Architectural Flooring Resource, Inc.

About Company

Architectural Flooring Resource

Established in 1993 by Catherine Leidersdorff, AFR is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE). AFR is a full service national commercial flooring contractor specializing in furnishing, installing and maintaining a wide variety of flooring products. AFR is bound by flooring professionals that have been in the business for years. Not only are they experts in the performance of all realms of flooring, but they are also on top of the latest trends, the top sellers and hot new products that architects and designers crave.

At AFR we pride ourselves on professionally consulting with our clients in the specifying process. We offer not only the newest, sharpest products, but flooring that is performance specific to the level of wear and tear our clients predict. We have the experience and the resources to provide flooring solutions that deliver the vision of Architects, Designers and End Users.

INC 5000

AFR was featured on Inc.com as one of America's fastest growing private companies in 2007!

Inc. 5000 (www.inc.com/inc5000/)

Architectural Flooring Resource: No. 2,497

Industry: Construction
Founded: 1993
Growth: 140.0%
Employees: 13

Why it's growing: After serving Apple and Nine West stores nationwide, and completing eight floors of the United Nations building, networking is the primary factor driving the company's growth.

What's noteworthy: Since 2002 the company has adopted a policy of recycling all carpet, contributing to LEED Certifications that have quickly gained popularity with the rising trend in green building design.

We are associated with or are members of:

USGBC

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices. USGBC is composed of more than 13,500 organizations from across the building industry that are working to advance structures that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work. Members includes building owners and end-users, real estate developers, facility managers, architects, designers, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, product and building system manufacturers, government agencies, and nonprofits.

WBENC

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

StarNet

Starnet is a commercial flooring cooperative comprised of locally owned, full service commercial flooring contractors located throughout North America. Together, these independent flooring contractors form a powerful organization capable of handling all commercial flooring needs.

National Wood Flooring Association

The NWFA is a non-profit trade association.

Certified Floorcovering Installer

Founded in 1993 with total membership of more than 14,000 qualified installation specialists internationally.

National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.

Providing a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses is the primary objective of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, one of the country's leading business membership organizations. It was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

The NMSDC Network includes a National Office in New York and 39 regional councils across the country. There are 3,500 corporate members throughout the network, including most of America's largest publicly-owned, privately-owned and foreign-owned companies, as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions. The regional councils certify and match more than 15,000 minority owned businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American) with member corporations which want to purchase goods and services.

Interface Diversity Connect

As a corporate member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), Interface, Inc. is afforded a great opportunity in redefining its corporate role as an industry leader in social sustainability. A component of this role is called Diversity Connect (TM). Through this program Interface, inc. and its business units Bentley Prince Street and InterfaceFLOR Commercial have a vision to develop innovative supplier diversity solutions for its customers while increasing business opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses (SMWBE) that provide innovative, high quality, cost-effective solutions that add value to the supply chain process.

Port Authority of NY & NJ

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages and maintains the bridges, tunnels, bus terminals, airports, PATH and seaport that are critical to the bistate region's trade and transportation capabilities.