Update Your Company Listing – Member company listings for the 2017 NS Construction Guide are pulled from CANSnet (www.cans.ns.ca). Have your Profile Administrator verify your company information is correct before 12 noon on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 so it will appear properly in the printed NS Construction Guide. Advertise – There are many opportunities to advertise in the NS Construction Guide. […]
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Intel’s move to enter the game signifies that established technology manufacturers recognize the market potential for drone deployment, pegged at $127 billion by PwC, with infrastructure and construction representing the largest global drone market. Read more
YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR OPEN HOUSE & HOLIDAY PARTY! On behalf of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia’s President and Board of Directors, we are pleased to invite you to celebrate CANS’ new office and kick off the holiday season. Brief opening remarks will begin at 4 pm, with light food and refreshments provided. DATE: Thursday, December 1, […]
Gavin Renwick, Canada research chair in design studies at the University of Alberta, said Canadians waste dollars importing southern style designs for construction into northern regions without considering how that technology will fit the local culture. Read more
The concept of green financing got an important boost last month when leaders of the G20 nations received a report from a Green Finance Study Group. The national leaders present, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau among them, pledged that they would invest in infrastructure as a means of boosting economic growth. Read more
The chair of the Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers says the group is exploring an ambitious plan to create a national infrastructure “institution” to attract investor cash that will help boost the economy. Read more
“Our overall feeling on it is we think the recommendations go some way to making sure the pendulum that swung too far is back where it should be,” said CCA president Michael Atkinson. “What is being proposed is a good step to get the TFWP back to where it should be. The draconian methods that […]
“Stand up for projects of national interest,” said CCA chair Gilbert Brulotte. “Improving Canada’s capacity to access additional foreign markets for our energy exports is in the national interest as it will enhance our capacity to obtain fair market value for these products, which will generate the additional government revenues required to sustain government investments […]