CIF Construction is a premium heavy civil contractor that has been delivering projects in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba – and exceeding their clients’ expectations in the process – since 1991. In recent years, they have been involved in some of the most complex and technically demanding mining projects in Western Canada, mostly working with repeat clients. Those repeat clients have come to rely on their unparalleled industry experience, their topof-the-line fleet, and their team of 100-plus longterm industry experts. For example, at the tail end of 2023, CIF Construction finished working on a massive expansion at the Gibraltar Mine with longstanding client Taseko Mines. There, they part of a massive expansion which included the building of a massive in-put crusher and primary crusher, among other works. That project took place over the course of approximately 19 months and involved a volume of 24,000 cubic metres of concrete. For the first three months, CIF Construction’s team worked “day and night” to complete construction of the in-put crusher foundations. That accelerated timeline allowed the client to quickly capitalize on the then-rising price of copper. “It was a great project,” says Geoff White, Construction Manager & Company Director. “And it was a complicated project, but we didn’t really have any problems. There were no hiccups to speak of. The result was a really happy client.” “For us, one of the cool things about it is that it’s a great big tall concrete structure, and you can walk out and you can look at it,” he adds. “It’s not underground. You can see it working. It’s very FEBRUARY 2025
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