Penticton manufacture to reopen next week

Britco Construction’s shuttered Penticton operation is set to reopen next week following successful company restructuring.

A downturn in the Canadian oil industry created difficulties for the modular construction company.

But Britco Construction has signed a major contract to provide permanent school expansions around the province, prompting renewed work at their South Okanagan site.

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A job fair continues at the company’s Penticton facility from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Forty new employees will be brought in on top of ex-workers who will be re-hired, communications and marketing manager Meghan Cairns said.

Britco Construction is also building modular residential buildings, which Cairns said are built 30 per cent quicker through their pre-fabricated methods.

Triple M Modular Ltd bought Britco Construction this month.

The B.C. company specializes in hotels, townhouses, apartment buildings and permanent offices built in their controlled off-site construction facilities in Agassiz and Penticton.

Britco’s leasing division and mobile buildings were bought by Black Diamond Group in April.