Woodfibre LNG Construction Project Hits 70% Completion Milestone

Woodfibre LNG's construction site on the opposite side of Howe Sound in southwestern B.C. has reached a significant milestone, with the project now 70% complete.

The site, located seven kilometres south of Squamish, stretches along a tidy gravel road and can be difficult to appreciate from afar due to its forested surroundings.

However, upon closer inspection, the sheer scale of the project becomes apparent. The site is home to massive steel frames housing complex networks of pipes, pressure vessels, compressors, and cryogenic cooling units that will take natural gas originating from northeastern B.C., treat it, and freeze it into liquid form.

Woodfibre CEO Luke Schauerte led Postmedia on a tour of the site and highlighted the recent progress made. 'It's a fun part of the project where you actually see those modules come in,' he said. 'It starts to bring the site to the shape and size of what it's going to look like.'

The construction site is currently occupied by 1,300 workers who live on two bright white-painted ferry ships converted into a temporary community, known as 'floatels'. Along the basin, a small forest of cranes are busy driving pilings for floating storage tanks.