only way to discover the true experience of the Eternal City.  

When working with Design Professionals (Architects / Specification Writers) speak their language; it will improve everyone’s experience. After all the funding, designing, semantics, and site development there comes a time when you just need to describe the specific elements that make up the building. This is where knowing what language to speak comes in very handy. Narrowed down to the basics, Design Professionals require three solutions:
1.)  What products are best suited for the applications.
2.)  How to properly detail/draw the best method for the applications.
3.)  How to properly specify those products and methods.

It is important to understand that Architectural Firms earn 65% of their income from preparing Construction Documents which include, Product Selection, Drawings and 3-Part Specifications. A great resource is McGraw-Hill, Keys to Success Sales and Marketing Strategies: Building Product Manufactures.  By supplying the design professional with product selection, working drawings (based on industry methods) and 3 Part Specifications MAPEI becomes the Tile, Stone, Resilient Flooring, Carpet and Wood flooring supplier of choice. 

What makes Guide Specifications and CAD drawings so useful to the design professional is that they are based on industry standards which allow Architects to develop solutions for specific applications with confidence.  MAPEI utilizes flooring industry methods and standards such as The Tile Council of North America’s (TCNA) Handbook for Ceramic, Glass and Stone Tiles. National Wood Flooring Industry (NWFA), Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), and the American National Standards Association.

MAPEI Technical Services develops:
-Appropriate product selection solutions based on common applications and industry methods
-Clear, AutoCAD drawings showing the placement of those products within the common application  and industry methods
-Clear, concise and current CSI 3-Part Specifications to document both products and standards.
-Ultimately Design Professionals can improve quality, save time and reduce liability by specifying flooring installations systems using Guide Specifications and CAD drawings.

Refer to the CAD and Specs Architectural section from our MAPEI Americas website when specifying your next project.