2019 Nova Scotia Construction Guide is now online

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The Nova Scotia Construction Guide is published annually for the Construction

Association of Nova Scotia’s members and industry partners.

In addition to your company listing, we have included valuable information within the

NS Construction Guide to assist you in your daily operations: information about CANS

programs and services; a list of standard construction contracts and documents; and lists

of industry partner associations.

Copies of the NS Construction Guide are circulated to approximately 1,700

construction-related businesses and buyers of construction services throughout Nova

Scotia.

Your company listing in the NS Construction Guide is seen by thousands of people in the

construction industry. We encourage you to review your company listing from time to

time to ensure your company profile is properly listed both in the A – Z section and the

Sources section.

Please note: We have exercised great care in compiling the listings contained in the 2019

NS Construction Guide and attempted to verify the information as accurately as possible

through email campaigns. Nevertheless, with the many changes which occur every year,

each listing cannot be 100 per cent guaranteed correct.

We encourage you to bring all inaccuracies and/or omissions to our attention in order

for the changes to be made the following year.

Please email these corrections to: cfiske@cans.ns.ca

Click HERE to view.

How to keep cash flowing from one project to the next.

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For many contractors, financing existing jobs while investing in new work is a big balancing act that forces them to constantly weigh one financial obligation — i.e. payroll, taxes, subcontractors, material suppliers — against another.

Click here to read more.

Canadian economy posts surprise growth in January; reverses two monthly declines.

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian economy grew by a surprise 0.3 percent in January, reversing recent declines as the construction and manufacturing sectors picked up, and likely leaving the Bank of Canada on the sidelines over the coming months. Click HERE to read more.

$100-million Steel and Aluminum Initiative for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) announced by the Government of Canada.

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For more information and more details on program eligibility, click here and here.

A variety of federal programs are available that may assist qualifying business, employees, and stakeholders impacted by Canadian safeguards on global imports of certain steel goods. Click here.

There have been several revisions to the list of products that were initially under tariff as of July 1, 2018. Click here.

For reference, the original July 1, 2018 list of products included under Canadian countermeasures may be found here.

2019 Budget

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On March 19, Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced the federal government’s fourth and final budget prior to the election, titled “Investing in the Middle Class”. Budget 2019 earmarks $22.8 billion in new spending with a year-end deficit of $19.8 billion. Read more here.

“I feel like I would be intimidated”: New Australian study probes why girls don’t go into construction.

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Despite the wide diversity of roles in construction, the industry is invisible to teenage girls considering career options, a year-long study in Australia has found. Click here to read more.

Budget 2019: Short on restoring investor confidence, strong on workforce development.

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OTTAWA, March 19, 2019 – The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is disappointed that the federal government has not taken more concrete actions to restore investor confidence in Canada. Read more here.

CANS Toromont Cat & Battlefield Equipment De-Icer – Friday, April 26, 2019

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Location: Cunard Centre, Halifax, NS
Registration: Click here to register.
Sponsorship: Click here to sponsor. LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LEFT TO SPONSOR! OPPORTUNITIES CLOSE MARCH 29th!

Pro Networking tip: order nametags for yourself and colleagues when you buy your De-Icer tickets online. No added charge, LOTS of added benefit.

Delegates told future of construction contracts to include AI, blockchain.

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The Canadian construction sector remains a ways away from adopting full-fledged “smart” contracts that contain AI-controlled automatic payment regimes or Blockchain markers, delegates attending the Ontario Bar Association Institute’s recent future of construction law symposium held in Toronto were told. Read more.

Help shape the new Vendor Performance Management Regime.

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This facilitated in-person session will elicit discussion and feedback on Public Service and Procurement Canada’s draft Vendor Performance Management Policy. Your participation will help ensure that the new regime is evidence-based, incentivizes good performance, and properly addresses poor performance. Read more.