LNG and export terminals on the coast, mills and processing plants in the interior, and industrial and data center work in the Lower Mainland.
British Columbia’s industrial base is spread out. The north coast around Kitimat and Prince Rupert is home to LNG export and port terminals tied to natural gas from the Montney. The interior, from Prince George to the Kootenays, runs on pulp, paper and wood products mills, mining and mineral processing. The Lower Mainland around Vancouver has manufacturing, food processing, water infrastructure and a growing number of data centers.
Each region calls for a contractor who can plan for long distances and difficult access, work within BC’s safety and permitting requirements, and staff several crafts on site. Rice Brothers has completed complex EPC projects in remote and challenging locations, and Rice Brothers Canada brings that experience to BC.
Northeast BC, around Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, has its own page: Grande Prairie & the Montney.
Engineering, construction and maintenance under one contract.
Three very different regions, one contractor.
Process facilities, storage, utilities and maintenance for LNG and bulk export terminals on the north coast.
Mill maintenance, shutdowns, process piping and capital upgrades across the interior.
Mills and processing plants at mine sites in the north and the interior.
Power, cooling and mission-critical construction for data halls. See data center services.
Processing plants built to code, with sanitary piping and refrigeration. See food & beverage.
Treatment plants, pumping and storage for towns, cities and industry. See water & wastewater.
Coastal and northern sites often depend on long highway hauls, barge or ferry access, and short weather windows. We plan logistics, material staging and crew travel before mobilizing, and we build weather allowances into the schedule.
BC has its own workplace safety regulations and trade requirements. We confirm the requirements that apply to each site before work starts. Every worker completes company orientation, Basic Plus+, site-specific orientation, pre-employment drug and alcohol screening, respirator fit testing, a medical evaluation and physical, and NCCER or equivalent industry certification before starting work.
In the Lower Mainland, projects are often in busy, active facilities where noise, access and neighbours matter. Our planning covers those constraints as carefully as the technical scope.
Industrial projects in BC also tend to involve more stakeholders than in other provinces, from municipalities and regulators to First Nations whose territories include many industrial sites. We work within the plans and commitments the project owner has made, including local hiring and procurement targets where they apply, and we keep communication open with everyone who has a stake in the site. Combined with careful planning for access and weather, that approach helps projects in BC start on time and stay on schedule.
Across all three regions, clients get one point of contact in our Calgary office, a superintendent on site who runs the job, and crews who self-perform the major crafts. That keeps communication simple, even when the site is a long way from anywhere.
Yes. LNG and export terminal work, including process facilities, storage, utilities and maintenance, fits our scope, and our midstream experience covers much of the same equipment.
Yes. We take on mill maintenance, shutdowns, process piping and capital projects across the interior, from Prince George to the Kootenays.
Yes. We deliver mission-critical data center EPC, including power, cooling and commissioning. See our data center page.
Yes. Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and the BC side of the Montney are covered on our Grande Prairie & Montney page.
We plan barge, ferry and highway logistics, material staging, crew travel and accommodation before mobilizing, and build weather allowances into the schedule.
Yes. We plan each project around the provincial requirements that apply to it, along with the owner’s site program and our own training requirements.
Tell us where the site is and what it needs. We’ll plan the access, the crew and the schedule.