Why choose a CFA Member

The Contract Flooring Association (CFA) was established more than 30 years ago and is the national representative employers’ organisation for the Contract Flooring Industry, representing all flooring installation formats from carpet, resilient and timber flooring to rubber, raised access, resin ancillary products and maintenance.

The objectives of the CFA are to promote the highest standards of professionalism, safety and training while at the same time providing essential services and expert information to ensure the quality and productivity of our members’ business.

Members of the Association include contractors, manufacturers, distributors and consultants – both large and small, operating from locations through out the UK. The CFA’s 460 strong membership now accounts for a large proportion of the UK’s total industry workload and is increasingly making its mark in Europe. The Association is the leading independent professional voice of the Contract Flooring Industry and is determined to become visibly more representative of the industry as a whole.

Flooring is an important part of most contracts these days and with more products to choose from than ever before getting the right advice has never been more important. Specifiers and main contractors need quality of service, installation and support information CFA members can provide. Consequently many public and private organisations and an increasing number of local authorities are now specifying that CFA members must be used.

The CFA provides members and their clients with a wealth of advice to assist with installation including:

  • Adjudication
  • British Standard Codes of Practice
  • Contractual consultancy
  • COSHH
  • Daywork Rates
  • Employment Law
  • Health and Safety
  • Insurance
  • Legal Services
  • Quality Standards
  • Taxation
  • Technical standards and problems
  • Training and recruitment

We regularly publish articles and support material on key subjects, either direct to members or via the Contract Flooring Journal. The support material includes:

  • Consultants code of practice
  • Disclaimer notices
  • Environmental policy
  • Equal opportunities policy
  • Health and safety policy
  • Installation on raised access floors
  • Recommended conditions of sale
  • Service contracts
  • Site conditions and attendances
  • Technical advice

The Association produces a directory of members for specifiers, main contractors and their clients.

In addition to providing up-to-date information through publications the CFA has various committees working on a national basis for the benefit of the industry as a whole and these include:

  • Adhesive Committee
  • Consultants Committee
  • Contractors Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Hardwood Committee
  • Manufacturers Committee
  • Past Presidents Committee
  • Publicity Committee
  • Textile Committee
There are also ten regional committees.

Each committee works to improve the contract flooring industry by providing members with the resources they need to be successful.

With this level of commitment from so many companies and individuals the CFA has a wealth of resources at its fingertips and it is this breadth and depth of information that makes it so much more than just a trade association.