Our story
A local company built on hard work and doing it right.
Kanigan Construction is Drew Kanigan's company, and it started the hard way.
Drew grew up in Merritt, BC, where he worked as a wildland firefighter for several years during and after high school. He came to Victoria to attend the University of Victoria and earn a civil engineering degree. To pay his way through university Drew built a pressure-washing business and worked every spare hour he had. The goal never changed: start a construction company and build it properly.
Today that's exactly what he's doing. Degree finished and years of experience later, Drew runs Kanigan Construction as a locally owned excavation and site-work company serving Greater Victoria & Southern Vancouver Island.
It's a young, hardworking crew, and the reviews keep saying the same thing: we show up, we communicate, and we don't leave until the job is done right.
The Kanigan Construction crew.
How it started
It started with a pressure washer
Kanigan Construction didn't start with excavators. It started with a pressure washer and a small trailer behind Drew's Prius, hustling evenings and weekends to pay his way through school. Every job went back into the next one: a bigger truck, a bigger rig, and eventually the machines to take on excavation and site work. The way we work hasn't changed. Work hard, go above and beyond, get the job done right, and earn the next one.
What we stand for
- 01 Degree-backed
- A civil-engineering background behind every machine. Work planned and built to last.
- 02 Hard-working
- Dawn till dark. We don’t stop until it’s done right.
- 03 Honest
- Clear communication, fair pricing, and exactly what we said we’d do.
- 04 Local
- Victoria is home. We know the Island’s soil and slopes.
How we work
Our commitment to safety and the environment
Our work comes with real responsibility, both to the people on site and to the ground we live on. We take both seriously.
SAFE Certified
BC Forest Safety Council
NSC Certified
National Safety Code
WorkSafe BC
Registered & fully insured
BC Hydro
Prequalified contractor
Occupational First Aid
Level 1 & 2 + transport
Civil Engineering Degree
Held by the owner
S-100 Wildfire Trained
Former wildland firefighters
We also look after the ground we work on. We recycle concrete and debris where we can, control erosion and sediment, and protect existing trees and neighbouring property.
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