North American Energy Partners Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides mining and heavy construction services to customers in the resource development and industrial construction sectors, primarily in Western Canada. The company provides construction and operations support services of surface mines through all stages of an oil sands project's lifecycle. Its services include site clearing and access road construction; site development and underground utility installation; construction and relocation of mine site infrastructure; stripping, muskeg removal and overburden removal; heavy equipment and labour supply; material hauling; and mine reclamation and tailings pond construction. It also offers site development services for plants and refineries, including in situ oil sands facilities. North American Energy Partners Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Acheson, Canada.