National Terrazzo Association Announces Job of the Year, Honor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2015
CONTACT: Richard Bruns, Executive Director
National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association
138 West Lower Crabapple
Fredericksburg, TX 78624
www.ntma.com
[email protected]
(800) 323.9736
(830) 997-3267
National Terrazzo Association Announces
Job of the Year, Honor Awards
NEW ORLEANS, La.—April 6, 2015—Corradini Corporation of Fountain Valley, Calif., has
been awarded the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association (NTMA) 2015 Job of the Year for its
terrazzo installation in the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The terrazzo industry’s highest recognition, the Job of the Year was announced April 1 at the
NTMA’s 92nd annual national convention in New Orleans, La. The winning project and 13
Honor Awards were selected from among 39 nationwide terrazzo projects submitted. The
judging by industry experts is based on design, scope and craftsmanship.
This year’s Job of the Year is a 24,000-square-foot public art project in the Phoenix airport’s
Terminal 3 train station. Designed by Diné (Navajo)/Acoma textile artist Janelle L. Stanley of
Chicago, the project was commissioned though the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public
Art Program with aviation percent-for-art funds. The designs, incorporating seven colors of
epoxy thin-set terrazzo and over 5,000 water-jet cut terrazzo shapes in five sizes, was inspired by
traditional Navajo weaving patterns.
“This project is a feat of master craftsmanship and achievement of design intent, demonstrating
the craftsmanship of the terrazzo contractor and illustrating the design flexibility of terrazzo as
an artistic medium,” said Richard Bruns, NTMA executive director.
This award is Corradini Corporation’s second consecutive Job of the Year, following the
recognition last year for an installation in Los Angeles International Airport. This award is also
the second Job of the Year for a public art project at Phoenix Sky Harbor, the 2013 prize going to
Advance Terrazzo of Phoenix for installations in the airport’s automated train stations.
2015 Honor Awards
Project
Vitae Restaurant, Manhattan, N.Y.
Terrazzo Contractor
Durite Concepts, Inc., Great Neck, N.Y.
Project
Terrazzo Contractor
Signature Engineering Building, Virginia
Tech University, Blacksburg, Va.
David Allen Company, Raleigh, N.C.
San Joaquin Community Hospital,
Bakersfield, Calif.
Corradini Corporation, Fountain Valley,
Calif.
Northrup Memorial Auditorium,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Advance Terrazzo and Tile, Phoenix
F.T. Bresnahan Elementary School,
Newburyport, Mass.
DePaoli Mosaic Company, Randolph,
Mass.
Outpatient Care Pavilion, Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Menconi Terrazzo, Bensenville, Ill.
The Vermont, Los Angeles
Corradini Corporation, Fountain Valley,
Calif.
DuPont Nemours Hospital, Wilmington,
Del.
Roman Mosaic & Tile Company, West
Chester, Pa.
Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake
City
Finn-Wall Specialties, Midvale, Utah
Biomedical Center, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michielutti Brothers, Eastpointe, Mich.
Dorman Early College & Career Center,
Roebuck, S.C.
David Allen Company, Raleigh, N.C.
Citrix Raleigh Headquarters, Raleigh,
N.C.
David Allen Company, Raleigh, N.C.
Soo Line Building City Apartments,
Minneapolis
Grazzini Brothers and Company, Eagan,
Minn.
ABOUT NTMA: The National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association is a 148-member, full service
nonprofit trade association headquartered in Fredericksburg, Texas. Founded in 1923, NTMA
establishes national standards for terrazzo floor and wall systems. Membership in the association
is limited to terrazzo contractors who meet rigid proficiency standards and participate in
continuing educational seminars conducted annually by the Association. Associate membership
is available to material suppliers whose products comply with the standards stipulated by the
Association.
About Terrazzo
Terrazzo flooring techniques originated in 15th-century Italy, a direct descendant of the mosaic
artistry of ancient Rome. One of the world’s original “green” building systems, terrazzo evolved
from the resourcefulness of Venetian marble workers as they discovered a creative reuse of
discarded stone chips. Terrazzo techniques were introduced to the U.S. in the 1880s by Italian
craftsmen. In keeping with its original premise of efficiency, terrazzo is still manufactured on the
construction site. Marble, stone or glass aggregates, which can often be sourced locally, are
embedded in an epoxy or cement base and polished. Terrazzo combines design flexibility with
ease of maintenance and durability to last the lifetime of the building.