satisfying for us to be able to go and see that and see how we’ve contributed to a successful mining operation.” Following the success of that project, CIF Construction has gone from strength to strength. According to Geoff, 2024 was “another really, really busy year.” “I would say the company is doing excellent, and we just keep seem to be getting these jobs,” Geoff says. Currently, CIF Construction is working with Skeena Resources Limited on their gold-silver mine Eskay Creek – they started there last spring and expect to be there for about three years. They are also working with Conuma Resources on their Quintette coal mine located near Tumber Ridge – they have been working there for almost a yearand-a-half now and they expect to be there until March or April. In 2024, CIF Construction also had a few jobs in the forest industry. Most notably, they built a chipping plant for Domtar - Paper Excellence in Port Mellon, BC, on the southern tip of the Sunshine Coast. That was “a really good project,” Geoff says, as well as a strong example of their company’s versatility. “We’ve been really busy, and I would chalk that up to the fact that we have a really diverse company that can do a lot of different things,” he says. “We’ve developed a good amount of return clients in a number of industries who keep in touch with us over the years and maintain us as one of their preferred contractors. I think that’s a big part of our success.” Geoff also credits the company’s success to the calibre of their team. Internally, CIF Construction has well over 100 direct employees, many of them longstanding. Geoff has personally been there over 15 years, and he says some other managers have been there even longer. FEBRUARY 2025
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