C&C #36: A Potash Pot of Port Money

Shovels went in Friday at Neptune Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver. Canpotex is putting $500 million of private money into rebuilding it, with 400 to 500 construction jobs on the North Shore through 2028.

Episode 36 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:

☕ THE BIG ONE: Canpotex breaks ground on a $500 MILLION rebuild at Neptune: new shiploaders, conveyors and a railcar dumper pit, with 85 to 90 per cent of the spending going to Canadian suppliers and contractors

🗳️ B.C. Votes, week two: Eby's new tax on unsold condos, Doerkson's no-new-taxes pledge, and new Conservative candidates

📉 Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock on why B.C.'s goods exports have fallen about 8% since 2017

🛢️ Smith and Ford in Calgary, and the West Coast Oil Pipeline deadline on Thursday

🚧 Where the work is: $38.5M for servicing in Beaumont, Alberta

Watch the whole show. It runs about ten minutes, and it's everything a builder needs to know this week.