For Contractors
& GCs on Government-Funded Projects
Often, General Contractors and Contractors on Government-Funded Projects are bound to an Indigenous participation commitment that requires tracking, reporting, and meeting a deadline. The number has to come from somewhere - and late in a project, materials are one of the few levers still available.
For Design Professionals
Architects, Designers, & Spec Writers
Design Professionals like Architects, Designers, and Spec Writers name the products during design, long before any contractor bids. These plans guide the entire project, from material acquisition through completion.
For Indigenous Communities & Partners
Indigenous communities,
First Nations & Indigenous-owned retailers
First Nations and Indigenous Communities have year-round flooring needs - housing, band offices, schools, community buildings - and many would prefer that spend stay within the Indigenous economy. Indigenous-owned flooring retailers and dealers, likewise, would rather stock their shelves from an Indigenous-owned wholesaler.
For Contractors
Indigenous participation commitments are not always easy to fulfill. One supplier decision can move your number. Kanien Surfaces is IBD-registered and independently verifiable, works with whatever installer you've already hired, and is non-exclusive by design: Kanien never restricts who does the work.
Where a project's Indigenous Participation Plan recognises spend with Indigenous suppliers, purchases from Kanien Surfaces can be applied toward that commitment.
We supply off-the-shelf, standard surfaces that can be provided rapidly, as well as custom-made flooring by order for larger projects with more complex or specific needs and preferences.
For Design Professionals
Kanien Surfaces offers full technical specification support and Division 9 documentation, samples shipped to your office, and a supplier who can advise on or customize the right product for each application.
Kanien Surfaces is IBD-registered and independently verifiable. Where a project's Indigenous Participation Plan recognises spend with Indigenous suppliers, purchases from Kanien Surfaces can be applied toward that commitment.
We supply off-the-shelf, standard surfaces that can be provided rapidly, as well as custom-made flooring by order for larger projects with more complex or specific needs and preferences.
For Indigenous Communities & Partners
Keep the spend in the circle. For communities: a supplier that understands why buying Indigenous matters, for the everyday projects as much as the big ones. For retailers: Indigenous-owned product on Indigenous-owned shelves strengthens your story as well as ours.
Kanien Surfaces is IBD-registered and independently verifiable. Where a project's Indigenous Participation Plan recognises spend with Indigenous suppliers, purchases from Kanien Surfaces can be applied toward that commitment.
We supply off-the-shelf, standard surfaces that can be provided rapidly, as well as custom-made flooring by order for larger projects with more complex or specific needs and preferences.