Indigenous majority-owned · Certified to Canadian standards · Canada-wide

Building Materials Supply for Canadian Projects


Building materials certified to Canadian standards for residential, commercial, and industrial projects — supplied direct from manufacturers to construction, infrastructure, public-sector, and First Nation builds.

Support Indigenous procurement weighting with an Indigenous majority-owned building materials supply partner.

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Indigenous Majority-Owned· Certified to Canadian Standards· DRIPA & UNDRIP-Aligned· RFP / Bid Support· Project Package Upload

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What we supply

Materials We Supply

Building materials certified to Canadian standards, quoted against your bill of materials.

CERTIFIED

Electrical

Wire, cable, armoured cable, fire alarm, data cable, boxes, fittings, and distribution accessories.
CERTIFIED

Mechanical & Plumbing

Pipe, valves, fittings, hangers, ducting, air handling, hydronic components, and insulation.
CERTIFIED

Structural & Civil

Structural steel, rebar and mesh, concrete and cement, aggregate, pipe and culvert, drainage, and site materials.
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FULL PACKAGES

Multi-Division Project Packages

Send your complete bill of materials. We quote across every division in one response, priced delivered to your site.

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Built for Project Buyers

We supply building materials for active projects, bids, and procurement packages.

TRADE

Trade Contractors

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GC

General Contractors

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EPC

EPCM Firms

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DEV

Builders & Developers

Source building materials for active and upcoming builds.

PUBLIC

Public Sector

Source certified building materials through an Indigenous majority-owned supplier.

FIRST NATIONS

First Nation Projects

Building materials for housing, community buildings, utilities, and infrastructure.

INDUSTRIAL

Industrial Buyers

Source building materials for upgrades, maintenance, operations, and expansions.

Industries served
Energy & Resources Fabrication Clean Tech Technology Defense Housing Healthcare Infrastructure Logistics
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Indigenous supply

Support Indigenous Procurement Weighting

Strengthen your RFP, tender, or bid with an Indigenous majority-owned building materials supply partner.

DRIPA and UNDRIP-aligned building materials supply for Canadian projects.

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Simple Project-Based Quoting

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Send your RFP, BOM, bid package, drawings, specs, or takeoff.

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We Review the Scope

We review products, quantities, certifications, project location, and bid requirements.

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We Follow Up

We follow up with next steps for your project quote.

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Certified

Building Materials Certified to Canadian Standards

Building materials for project-based quotes, certified to the applicable Canadian standard and documented on every order.

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Electrical

building materials for construction, infrastructure, commercial, and industrial projects.

ProductCommon Use
Wire and CablePower distribution and branch circuits
Armoured CableExposed, concealed, and tray applications
Fire Alarm CableFire alarm and control circuits
Data and Communications CableStructured cabling, voice, data, security
Boxes and EnclosuresDevice, junction, and equipment mounting
Fittings and ConnectorsCable entry, termination, and support
Distribution AccessoriesPanel, service, and site power components
SPECS WE REVIEW
Specification or spec sectionQuantityGrade or rating Certification requirementDelivery locationRequired date Bid closing date

Mechanical & Plumbing

ProductCommon Use
Pipe and FittingsDomestic water, process, and industrial service
Valves and ControlsIsolation, regulation, and system control
Ducting and Air HandlingSupply, return, and exhaust distribution
Hydronic ComponentsHeating and cooling distribution systems
Mechanical InsulationPipe, duct, and equipment insulation
SPECS WE REVIEW
Specification or spec sectionQuantityGrade or rating Certification requirementDelivery locationRequired date Bid closing date

Structural, Civil & Site

ProductCommon Use
Structural SteelBeam, plate, angle, and decking
Rebar and MeshReinforcement for cast-in-place and precast
Concrete and CementStructural, flatwork, and precast elements
AggregateBase, backfill, and concrete production
Pipe and CulvertWater, sewer, storm, and drainage
Geotextile and DrainageSeparation, filtration, and subgrade
Formwork and AccessoriesShoring, forming, and placement
SPECS WE REVIEW
Specification or spec sectionQuantityGrade or rating Certification requirementDelivery locationRequired date Bid closing date

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Project quote

Submit Project Package

Upload your RFP, tender, BOM, bid package, drawings, specs, takeoff, material schedule, or previous quote.

Two ways. Email your files to [email protected], or drop them here. Either way you receive a confirmation with a reference number.

Who we serve

Building Materials for Project Buyers

Building materials certified to Canadian standards for bids, tenders, RFPs, and active projects.

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Trade Contractors

Upload takeoffs, BOMs, and bid packages.

General Contractors

Submit material scopes for construction projects and active bids.

EPCM Firms

Send specifications, RFPs, and procurement packages.

Builders & Developers

Source building materials for housing, commercial, and mixed-use projects.

Public Sector

Use an Indigenous majority-owned supply channel for certified building materials.

First Nation Projects

Building materials for housing, community buildings, utilities, and infrastructure.

Industrial Buyers

Source building materials for upgrades, maintenance, and expansions.

Industries served

Building Materials Across Canadian Industries

ENERGY

Energy & Resources

Mining, oilfield, LNG, transmission, and generation. Heavy industrial materials, hazardous-location ratings, remote-site delivery.

FABRICATION

Fabrication

Input materials for fabricators and modular builders — plate, section, fasteners, consumables, and building systems for factory-built assemblies.

CLEANTECH

Clean Tech

Solar, wind, battery storage, hydrogen, and grid interconnection. Balance-of-plant and civil material supply.

TECH

Technology

Data centre and telecom construction. Power distribution, structured cabling, mechanical, and building structure at volume.

DEFENCE

Defense

DND facilities, bases, northern basing, and federal defence infrastructure. Cold-weather specification and remote delivery windows.

HOUSING

Housing

First Nations housing, apartments, townhomes, and residential development. Framing, envelope, mechanical, electrical, and finishes.

HEALTHCARE

Healthcare

Hospitals, long-term care, and health authority capital projects. Institutional-grade materials across every division.

CIVIL

Infrastructure

Roads, bridges, water, transit, and municipal works. Pipe, culvert, rebar, aggregate, precast, and site electrical.

LOGISTICS

Logistics

Ports, terminals, warehouses, rail, and distribution facilities. Structure, envelope, civil works, and building systems.

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Indigenous supply

Indigenous Majority-Owned Building Materials Supply

Support Indigenous procurement weighting in RFPs, tenders, bids, and Canadian project procurement.

DRIPA and UNDRIP-Aligned Procurement Support

We supply building materials certified to Canadian standards, aligned with DRIPA and UNDRIP procurement requirements.

Built for RFP Weighting

Upload your RFP, tender, bid package, or Indigenous procurement requirements. We review how to support the material supply portion of your submission.

Documentation Support

We provide quote records, product documentation, and Indigenous majority-owned supplier participation records for your project files.

FSI supports Indigenous procurement participation. Project owners remain responsible for legal, consultation, engineering, and project-specific compliance obligations.

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The company

Leadership, Advisors, and an Operating Team

First Supply Industries Inc. is an Indigenous majority-owned wholesale supplier of construction, industrial, and energy materials, incorporated in British Columbia and registered in the Indigenous Business Directory.

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Executive

George Gesic

Co-Founder & Chairman

Commercial direction, Nation and community relationships, business development.

George Gesic, Ojibwe Cree, has operated a construction business within Squamish Nation territory for thirty years, delivering residential, commercial, and industrial projects throughout the Pacific Northwest — from Bellevue, Washington to Whistler, BC. Alongside construction, George has spent the past twenty years managing Bitterly Divine, a Squamish Nation music group. The group has performed, liaised, and coordinated with global brands and governments encompassing First Nations government and economic development corporation fundraisers, conferences, and celebrations to national and international events such as NHL, CFL, Invictus Games, Vancouver 2010 Olympics, FIFA, and others. The group has shared the stage with Billy Idol, The Killers, Hootie and the Blowfish, and The Sheepdogs, among others. George is the Chairman and co-founder of First Supply Industries (FSI), the extension of both careers: three decades of construction relationships applied to the supply chain, two decades of coordinating governments, economic development corporations, and global brands applied to how FSI builds and holds its own relationships. First Supply Industries provides building materials for building Nations. Every project supplied is also a project in a network — of communities, contractors, and Nations — that FSI works to strengthen and connect. That work carries forward what came before it, and moves it further. George establishes and supports youth and Elder programming across communities and Nations, focused on life skills, self-reliance, and the connection between generations that keeps a community capable of carrying itself forward. Materials are the mechanism. The communities, relationships, and capacity they build are the point.

Andrew Ayres

Co-Founder & CEO

Partnerships and strategy, supplier network, finance and compliance.

Andrew Ayres was born in Squamish, British Columbia, to a family of first responders, tradespeople, and engineers, and came up through the trades, fitting pipe in northern Alberta and working underground in an Arctic mine at nineteen. A move into renewable energy took him into Indigenous economic development: first on biofuel systems that turned regenerative agriculture into renewable natural gas, then in Native American economic development in Arizona and the Southwest United States across health care, wellness, and entertainment. Back in Canada he founded and led a banking-as-a-service platform built to support Indigenous inclusion with financial institutions and government partners, covering international payments, capital formation, ESG investing, and public-private partnerships. Several years as a private adviser to capital deployment groups followed, in correspondent banking, international finance, and private equity. He has over a decade in project origination, Indigenous economic development policy, and cross-border partnerships. At First Supply Industries his focus is deal structuring and building verifiable procurement channels that connect overseas manufacturers, investors, and distributors to Canadian government and enterprise buyers.

Vanessa Lewis

Chief Administrative Officer

Administration, contracts, and the operating file on every quote and order.

Vanessa Lewis, Ojibwe Cree, brings two decades in human resources, administration, and Indigenous program leadership. Most recently she was Senior Director of the Training and Trades Centre at Squamish Nation, where she created the department to develop construction trades training and job placement programs, secured and administered provincial and federal funding, and built workforce development programs and partnerships across government, industry, and community. At First Supply Industries she runs administration, contracts, and the operating file on every quote and order.

Advisory board

Matt Vickers, CET, LL.D. (Hon.)

Advisor, Rail & Infrastructure Finance

Matt Vickers, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian, and Haida, has run businesses for forty-four years across First Nations art, technology, and management consulting. He is Partner and CEO of Generating for 7 Generations, a rail project, owner of Vickers & Associates, a management and financial consultancy, and Chairman and CEO of NorthernNations Cooperative. He was Provincial Director of Aboriginal Services and a Partner at Meyers Norris Penny until 2009, and before that a Senior Manager at Royal Bank Financial Group, where he built the bank’s Aboriginal Banking program. He sits on the Board of Governors of Simon Fraser University, advises the Auditor General of British Columbia as an external thought leader, and is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Circle of Advisors at Honoring Nations Canada. He holds two honorary doctorates and received the Province of British Columbia’s End Racism Award in 1999. He lives on shíshálh Nation lands in Sechelt.

Tamara Goddard, MBA

Advisor, Indigenous Economics & Policy

Tamara Goddard, of Saulteau First Nation in northeastern British Columbia, has spent more than twenty years on the economics between Indigenous nations, governments, and industry. She is CEO and co-owner of Four Our Future, an Indigenous-owned firm that builds strategic plans, business plans, and community economic development models for Indigenous governments across Canada. For ten years before that she was President of Mahigan Research and Development Inc., with clients including Squamish Nation, Musqueam Nation, shíshálh Nation, the Assembly of First Nations, and Aboriginal Tourism BC. She is a Partner in Pemmikan Technologies Ltd. and served on the board of 221A from 2023 to 2026. She has authored national papers on blockchain and web3 applications for equitable distribution of wealth and resources and incubated 400 Drums. She holds an MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership from Simon Fraser University.

Chief Gibby Jacob, Kákeltn Siyám

Advisor, Nation & Government Relations

Chief Gibby Jacob is a Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Nation and has served the Nation in leadership roles for more than forty years. He sat on the final presentation team that won Canada the 2010 Olympic Games in Prague, served as the VANOC board representative for the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations through the planning and delivery of the Games, negotiated the Olympic Legacy agreements that secured Whistler-area lands for both Nations, and brokered the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler. He provides direction and liaison on special projects and negotiations between governments, stakeholders, partners, and the Nation. He received the 2017 Indigenous Business Award of Distinction, the BC Aboriginal Business Lifetime Achievement Award, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Senate 150th Anniversary Medal, has twice been named to Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50, and serves on the advisory board of Affinor Growers.

Goodloe E. Byron Jr.

Advisor, Investment Management

Goodloe E. Byron Jr. is the founder and Managing Director of Potomac Asset Management Company, a private equity investment adviser.

Kevin McNulty, MBA

Advisor, Waste to Energy

Kevin McNulty is Chief Executive Officer of Dynamis Energy, an Eagle, Idaho technology company that builds fixed and mobile waste-to-energy plants converting municipal, medical, and agricultural solid waste into power, with projects in development in Europe, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Before Dynamis he was Managing Director of AMP Ventures, sourcing and structuring investments in clean and renewable energy companies for the firm and its co-investors; Managing Director at Leaf Clean Energy and Energy & Climate Advisors, where he co-managed the joint-venture management company and the company’s IPO; Vice President at Webster Management Consultants, developing equity investment and acquisition opportunities; and Director at InterGen, where he established operations to develop power projects in the Southern Cone of South America. He holds an MBA from IESE and studied at the University of Houston. He is based in Houston.

Yoga Yogendran

Advisor, Clean Energy & Supply

Yoga Yogendran has spent twenty-seven years developing and deploying energy-efficient and clean-energy systems, from passive buildings to carbon-neutral net-zero communities. He is Executive Vice President and Technology Officer at Avro Technologies. Earlier he was Research Director at BC Hydro, a manager with the National Research Council of Canada, and founder of the Centre for Clean Energy Research at UBC, after starting out as a civil and electrical engineer in Calgary and Vancouver. At First Supply Industries he advises on clean-energy systems and the qualification of manufacturers for the supplier network.

Operating team

Estimating

Scope review, takeoff reconciliation, and the priced quote by division.

Procurement & supplier network

Manufacturer and distributor relationships across every division; certification per product line.

Logistics & delivery

Carrier arrangements, staging, and delivery to site, including remote, northern, and camp locations.

Compliance & documentation

Ownership verification, IBD confirmation, and the procurement file attached to every quote and order.

Partners: EPC+F groups with completed projects in Asia and the Americas; a qualified manufacturer network; Nation and community partners.

Contact

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Project Quotes

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Indigenous Procurement

For DRIPA and UNDRIP-aligned procurement support and RFP weighting.

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PHONE
778-887-7910
WEBSITE
www.firstsupplyindustries.com
LOCATION
West Vancouver, BC, Canada