Nearness to growing Asian gas markets propels just announced final investment decision on 190-acre new export complex at Prince Rupert, B.C., port site.
Brian Witte was just a freshman in high school when he launched his infrastructure career. “It was a small town in Iowa, and the teacher’s neighbor was the town engineer for a dozen communities,” recalls Witte, vice president of construction engineering for Parsons Corp. “They needed help.
Quebec $2.9B project would produce 70,000 tons annually by 2028, while the B.C. project, valued up to $7B, would be one of the largest Indigenous energy projects in Canada.
As cost and schedule pressures rise, controversial B.C. megaproject, set to commission in 2025, awaits key government ruling before reservoir filling can start this fall.
Winding along the edges of steep slopes deep in the eastern forests of British Columbia, a stretch of Highway 1 offers stunning vistas for commuters and visitors as they traverse Kicking Horse Canyon.
Massive flooding that paralyzed British Columbia in November caught the province unprepared in more ways than one, with under insurance emerging as a major issue.
Officials and contractors in British Columbia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington state push to reopen, repair and add resilience to battered highways and flood defenses after a month of repeat storms.
Joint partners Fluor and JGC will begin construction on a $40-billion liquefied natural gas export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia, following a final decision Oct. 1 to build the facility, which will move Canadian natural gas to Asia.