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O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 www.resourceworld.com 65 OIL & GAS "We're just trying to ensure the com- munity is ready for it." With support from the Haisla First Nation, other players are weighing in on the project. The LNG Canada consortium has named Japan Gas and Fluor corporations as its engineering, procurement and construction contractors, and companies such as Horizon North [HNL-TSX] have begun work in the neces - sary infrastructure. Rod Graham, Horizon North's President and CEO, said in an interview that "all the right participants" are at the table, includ- ing the First Nations partners his company has worked with since it was spun off of Mullen Transportation 12 years ago to take advantage of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, providing barges, camps, cater - ing and matting. He said the company he has headed for the past four years now has partnerships with 24 Indigenous groups and is well positioned in BC's "Golden Triangle", Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Terrace and Kitimat, where the company has leased 57 acres of land owned by the Haisla for a $40-million development ($25 million invested to date) that will include a modular camp and offices, along with a hotel and retail sector. "It's fully serviced and ready to go," said Graham, adding that work on a 275- man site is expected to start soon. The company has "full turnkey capa - bility" and, while there is risk associated with the FID, "There's always that risk and I'm paid to manage risk," he said, acknowl- edging that only two industrial camps are permitted so if there is a favourable FID "no one else gets in" and if there is not, then the gear will go to one of the com- pany's 42 other projects. Graham has also been impressed with the "strong support" for the project in Kitimat. "From my perspective the mayor and council are pro-business. They're great to work with," he said, as have local First Nations leaders, who are supportive of an industry they know will bring jobs and money to their people. "The Kitimat people are quite enterpris - ing and hard-working, and LNG Canada has done a superb job of educating and engaging the community. You couldn't find a better consortium." Graham Construction & Engineering is no latecomer to the project either, said its Director of Pre-construction, Energy and Environment, Shane Nickolson. He said Shell engaged the firm, one of Canada's largest general contractors, to provide bud - geting advice five years ago, and he believes his company will continue to have a role. "Right from the earliest days we have been supporting Shell's efforts to get the project off the ground," he said, adding that they have also worked on joint ven - tures with area First Nations, helping them with training and readying the commu- nity for the benefits that would accrue if the LNG project gets a green light. "We've been heavily busy in the area." Nickolson said with the LNG project providing 10% of the world's LNG supply, this would go a long way toward putting Canada on the map and positioning BC as a 'gas bridge' between oil and the energy continued on page 69