NEWS — Highlights from Federal Budget 2021-2022 – Impact on the Construction Industry
On Monday, April 19, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, tabled the 2021 federal budget – the first in two years.
NEWS — Construction companies build new departments to better work with Indigenous communities
A growing number of construction companies across Canada are putting time and money into starting their own Indigenous relations departments to help improve how they work with Indigenous communities and possibly address a coming labour shortage.
NEWS —Construction growth in Nova Scotia on the rise
Construction and maintenance activity in Nova Scotia is expected to increase between 2021 and 2023, driven by strong and broad-based demand across the province’s residential and non-residential sectors. This is according to the latest labour market forecast data released today by BuildForce Canada.
NEWS — New $4.21 million net-zero administration building in Yarmouth County nearing completion
The Chronicle Herald takes a look at Argyle’s new administrative building, which will be the first net-zero municipal building in Canada when it comes to energy costs.
NEWS — Update on Nova Scotia – almost, but not quite recovered
“Almost but not quite’ is the best way to describe how close the Nova Scotia economy is to a full recovery from the coronavirus health crisis and from the impacts of the COVID-induced recession.
Notice: HRM Seeking Input from Designers of Municipal Infrastructure
HRM is updating the Halifax Complete Streets Guidelines (commonly called the “Red Book”) and is seeking input from external stakeholders, specifically, designers of municipal infrastructure. For the 2021 update, staff have been asked to incorporate changes for specific topics. These are…
Season’s greetings to all of our Members and Associates. We look forward to reconnecting in the New Year! CANS staff will be observing the holidays from Thursday, December 24 12 p.m, returning on Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8am.
Notice from Halifax Water: Prohibited Discharge to Stormwater Catchbasins
Halifax Water has advised of a recent influx of issues related to the discharge of sediment-laden water into municipality-owned stormwater catchbasins.
HRM on Permitting, Planning, Licensing & Compliance Project Now Live
the first Release of Halifax’s new Permitting, Planning, Licensing & Compliance (PPL&C) Solution is live. This release updates the Permitting, Customer Online Portal and ePayment functionality as well as integration with our HRM GIS data.
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