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// COMPANY DOSSIER

Rice Contracting Ltd.

Commercial general contractor offering general construction, design-build, and construction management across Greater Moncton, New Brunswick. A Butler pre-engineered steel building dealer specializing in industrial, retail/food-service, and institutional projects.

📍 Dieppe, New Brunswick, CanadaEst. 1992100% first-party verified
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// CLIPS FROM Rice Contracting Ltd.
Framework · 9:09
somebody gave me some good advice early on
Framework · 20:55
I think construction management is a bit more shared risk
Emotional · 54:18
we were really lucky that we were working with Crombie early on
Framework · 15:41
I would say construction management is a process
Story · 59:37
we have an agreement in place to acquire Rice Contracting
Hot take · 22:31
in the environment we're in now there are no low numbers
Story · 23:09
I remember submitting one thinking this is feeling your gut
Hot take · 48:44
what are your thoughts on the labor shortage and the current situation
Framework · 47:31
it's gonna be tough to price those though right
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// LESSONS FROM Rice Contracting Ltd.
Name the 10 clients you want, spend 80% of business development on them, and keep 20% of the door open.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
Early-stage contractors should chase opportunities to bid, not handouts — resilience and pestering earn the chance.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
Long-tenured superintendents are the culture: they onboard newcomers and recruit by telling people they are treated well.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
Construction management works when owner, design team, CM and lender collaborate transparently from project inception.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
When one sub bid lands far below the field, qualify the risk and make the client co-own the decision to take it.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
Sub-trade pricing validity has collapsed to days, making carried numbers in lump-sum bids a live risk to manage.
EP 63 · Rob Clinch
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// SELECTED PROJECTS
Holiday Inn Express Dieppe
Completed
Hotel · 425 Adelard Savoie Blvd, Dieppe, NB
General contractor
21,720 sq ft per the company. Operating hotel; build is complete.
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Riverview Town Hall
Completed
Municipal / institutional · Riverview, NB
Contractor
Featured first-party project; Riverview Town Hall is an operating municipal building.
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Caserne de Pompiers de Dieppe (Dieppe Fire Station / HQ)
Completed
Fire station · 1600 Dieppe Blvd, Dieppe, NB
Contractor
12,350 sq ft per the company. Address 1600 Dieppe Blvd is corroborated as an operating Dieppe fire station. Completion year not stated publicly.
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Tim Hortons & Shell, Dieppe
Completed
Retail / quick-service restaurant + fuel · Dieppe, NB
Contractor
Listed in first-party portfolio. Operating Tim Hortons/Shell site.
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Taylor Ford Lincoln
Completed
Auto dealership · 10 Lewisville Rd, Moncton, NB
Contractor
35,400 sq ft per the company. Operating dealership.
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KIA Moncton
Completed
Auto dealership · 55 Lewisville Rd, Moncton, NB
Contractor
13,700 sq ft per the company. Operating dealership.
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// KEY PEOPLE
JR
John Rice
Co-founder
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GC
Gary Chapman
Co-founder
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PV
Pierre Vautour
Superintendent
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// NOTABLE
Butler pre-engineered building dealer since 2002 and, per the company, the largest Butler dealer in Atlantic Canada.
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Founded in 1992 in Moncton by John Rice and Gary Chapman.
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Headquartered at 200 Acadie Avenue, Suite 100, Dieppe, NB E1A 6S1.
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