157th CANS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HOW DID WE DO? Attendees are encouraged to provide their feedback on CANS 157th AGM by clicking HERE and completing the delegate feedback survey. The Construction Association of Nova Scotia’s 2019 Annual General Meeting, held on October 4-6, 2019 at the Oak Island Resort & Conference Centre […]
CANS 157 Annual General Meeting was held at Oak Island Resort and Conference Centre from October 4-6, 2019. In addition to celebrating our organization’s successes over the past year, CANS welcomed its new Board of Directors and bid farewell to the board members from the previous year who’ve retired. Please join us in welcoming […]
Jake Takes On Safety – What’s Your Safety Standard? Submitted by: Jake Siegner, CRSP (Safety Manager, McLeod Safety) Looking across the table at me was a pretty intimidating gent who appeared to be the walking definition of “Intimidating Biker.” A big brute of a fellow with tattoos on his knuckles, a beard that the […]
Building permits, August 2019 The monthly value of building permits (seasonally adjusted) issued in Nova Scotia decreased 14.0 per cent in August, following a (revised) decrease of 19.8 per cent in July. Nova Scotia’s residential permits decreased 5.9 per cent while non-residential building decreased 29.5 per cent. Monthly results for building permits are highly […]
Historic decision: CCA Board and members unanimously approve modern governance structure The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has achieved a significant milestone in keeping with our promise in the 2018 – 2023 strategic plan to modernize the association. The new structure, enabled by updated by-laws in keeping with the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, will include […]
Study: Estimating the effect of changing Canada/United States border costs on North American trade patterns and expenditures – detailed methodology Statistics Canada recently completed a report on the methods used for estimating the effect of changing Canada-US border costs on North American trade. This paper is a follow-up to a previous report that provided detailed results […]
CCA issued the following press release to highlight today’s release of the 2019 edition of the Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, which calls for urgent investment in Canada’s public infrastructure. Report on infrastructure calls for greater and urgent investment in core works, says CCA. OTTAWA, October 8, 2019 – Canada’s public infrastructure requires […]
The Guildfords Group Names William Brown President Halifax, NS, Release: October 3, 2019 — Darren S. Nantes, Chairman of the The Guildfords Group (Guildfords), is pleased to announce the appointment of William Brown as President. William joined Guildfords in April of 2017 and has led significant change and improvement in numerous business processes throughout […]
Marco | The Berkeley Retirement Residences Gold Seal Kick-Off Early afternoon, on Monday, October 7, 2019, Construction Association of Nova Scotia (CANS) staff along with representatives of Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) Gold Seal, Marco Group and The Berkeley came together to showcase excellence in construction management. Specifically, the luncheon event was a kick-off to Marco’s […]
We are hard at work pulling together the 2020 Nova Scotia Construction Guide and we need your help! Our guide is only as good as its information, so we’re asking you to review your company’s membership profile, ensuring all of the information is up-to-date. NOTE: See directly below for information on how to update […]