National engineering firm RJC Engineers recently opened an office in Halifax and says the $215 million new mass timber manufacturing plant being developed in the area can provide many opportunities for players in the construction industry. “The local industry and all the jobs it will create and the availability of the products locally, I think there’s some great opportunity there,” said Andrew Bayne, managing principal for Toronto Structural and the overseeing leader of RJC Engineers’ new Halifax office. “We always support local industry and look forward to some collaboration with them once it’s built and up and running.” …“More and more focus has been out in Atlantic Canada where there is opportunity and local growth…so we’re out there more these days,” Bayne said, adding RJC just opened its Halifax office on April 3. “We’ve been servicing the region for 20-plus years but not necessarily had boots on the ground.”