opportunities and benefits for Indigenous businesses. Prior to forming Indigenous Iron, Cody was working directly for a First Nation, running a subcontracting company that provided a variety of services and would help other contractors fulfill the Indigenous involvement requirements for federal and provincial projects. In 2021, that company turned into Indigenous Iron Construction when they teamed up with an investor and purchased hydrovac assets in order to contribute to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. They started working on that project with one hydrovac unit and ended up with 12. From there, the company progressed into providing street sweeping services, fill site managing services, and eventually land development services for First Nations groups. Indigenous Iron began with just Cody at the helm, but within the first year they added a CFO with growth and finance expertise. “Once I brought him on, we started to grow exponentially,” Cody recalls. The core team now includes 18 full-time staff, plus about 50 more people employed through partnerships and joint ventures. Their fleet has also grown to be extensive, and now includes everything from hydrovac units, street sweepers, bulldozers, excavators, and water trucks. Cody largely credits the company’s rapid rise to their early adoption of technology and a MARCH 2026
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