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Your flooring solution: Erv Parent Co. Ltd. creating high-performance environments
Your flooring solution: Erv Parent Co. Ltd. creating high-performance environments, one project at a time
By Jillian Mitchell
Sustainability, durability, beauty and comfort underfoot – such are the guiding principles of floor-covering distributor The Erv Parent Co. Ltd. Since 1958, the family-owned company has diligently provided quality flooring solutions to the healthcare, education, institutional and commercial markets, which has, in turn, earned them a reputation as Western Canada’s leading floor-covering distributor.
Founded in Seattle by Mr. Erv Parent, the company of the same name was established in Canada in 1958 and became one of the largest commercial flooring installation company’s in British Columbia. Nonetheless, a new company direction would be introduced in 1968 that witnessed the company’s evolution into distribution.
“There’s been lots of growth since the ’60s,” acknowledges Shawn Rust, who came on with the company in 1984 to work in sales and administration. “We now distribute commercial flooring across Western Canada and east to northern Ontario.”
Today, quality and integrity continue to govern each business interaction, says Rust of the company that distributes high-performance, resilient flooring products out of their five Canadian locations: Delta, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg.
As Rust insists, the company’s flooring solutions combine “the best in function, colour and design, environmental performance and safety.” Add to that, the Erv Parent team is always available to as-
Adore Touch click-plank. Mondo Harmoni Commercial flooring.
sist clients in the selection process. It’s a win-win, says Rust.
Popular for the distributor and their clients is Tarkett iQ sheet flooring and XFTM linoleum products, Altro Safety Flooring and Walling, Mondo Rubber Commercial and Sports products, and Adore Touch click-planks, all of which come in a multitude of dynamic colours and styles and offer easy maintenance, no requirement for initial surface treatment, and a reduced use of water and detergent.
Many of the company’s British Columbia school clients prefer the Tarkett twomillimeter homogeneous sheet floors (iQ Optima, iQ Granit, Melodia and Aria, to name a few) as well as the nature-inspired Harmonium XFTM, a natural, durable floor covering made from rapidly renewable resources such as wood, cork flour, limestone and linseed oil. Mondo Rubber Sports flooring is popular in multi-purpose gymnasiums, as well.
“Most of our products are no-wax products requiring no finish or polish for the life of the floor. Many districts are starting to go this direction,” he says. “It prevents most kinds of chemicals going into the water system – and maintenance time is reduced, as all the floor needs is a scrub and dry buff.”
Recent clients’ projects include School District No. 39 (Vancouver), which opted for the Tarkett Harmonium XF and Mondo Commercial Rubber products,
Tarkett Optima flooring.
and School District No. 53 (OkanaganSimilkameen) with Tarkett iQ Optima and Melodia in their new high school in Oliver, to name just a couple. As Rust confirms, plans for the future include continuing their 47-year membership with EFMA to keep up with current and prospective clients’ needs and wants.
“Joining EFMA in 1966 was the best way for us to get together with the school maintenance people in one spot,” Rust concludes. b
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