New wallboard manufacturing plant under construction in southern Alberta
A groundbreaking ceremony marked the official start of construction for a new wallboard manufacturing plant in Wheatland County, Alta.
The $210 million facility will manufacture CGC's Sheetrock brand drywall, serving residential and commercial customers across western Canada.
According to USG Corporation CEO Christopher Griffin, the 220,000-square-foot plant, located on 214 acres three kilometres northwest of Carseland, Alta., was designed to be CGC's most environmentally friendly plant to date, featuring innovations that minimize water usage, energy consumption and waste.
The plant will also have an on-site solar field to generate clean electricity.
"This investment is driven by the long-term growth prospects in Canada, particularly the need for affordable housing," said Griffin.
"The Wheatland County plant is strategically located to serve the growing markets in western Canada."
The new plant will help streamline CGC's supply chain and meet the increasing demand for drywall in western Canada. Currently, Sheetrock drywall is shipped to the region from facilities in Ontario and Quebec.
Wheatland County Reeve Amber Link said the factory will do more than just supply jobs to the area, but broaden the county’s revenue stream as well.
"CGC's decision to locate here is a significant step in diversifying our local economy," Link said.
"This project will create hundreds of jobs and boost our tax base."
The provincial government's economic development agency, Invest Alberta, injected just over three million dollars into the planning and development of the project.
Invest Alberta CEO Rick Christiaanse said the investment aligns with both Alberta's affordable housing and economic goals.
"This project will shorten the supply chain for drywall, create jobs and support Alberta's housing market," Christiaanse said.
“We believe that we got to keep attracting more manufacturing into this province, and we see housing as one of the critical pieces to that for sure.”
Construction is expected to be completed in 2026, with recruitment for the over 100 permanent manufacturing jobs to begin in mid-2025.
The project is expected to create more than 200 jobs during the construction phase.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
![](https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.6939937.1719322184!/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.png)
One of Canada's most popular vehicles recalled over transmission issue; 95,000 impacted
One of the country's most popular vehicles is being recalled in Canada due to a transmission issue that may impact tens of thousands of drivers.
'We need to regroup,' says Liberal minister and Ontario campaign co-chair in light of byelection loss
A member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet and the party's Ontario co-chair for the next campaign says the Liberals 'need to regroup' after a shocking overnight byelection loss to Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives.
'Truly a great British Columbian': Former B.C. premier John Horgan has cancer again
Former B.C. premier and current Canadian ambassador to Germany John Horgan has been diagnosed with cancer for a third time.
Pre-med students can't take MCAT in Quebec because of Bill 96
Areeba Ahmed says she's always dreamed of becoming a surgeon but her road to the operating room has become a complicated one ever since Quebec's French language law came into effect.
Cup Noodles serves up notoriously poisonous pufferfish
Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous delicacy can easily cost up to 20,000 yen (US$125) at high-end restaurants.
RCMP, Manitoba Crown to update Carberry bus crash investigation Wednesday
Manitoba RCMP and the province’s Crown prosecution service will provide an update on the investigation into a deadly bus crash near Carberry, Man. one year ago.
Workers rescued after swing stage ropes break outside 56th floor of downtown Toronto hotel
Two workers have been rescued after some of the ropes holding up a swing stage atop a soaring downtown Toronto hotel broke.
'Not the result we wanted': Trudeau responds after surprise Conservative byelection win in Liberal stronghold
Conservative candidate Don Stewart winning the closely-watched Toronto-St. Paul's federal byelection, and delivering a stunning upset to Justin Trudeau's candidate Leslie Church in the long-time Liberal riding, has sent political shockwaves through both parties.
Former Ottawa deputy police chief charged with sexual assault
Former Ottawa police deputy chief Uday Jaswal has been charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident involving a female police officer under his supervision at the time. The assault allegedly took place in the workplace.