Register for the NSAA’s Carpenter Consultation on Feb. 26 hosted at CANS Dartmouth Office
Register for the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency’s Carpenter Consultation on Feb. 26 hosted at CANS Dartmouth Office. Click HERE for more information.
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Op-Ed: Why Nova Scotia Needs Prompt Payment Legislation
Imagine for a moment you check your bank account on pay day and notice your pay hasn’t been deposited. You go to your boss and ask what’s going on? In response your boss tells you that instead of paying you for your work, the company has arbitrarily decided not to pay you. My guess is […]
Technological innovation changing range and type of on-site services
Technological innovation is taking the construction industry by storm. Everywhere you look, digital devices of some kind are changing the way construction gets done, both on-site and behind the scenes. Read more.
Her clothes are keeping female construction workers, firefighters and paramedics safe
When Hurricane Harvey struck Houston in August 2017, Jane Henry, her husband and two young daughters were left stranded in their flooded home. “Our house was wrecked. We lost our clothes and our cars,” recalls Henry. Volunteers helped them in the immediate aftermath of the storm. “But after that we were on our own,” she […]
Mike Holmes: Trends worth building on in 2019.
When we get to the beginning of a new year, I always like to take some time to think and reflect, not only on my personal life, but on what I see happening in the building industry. As there always are, last year brought lots of changes and developments to the way we approach building. […]
2019 Construction Technology Trends & Predications
Across the construction industry, technology has shifted from a future ideal to a present necessity. Firms are under mounting pressure to deliver qualityprojects under tight budgets and timelines. This has led many firms torealize they must leverage technology as a means of survival in a fast-paced, competitive market. Becoming a technology- and data-driven organization, however, […]
Majority of contractors using offsite construction, survey says
Offsite construction has been an ongoing construction trend for the last several years, but with such a large majority of stakeholders reporting that they are using the technique, as they did in the NIBS survey, it might be time to call it a standard industry practice. Read more.
Corporate Social Responsibility Guide. Download this practical guide to CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility Guide. Download this practical guide to CSR that includes information checklists and examples on how to start. Read more.
Nova Scotia Building Permits, November 2018
The value of building permits issued in Nova Scotia increased 13.4 per cent in November, following a (revised) increase of 12.5 per cent in October. Residential permits increased 20.9 per cent while non-residential building permits declined 6.3 per cent. Monthly results for building permits are highly volatile; the six-month moving average of residential permits trended […]
New collaboration to better protect Canadians from the impacts of pyrrhotite in concrete
A collaborative effort was launched between the National Research Councilof Canada (NRC), the Government of Quebec and Université Laval to find a solution to the problems stemming from the presence of pyrrhotite in concrete. Read more.