Lafarge Canada Inc. is using residual materials from Metro Vancouver’s largest water filtration plant to make cement. Beginning late in spring 2016, Metro Vancouver (Metro) and Lafarge began a trial in which drinking water treatment residuals, a wet, clay-like material left over after the water has been filtered, were shipped from the Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant […]
A Scotland-based company called MacRebur has come up with a way to create roads that are made of recycled plastic, and are stronger and longer-lasting than normal asphalt-based roads. Read more.
A self-described lean warrior with tremendous credentials in lean construction south of the border going back years, was well-chosen to address the topic of lean construction: past, present and future at the Lean Construction Institute — Canada (LCI-C) conference held in Toronto recently. Read more.
Award-winning author and futurist Rex Miller says the way most construction projects are carried out now drives good people to do bad things. Read more
Canada’s largest city is getting itself a new resident this year: the headquarters of the federal government’s new infrastructure financing agency. Read more.
Canada’s Senate has unanimously passed Bill S-224, the Canada Prompt Payment Act, regulating payments on federal construction contracts, but a major hurdle remains as the bill now faces the scrutiny of the House of Commons. Read more.
Nova Scotia Provincial Election – Learn about CANS’ involvement and issues facing the construction industry. Read more.
A Nova Scotia contractor has received one of the longest jail sentences of its kind in Canada for once again violating the rules of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Read more.
CANS Dartmouth and Sydney office is closed for Victoria Day. We will re-open at 8am on Tuesday, May 23.
CANS Sydney office has moved to 285 Alexandra Street, Sydney, NS B1S 2E8. Please note that from May 2017 until May 2018, CANS Sydney office is offering limited services to CANS members. The only service available during this time is the signing of Statutory Declarations at the Alexandra Street location. There will be a delay […]