Fabricating and Installing a Mill Expansion in Northern BC
Omineca Industrial builds the conveyors, structures and machine installations that mill expansions run on.
Northern BC forest products operations · Prince George, British Columbia · 2026-07-28
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Project overview
Most mill upgrades are not a single purchase — they are a chain of fabrication, civil work and installation that has to fit the building already standing. Omineca Industrial works that middle layer: shop fabrication, field welding, machining and installation across debarker lines, edger lines, kiln track and biomass drying. This story shows what that looks like from footings to commissioning.
- Scope
- Fabrication, machining and field installation
- Region
- Northern British Columbia
- Project types
- Debarker line, edger line, kiln track, biomass dryer
- Vendor
- Omineca Industrial
Shop fabrication tied to field measurements
Equipment ordered for an expansion rarely lands in a clean greenfield. Omineca fabricates conveyors, chutes, screw feeders and supporting steel in the shop against measurements taken from the existing line, so field time is spent installing rather than reworking.
Civil, mechanical and mechanical-install in one scope
Projects like kiln track replacement involve concrete, structural steel and precision setting of the track itself. Keeping those inside one contractor's scope means the mill is not managing the seam between a civil contractor and a millwright crew.
Built for the shutdown calendar
Northern BC mills schedule major mechanical work tightly around shutdown and seasonal windows. Omineca staffs for short-turnaround field work and trade coverage during maintenance and breakdowns, in addition to full turn-key installations.
Equipment overview
What the project used, with full specs on each listing.
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