CAAN Fence Inc

CAAN Fence is a union fencing contractor in Dorchester that works the commercial side of the trade — ornamental steel, aluminum, vinyl, wood, wrought iron, chain-link, temporary fence and bollards for businesses, warehouses, construction sites and industrial facilities. The certifications are the part that stands up to checking. Massachusetts' Supplier Diversity Office has the company certified as an MBE, WBE and DBE under number 20120172, and the SBA's Woman-Owned and Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business certifications are both active into 2028. In a 2023 BBB story, president Carlene Damon described starting the business with her husband in 2012 as immigrants, going full-time in 2015 and becoming a union company in 2019. A May 2024 news article reported that clients rate her work highly and seek her out to meet diversity quotas on their jobs. Two things are worth pinning down on the phone. The company's own site and its BBB listing describe commercial and industrial fencing, while an emailed newsletter describes commercial, residential and industrial work — so if this is a house, ask straight out whether they take residential jobs and what one usually looks like for them. The site also claims over 30 years of experience, which sits oddly beside the 2012 founding date in the BBB story; ask what those 30 years cover. For a business property, a construction site, or a homeowner who gets a yes on residential work, this is a union shop whose certifications check out at both the state and federal registries. Get the scope and price in writing, and ask to see a couple of recent fence jobs nearby.