WORKING WITH YOU SINCE 1923!
| 1923 | Jean -Joseph Riverin starts his first company at 21 years old. His crews will be active in the first Alcoa installations in the Saguenay region; a couple of years later, they will work in the railway line construction between the Abitibi region up to Saguenay Lac-St-Jean. |
| 1943 | He registers his company under the name of Jean-Joseph Riverin Ltée, specializing in equipment rental. |
| 1944 | He starts Pic Construction, specializing in civil engineering work and commercial building. |
| 1950 | Jean-Joseph Riverin starts the ready-mix concrete activity by starting his first plant, Bétonnières d’Arvida; the second plant , Almamix is opened in 1955. |
| 1953 | Inter-Cité construction begins its road building and asphalt paving activities. |
| 1955 | The Groupe Riverin starts the operation of its first quarry near Chicoutimi, Quebec. Today, we operate numerous quarries and sand banks across the eastern part of the Province, including Quebec City, the North Shore and the Saguenay region. |
| 1975 | Inter-Cité wins its first major paving contract for the James Bay power dams access road. |
| 1978- 1990 |
Les Bétonnières de la Baie (1978), Bétonnières Lac St-Jean (1980) , and Bétonnières du Golfe ( 1990) are created. We now have concrete mixing plants in Arvida (Saguenay) , Alma, La Baie, St-Félicien, Sept-Îles, Rimouski, Cacouna and St-Pascal de Kamouraska.; we also own 2 mobile concrete mixing plants. |
| 1986 | Opening of Tuvico, a plant dedicated to precast concrete pipes, manholes and culverts manufacturing. |
| 1988- 1990 |
Inter-Cité expands toward Quebec City and Sept Iles, with the purchase of assets from Sablière Drapeau, Quebec Labrador Construction, and Napoléon Brochu construction. At this time, Inter-Cité starts working on major civil engineering and road building projects all across Quebec. |
| 1996 | Acquisition of Carrieres Québec Inc, which makes the group a major supplier of aggregates in the Quebec City region. |
| 1997 | the Groupe Riverin buys another pipe and culverts manufacturer’s assets, Fortier; this takeover now makes Fortier2000-Tuvico one of the largest manufacturer in its field in the Province of Quebec. |
| 2005 | Inter-Cité Construction is recognized as the 5th most important contractor in its field in the Province of Quebec. |
| 2006 | Inter Cité expands again with the acquisition of Dynamitage Lac- St Jean and starts to be active in drilling and blasting. |
| 2013 | Inter Cité acquires Les Finitions de Béton, (LFB), from Saguenay and Montréal, and starts working on concrete structures repairs and concrete floors finishing activities. |
| 2015 | Founding of Groupe Riverin Maritime, a company dedicated to sea shipping operations with its first vessel, the Jean Joseph. |
| 2017 | Groupe Riverin Maritime buys Atlantique Sous-Marine, a company specializing in barges and small tugs rental and sub-marine work. |
Today the Groupe Riverin is able to assist you in your infrastructure construction project in many profitable ways for you!