“Our biggest challenge is labour, of course, and having the people to build all the housing. It could be single family, it could be multi-residential. It’s just a people game right now,” said [CANS President & CEO] Duncan Williams.
On Friday, April 19, CANS 2024 Home Depot Pro De-Icer marked industry’s kick-off to a busy construction season, with over 1,800 attendees registered for this sold out event!
On Tuesday, April 16, the federal government released its 2024-2025 budget with a plan to build a stronger, more sustainable, and more secure Canadian economy.
The Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council (NSCSC) along with ICI industry partners, is conducting a labour market study to better understand the current state of the sector and identify future challenges and opportunities to manage anticipated retirement rates and unprecedented infrastructure investments in our province.
Awards for confirmed applicants or current students at NSCC enrolled in construction-related programs are available now.
To have your company’s openings featured, please send current job postings and a company contact to Taylor Shaw, Policy & Research Lead at tshaw@cans.ns.ca by Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Please be advised that CANS office will be closed on Friday, March 29.
BuildForce Canada released its 2024–2033 Construction and Maintenance Looking Forward report for Nova Scotia today.
CANS is now accepting nominations of qualified individuals to our board of directors. Applications are due by Friday, May 3, 2024 at 4 p.m
Includes insights from labour market trends, housing starts and building construction datasets.