DTCI Completes District of Kitimat Industrial Land Study (2025)
DTCI was engaged by the District of Kitimat to develop an Industrial Land Strategy to ensure that Kitimat has an adequate supply of light industrial and serviced commercial land to address current and future needs, while supporting economic growth in the community. The scope of the study included an assessment of market supply and demand, a review of applicable municipal policies and regulations, and the development of recommendations for the implementation of the Industrial Land Strategy. The DTCI project team included Philip Davies, as Team Leader; Eric Aderneck, as Senior Planner; and Darryl Anderson as Senior Consultant. Licker Geospatial Consulting provided mapping and GIS analysis for the project.
For this study, businesses were classified into two categories:
- “Other Wholesale and Retail Goods and Services”, which support regional light industrial or commercial businesses and/or provide consumer-oriented goods and services; Growth in this sector is challenging due to slow population growth and competition from Terrace-based businesses.
- “Heavy Industry-Supporting” which mainly supply goods and services to heavy industrial clients such as Rio Tinto Alcan and LNG Canada. This sector in Kitimat has been revitalized by significant capital investments including the Kitimat Modernization Project, Kemano T2 Project, LNG Canada, and current construction on the Cedar LNG project.
The study identified challenges in ensuring an adequate industrial land supply for these activities and developed an 8-point implementation plan which was presented to District Council in November 2025.
DTCI Completes District of Kitimat Industrial Land Study (2025)
DTCI was engaged to identify and assess transport-related business development opportunities for Tiičma Enterprises and economic development opportunities for the Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’ / Che:k’tles7et’h’ First Nation (KCFN). The Consulting Team included Ray Freeman, Darryl Anderson, and Philip Davies.
Tiičma Enterprises is the wholly-owned economic development corporation of KCFN which was established following implementation of the Maa-nulth treaty in 2011 to manage and operate the KCFN’s businesses, and to provide entrepreneurship support and resources for members of the Nations interested in starting or growing a business venture. The company’s portfolio includes aggregates, forestry, fisheries, mariculture, tourism, hospitality, and retail.
KCFN is a First Nations government based at Kyuquot, located on the outer coast of Kyuquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Transportation infrastructure is a major challenge. Kyuquot is accessible via a provincial Forest Service Road to Fair Harbour and water taxi to Kyuquot; or via a weekly multi-stop ferry service from Gold River.
The consulting team undertook extensive interviews with Tiičma business managers, KCFN community leaders and external stakeholders to benchmark existing supply chain processes and identify potential synergies among Tiičma business enterprises, including Tiičma Hospitality, Tiičma Fisheries, Tiičma Forestry and KCFN Lands and Resources. Recommendations for improving Tiičma/KCFN logistics capabilities included enhanced in-house expertise & training; centralizing resources by pooling logistics, warehousing, and transportation assets across businesses; gradual investments to minimize risk and align resource allocation with actual business growth and demand: and implementing centralized logistics and fleet management systems to optimize routes, schedules, and resource allocation. Potential improvements to provincially funded transportation infrastructure and services to improve road and ferry access were also highlighted.
DTCI Completes Ko’Kwel Facility Rehabilitation and Improvement Project Market Study (2025)
DTCI led this project in collaboration with Burns & McDonnell for the Coquille Indian Tribe and Mith-ih-Kwuh Economic Development Corporation, operating as Tribal One. Tribal One received a federal grant under the Fiscal Year 2023 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD), for improvements to an existing wharf in Coos Bay, Oregon. The primary goal of the project was to evaluate the market impact of the fully rehabilitated wharf and to forecast potential cargo volumes and revenues based on historic Coos Bay marine traffic volumes and potential additional traffic from new regional developments. The consulting team also developed a design concept and cost estimates for an Upland Cargo Storage Facility.