SPECIAL FEATURE
Pro-Tile and Marble ensures each
residential and commercial project
receives individual attention and focus
Florida Construction News special feature
Launched in 2014, Jacksonville
based Pro-Tile and Marble has evolved
into a well-rounded installation firm
with divisions in residential, commer-
cial and new home construction.

Based on skills in the trade passed
down from their father and after al-
most 15 years in the flooring industry,
brothers Chris and Nick Harrington
formed the company with two sim-
ple, but important goals: delivering
quality craftsmanship and an unri-
valled customer service experience
for each client.

Today, the company has expanded
into to pre-fabricated fireplace instal-
lations and veneer stone and brick
through its masonry division and
works on projects ranging from resi-
dential homes, new construction, of-
fice complexes, restaurants,
apartment buildings and industrial
flooring applications as well as cus-
tom marble designs. “We believe in
staying well diversified and that focus
has led our company into many dif-
ferent sectors of the construction in-
dustry,” says company president
Chris Harrington.

Based on the values that inspired
the formation of the company initially,
Harrington says the company fo-
cuses on providing value to clients by
educating them about doing any tile
or marble project the right way,
which seems to have been lost in
today’s get-it-done-at-all-costs project
environment. “What you cannot see and what is
underneath the tile and the prep work
that is performed is just as important
as the final finished product. Our goal
is to give our clients an exceptional
project that will last for years by hold-
ing our company to a higher standard
than our competitors through rigor-
ous company training and accounta-
bility.” The company manages the hun-
dreds of projects it takes on annually
through a team of seven full time em-
ployees and 10 full time sub contract-
ing crews used on a weekly basis.

Among the team’s past successes
was a project last year – the Nassau
County Sheriff's Office in Yulee, FL.

Here, Harrington says an extremely
tight deadline, combined with intri-
cate connection points through inter-
secting corridors and detailed
flooring patterns, made attention to
detail and experience in handling dif-
ficult sites critical.

For that project, as with all of the
work it undertakes, Harrington says
they work closely with each client to
fit their specific needs. “Each client
will have a different set of problems
or concerns and our staff has been
trained to address and create solu-
tions to these specific needs. We do
not work based on a one size fits all
scenario.” He says the company is able to en-
sure quality people on every job be-
cause of a low turnover rate due to
treating people and employees with
respect and giving them the tools
they need to succeed through ongo-
ing education in the flooring industry.

“We hire people based on their
specific skill set, and through multi-
ple testing procedures for the posi-
tion they are applying for, candidates
must be able to excel in our company
culture. We also hire people that are
like us, like family and this leads to
happy employees and a strong work-
force who like what they are doing.”
Pro-Tile & Marble is a member of
the North East Florida Builders Asso-
ciation and the National Tile Contrac-
tors Association. The company is
also a supporter of Builders Care in
Jacksonville which provides con-
struction services to the elderly and
less fortunate within the community
at no cost.

For more information, visit
https://pro-tileandmarble.com. 7949 Atlantic
Blvd #207
Jacksonville, FL
32211 904.731.6471
Florida Construction News — SPRING 2018 – 15