THE LNG ship Seri Bakti arrived at the Santos GLNG site at Curtis Island in September.

THE LNG ship Seri Bakti arrived at the Santos GLNG site at Curtis Island in September.

THE strangely named town, Prince Rupert, in Canada, is set to undergo an LNG construction boom like Gladstone.

The LNG plants will be built by Bechtel and in an interview with Prince Rupert's newspaper, Northern View, former Gladstone Bechtel manager Mellissa Case shed some light on what the town can expect.

Whatever you think about the Bechtel boom and what it did to this town, there were plenty of people who benefited from the fat stacks of cash being doled out.

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On the flip side, there were plenty of people who were forced to leave town, blew the cash or were squeezed out.

There hasn't been anything like the Gladstone LNG construction boom before and it seemed most involved were flying by the seat of their pants.

Here's a few things Bechtel manager Ms Case learnt from the Gladstone experience.

It's pretty simple, but Ms Case's advice for Prince Rupert was to start building housing as soon as the decision is made to start construction.

"As soon as an FID for a project is announced you'll start to have a housing problem," Case told the Northern View.

However she also said that any houses built 18 months after the initial decision to start construction would lead to an oversupply, which pushes prices down to the current levels we are seeing today.

Ms Case's last bit of advice for Prince Rupert, which is a port city in British Columbia and has a population of a little more than 12,000, was for Prince Rupert businesses to keep prices realistic and not to put a "local tax" on goods and services.

For some, Bechtel came and plundered while for others their bank accounts swelled and opportunities presented themselves.

What do you think? What advice do you have for the now-sleepy port city Prince Rupert?

Comment below.

Darren Dyason Be prepared for pure monetary greed that will be whipped up by the local real estates, commercial and rental landlords, it will totally screw up your town.

Sharlene Harrison Don't do it!

James Romire Wragg Brace yourselfs

Boynelocal - Boyne Island Don't let your council approve so many housing developments.

Mellissa Case ..Gladstone is fortunate to have such a large industry base that provides stable employment for so many people, invests so much money into the community and largely supports all of the local businesses in town. We take it for granted, and don't appreciate what we have. When I see people desperate to work, struggling every day to feed their families, local businesses trying so hard to keep their doors open and so much homelessness and poverty I have realised what a charmed life we have in Gladstone. Prince Rupert is a beautiful community full of amazing, positive people. I have completely fallen in love with this place and its people and will do anything I can to help them out. I am excited for this community's future and feel fortunate to be here to share lessons learnt from my home town and help navigate the community on their journey.

Lea Lee DO NOT DO IT!

Jim Motyer I can't believe all the narrow minded comments here ! Here is an intelligent, educated person sharing first hand experience on the potential benefits of this industry and yet so many people continue to be pawns for foreign funded propaganda and stick their heads in the sand !!!