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The Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency (NSAA) has been actively involved in the national and Atlantic trades harmonization initiatives.  We have created a “Harmonization Update” report that is available on the NSAA website under “What’s New”.  It is listed as, “Harmonization: Nova Scotia Advances Apprentice Mobility”.   Read the Report.  Learn more.

The Update provides information on:
•             The Provincial-Territorial Apprentice Mobility Protocol
•             The National (CCDA) Harmonization Initiative
•             The Atlantic (AAHP) Harmonization Initiative
•             5 areas Nova Scotia needs to make changes to the General Regulations, and
•             A brief on current actions and future milestones

There is an opportunity to provide feedback – the submission deadline is January 31, 2016.

For over 20 years the Canadian Construction Association in collaboration and partnership with many other regional and national stakeholders has been pursuing changes in federal public policy to help modernize Canadian’s aging infrastructure. Why? Because it is imperative that the general public become educated about the state of Canada’s deteriorating infrastructure and its impact on our economy and by extension our collective quality of life. Read more 

New concrete, developed in Nova Scotia, is stronger and faster-setting than regular concrete. The concrete is injected with carbon dioxide, an ingredient that makes a stronger, faster-setting product with a lower carbon footprint, according to its developer CarbonCure Technologies, based in Burnside, N.S. Read more

The software company’s most recent advancements reaffirm the movement toward a more technologically advanced construction industry. Read more

Studio RAP completes first robotically fabricated building in the Netherlands. See video