Process units, utilities and plant infrastructure, from concept to completion.
Our engineers, designers, project managers and business experts bring multidisciplinary expertise to every part of a chemical project. Working closely together, we deliver from concept to completion, including process technologies, automation solutions and commissioning support.
Rice Brothers has spent decades in chemical plants, and we know what a live chemical site demands: strict permit systems, hazardous materials, tight turnaround windows and no room for shortcuts. Rice Brothers Canada brings that experience to Canada’s chemical and petrochemical producers.
Much of Canada’s petrochemical capacity sits in Alberta, around Edmonton and the Industrial Heartland and near Red Deer. Ontario’s Sarnia region and plants in Saskatchewan and Quebec round out the industry, and we serve all of them.
Process, utilities and everything that ties them together.
Basic chemicals to finished polymers.
Ethylene and other base petrochemical units, with heavy maintenance and periodic turnarounds.
Polyethylene and polypropylene plants and the utilities that feed them.
Nitrogen fertilizer plants and potash processing, with demanding piping and safety requirements.
Smaller batch and specialty plants where precision and cleanliness matter.
New low-carbon hydrogen and carbon capture facilities across Western Canada.
Cooling water, steam, chilled water and refrigeration. See HVAC & refrigeration.
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland is the centre of Canada’s petrochemical industry. We’ll go wherever your plant is.
Canada’s chemical industry is changing. New polymer plants, low-carbon hydrogen, carbon capture and expanded nitrogen fertilizer production are adding work across the West. These projects use the same building blocks we deliver every day: process piping, equipment setting, vessels, utilities, and electrical and instrumentation.
Whether you’re adding capacity, debottlenecking a unit or planning a new facility, we can carry the project from engineering through construction, then keep it running with our plant maintenance crews.
On every chemical project, documentation matters as much as workmanship. Material traceability, weld records, pressure test packages and turnover documentation give your operations and integrity teams what they need to start up safely and maintain the unit for years.
Quick answers to what clients ask us most. There’s more on our FAQ page.
Engineering, construction, maintenance and turnaround support for process units, utilities and plant infrastructure, including commissioning support.
Yes. Petrochemical and polymer plants are a natural fit for our multi-craft crews and our experience on live chemical sites.
Yes. We take on construction and maintenance at nitrogen fertilizer plants and potash processing facilities.
Yes. Commissioning support is part of how we deliver chemical projects from concept to completion.
Yes. See our Edmonton & Industrial Heartland page.
Yes. These facilities use the same process piping, equipment, and electrical and instrumentation work we deliver in chemical plants.
Tell us about the unit, the scope and the timing. We’ll put together the plan and the crew.