“Britco’s success shows that our plan to attract investment in B.C.’s energy and resource sector will pay off in jobs and opportunities for citizens across the province.”

Premier Christy Clark today helped launch a $100 million project for BC based Britco, one of the largest modular construction companies in Canada.

The project involves Britco designing and building accommodations for a large workforce housing project in Northern Alberta for Devon Energy Corporation, a major oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The workforce accommodations will be comprised of over 1,500 rooms that will be built in Britco’s modular construction facilities in Agassiz and Penticton.

Premier Clark metabout 250 Britco employees, suppliers, and sub-contractors at Britco’s Penticton facility,

Earlier this year, Britco completed work on an 880 room workforce accommodation facility in the same region. Work on the new project will start in October of this year and the project is scheduled to be completed and fully commissioned in December of 2015.

“These types of housing projects are an important element in our business success”, stated Chris Seasons, President, Devon Canada Corporation. “In order to draw the best and brightest to work on our successful oil sands projects, we need superior accommodations. Britco delivered a quality product safely and on time. They are an excellent example of oil sands benefits flowing directly to the people and province of British Columbia.”

Large projects such as those for Devon have not only driven job growth at Britco across British Columbia but also have helped establish Britco as a leading provider of workforce accommodations in Canada. Britco’s workforce in BC has more than doubled in recent years and the company now has over 500 employees in Western Canada.

Britco is headquartered in Langley. Additional information about Britco is available at www.britco.com or www.weq.ca.