What is Matting?

What is Matting?

Matting is a portable platform used by various industries on projects to create temporary roads or pad sites, connecting hard-to-reach areas. These paths allow equipment and people to move around the job site safely, making time on-site more efficient by reducing weather-related project delays, shielding equipment from damage, and protecting the environment.

Why Use Matting:

Minimize environmental impact

Our durable matting surfaces shield sensitive ecosystems from the weight of heavy construction equipment, promoting faster natural regeneration and facilitating a more sustainable construction process. This helps you, and the planet.

Enhanced Site Safety

Matting enables heavy equipment to distribute its weight, preventing potential unsafe operating conditions and wear and tear to the machines. Even weight distribution also helps avoid pressure points on the ground, protecting below ground utilities.

Avoid Weather Delays, Extend the Working Season

Unpredictable weather and heavy rains can create unsafe, muddy conditions, leading to equipment delays or shutdowns. Our access mats provide stability, preventing equipment from getting stuck, ensuring safe movement, and extending the working season by holding frost in the ground during spring thaw.

Optimize Efficiency and Stay on Budget

Ensure the success of your construction project by adhering to meticulously planned schedules. Our products significantly minimize project risks, preventing costly delays, reworks, and overruns. Access mats contribute to less downtime, maximize productivity, enhance on-site operations, optimize equipment efficiency, and reduce cost overruns. Keep your project on track and within budget by seamlessly integrating access mats across your job site.

Northern Mat & Bridge (NMB): Reliable. Efficient. Superior Quality.

As Canada’s premier access solutions provider, we specialize in manufacturing, delivering, and expertly installing high-quality access mats. Our commitment ensures your crews and heavy equipment can safely navigate to and from your job site daily.

Headquartered in Calgary, AB, we have equipment and crews strategically placed throughout the country. Combined with the large inventory of products we carry, it allows us to deploy our access mats quickly and cost-efficiently to job sites across North America.

Through our integrated, turn-key model, we optimize our services, providing competitive pricing and flexible choices such as rentals, sales, and leasing. Connect with our sales team today to explore your project needs, and together we can identify the best option for you.

 

Access Mats

We build a variety of access mats, also known as swamp mats, to enable crews and heavy equipment to move safely and efficiently around job sites.

Rig Mats

Constructed with a rigid combination of 6″ I-beam steel and wood, our rig mats are designed to endure the heaviest loads.

Crane, Timber, and Digging Mats

Crafted from top-grade hardwood lumber (No. 2 or better), our hardwood crane, timber, and digging mats offer an optimal surface for supporting excavations and the most robust equipment.

Why Northern Mat & Bridge Access Mats Excel

NMB mats are built to the highest quality standards and designed to last through the toughest environments and heaviest equipment. Our turnaround time is quick and delivery to site is efficient, saving our customers time and money. But how are we able to accomplish this? 

As a vertically integrated company, NMB manufactures its own mats, maintaining substantial inventory levels. This enables us to quickly fulfill client orders, ensuring they have access to the products they need without delays.

NMB-Owned and Operated Manufacturing Facilities

With two cutting-edge manufacturing facilities in Western Canada, NMB has the largest mat production capacity in the country. Our end-to-end process guarantees robust, high-quality mats that exceed national safety standards. Handling production in-house ensures a consistent supply, enabling swift and cost-effective shipping. Advanced automation allows us to produce custom mats with precision and efficiency.

Stringent Standards = Long Lasting Products

All our products adhere to rigorous standards, undergo thorough inspections, and endure rigorous testing to ensure durability against heavy machinery and harsh conditions. Our commitment extends to manufacturing bolted mats with an additional ply for added strength, ensuring clients receive a superior, safe, and enduring product—making it a wise investment.

Responsibly Sourced Timber

Leading the entire manufacturing process allows us to directly collaborate with suppliers, ensuring the sourcing of top-quality raw materials from ethical and environmentally responsible wood sources. We partner with companies dedicated to tree replenishment, including the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI®), and/or PEFC, The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). Our lumber is sourced directly from local British Columbia sawmills, fostering economic partnerships with Indigenous communities. Choosing NMB means supporting the responsible stewardship of First Nation fibre.

We understand the importance of protecting the planet, and we’re committed to supporting organizations and processes that ensure sustainable production.

Rent, Purchase or Lease—Options for Every Budget

Since 1999, we’ve supplied mats and bridges to various companies across North America, from government projects to private construction. We’re used to working with different funding models and financial situations. This is why we offer competitive rental rates, purchase prices, or lease-to-own options for our products.

Our expert team of estimators and project managers work closely with our clients to create a plan and budget that works within your budget while still delivering our exceptional product with unparalleled customer service.

Our Network

Northern Mat & Bridge is proud to be Canada’s largest, fully integrated, turn-key access solutions company. More locations mean more available products with lower transportation costs!