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Rigmats

Rig Mats for Construction, Oilfield & Industrial Projects

A stable work surface is essential for maintaining safe and efficient operations in challenging environments. At Benoit Rentals, we provide rig mat rentals in Alberta for construction, oilfield, pipeline, and industrial projects that require reliable ground protection. Our rig mats create a durable foundation that helps equipment operate safely while minimizing damage to the surrounding ground.

Whether you’re building an access road, supporting heavy equipment, or preparing a stable base for tanks and work areas, our rig mats are designed to perform in demanding conditions. They are easy to transport, quick to install, and provide a practical solution for projects where ground conditions are uneven, soft, or difficult to access.

From short-term projects to long-term developments, Benoit Rentals supplies quality rig mats backed by dependable service and flexible rental options.

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Durable Rig Mats for a Wide Range of Applications

Our rig mats are engineered to provide a strong and stable working surface for heavy equipment and vehicles operating in rugged environments. They help distribute weight more evenly across the ground, reducing rutting and improving site accessibility. This makes them an excellent choice for projects where protecting the ground surface is just as important as supporting heavy machinery.

Benoit Rentals offers standard 8′ x 20′ and 8′ x 40′ rig mats to suit a variety of project requirements. For specialized applications, custom-sized rig mats are also available upon request. Our experienced team can help determine the right size and quantity based on your project scope, site conditions, and equipment requirements.

Rig mats are commonly used to create work platforms, improve site access, and provide stable surfaces for equipment operating in remote or challenging terrain. Their versatility makes them an important part of many industrial and construction projects throughout Alberta.

Reliable Ground Protection for Demanding Jobsites

Every project presents different site conditions, and having the proper ground protection can improve both safety and productivity. Rig mats help create dependable working surfaces while reducing disruption to the surrounding environment. They also make it easier to move equipment through areas that may otherwise be difficult to access due to mud, soft soil, or changing weather conditions.

Our rig mats are frequently used for:

  •  access roads
  • Oilfield wellsites
  • Pipeline construction
  • Tank foundations
  • Construction projects
  • Industrial facilities
  • Utility and infrastructure work
  • Remote jobsite access

By providing a stable foundation for equipment and personnel, rig mats help reduce delays while improving overall jobsite efficiency.

Why Choose Benoit Rentals for Rig Mat Rentals?

Benoit Rentals understands the demands of construction and energy projects across Alberta. We are committed to supplying dependable equipment that helps customers complete projects safely and on schedule. Our rig mats are maintained to high standards and are available with flexible rental terms to suit projects of all sizes.

Whether you require a few mats for a work area or a larger quantity for a major construction project, our team can help develop a rental solution that meets your operational needs. We offer daily, weekly, and monthly rental options, allowing you to choose the rental period that best fits your schedule and budget.

Our commitment to responsive service, quality equipment, and customer support has made Benoit Rentals a trusted equipment rental provider for contractors, industrial companies, municipalities, and oilfield operators throughout Alberta.

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If your project requires dependable rig mat rentals in Alberta, Benoit Rentals is ready to help. Our  rig mats provide the stability, durability, and flexibility needed for construction, oilfield, industrial, and infrastructure projects of every size.

Whether you need standard 8′ x 20′, 8′ x 40′, or custom-sized rig mats, our experienced team can recommend the right solution for your site. Contact Benoit Rentals today to request a quote, check availability, or learn more about our flexible rental options.

Frequently Asked Questions

How are your steel-framed wood timber rig mats constructed to withstand extreme point loads?
Our heavy-duty rig mats are engineered around a structural steel outer frame with rigid longitudinal steel I-beams, encasing solid Douglas fir or oak hardwood timber inserts. This composite steel-and-timber design combines the incredible bending strength and structural rigidity of heavy steel beams with the natural load-dispersion and high-friction traction of dense wood timbers. The integrated lifting shackles and cross-member reinforcements prevent mat twisting and puncture failure, ensuring the platform can withstand the punishing point loads of 50-ton drilling rigs, heavy hydro-vacs, and fully loaded fluid transport haulers.
During spring thaw across Alberta and Saskatchewan, frozen subgrades soften into deep mud while rural municipalities enforce strict road weight restriction bans (often 75% or 50% axle allowances). Laying an engineered interlocking rig mat roadway allows heavy transport to cross saturated prairie clay and muskeg without cutting deep ruts or compromising the municipal road approach. By distributing concentrated tire loads over an expansive surface area, rig mats prevent trucks from high-centering, protect drainage culverts, and allow operators to maintain essential production hauling schedules despite seasonal road bans.
Positioning mobile crawler cranes, boom trucks, and high-tonnage pickers requires rock-solid foundation stability to eliminate tipping hazards caused by uneven soil settlement. Benoit Rentals’ steel-framed 8’x20′ and 8’x40′ rig mats serve as heavy-duty load-distribution pads beneath hydraulic crane outriggers. The internal steel cross-members disperse concentrated outrigger point pressures across dozens of square feet of surface area, preventing punch-through into soft subsoil and providing the rigid, certified ground footing required by safety regulations for high-risk modular and turnaround heavy-lift picks.
High-capacity fluid storage vessels like 400bbl, 750bbl, and 1000bbl production tanks exert massive downward hydrostatic head pressure when filled with dense emulsion or heavy drill fluids. Setting tanks directly on bare ground risks uneven pad settling, which can warp tank bottoms, shear connected piping, and misalign automated burner management systems. By placing an interconnected pad of 8’x40′ rig mats beneath the storage tanks and within our modular galvanized secondary containment walls, operators establish an unyielding, perfectly leveled structural base that protects fluid containment integrity.

Moving surface equipment between sensitive agricultural farmland in east-central Alberta and western Saskatchewan carries severe biosecurity risks, particularly the transfer of clubroot spores and noxious weed seeds. Benoit Rentals takes agricultural protection seriously. Prior to dispatching rig mats to any rural lease, our yard crew conducts an intensive washing and pressure-steaming protocol to remove all packed soil, organic material, and chemical residue. This comprehensive decontamination ensures your temporary access roads and lease pads respect local landowner stewardship agreements and pass stringent environmental field inspections without incident.

Handling and spotting 8’x20′ or 8’x40′ rig mats in the field requires appropriate heavy equipment to ensure safe, damage-free installation. Our mats feature recessed end-lifting shackling slots, side-pocket grab points, and exposed steel flange edges. They can be efficiently offloaded, positioned, and interlocked using a standard wheel loader with heavy-duty pallet forks, a 30-ton excavator with a thumb attachment, or a site picker truck with four-way certified lifting chains. Benoit Rentals provides load-weight charts and handling guidelines to help your on-site rigging crew spot mats quickly and safely.
In minus-30-degree prairie winters, surface moisture can cause rig mats to freeze solidly to saturated clay or muskeg, creating severe extraction headaches during lease de-rigging. To prevent costly equipment damage or torn-up ground during demobilization, our experienced field team recommends laying non-woven geotextile fabric or clean gravel bedding beneath the mats during autumn setup. If winter freeze-in does occur, our heavy structural steel side flanges allow operators to safely work lifting chains or hydraulic excavator teeth under the frame without splintering the internal timber decking.
Transport efficiency plays a significant role in keeping project trucking freight within budget. On a standard highway-legal highboy or step-deck trailer, operators can typically haul between 8 and 10 of our standard 8’x20′ rig mats, or between 4 and 5 of our large 8’x40′ mats per load, depending on overall gross vehicle weight restrictions and municipal axle bridge formulas. Benoit Rentals coordinates dedicated transport directly from our central Chauvin logistics yard, pre-planning routes and oversize load permits to ensure timely delivery directly to your lease gate or right-of-way.
Post-project lease reclamation and topsoil remediation can quickly escalate into one of the largest unexpected expenses on an oilfield or civil construction project. Operating heavy equipment directly on wet farmland compacts the soil, destroys drainage structure, and mixes fertile black topsoil with subsoil clays. Utilizing Benoit Rentals’ rig mats creates a physical protective barrier between heavy machine tracks and the natural terrain. When project work concludes and mats are stripped, the underlying soil remains intact and undamaged, dramatically lowering reclamation costs and accelerating final landowner sign-off.
Pipeline spreads, integrity digs, and utility installations require continuous equipment mobility along narrow, remote right-of-ways that frequently traverse sloughs, creeks, and environmentally sensitive coulees. Our 8’x40′ rig mats are ideal for building continuous temporary shoo-fly access roads, bridging open utility ditches, and providing stable work platforms for sidebooms and pipe benders. Their rugged steel frames resist the twisting and racking forces generated by heavy crawler tracks, ensuring pipeline crews maintain rapid progress without tracking mud onto provincial highways or compromising sensitive wetland ecosystems.