From BuildForce Canada – Construction requirements across Canada are expected to rebound in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise through the coming decade – albeit at more muted levels than in the past 10 years.
From Construction Daily – Trent Soholt grew up in Fort McMurray and saw more than his fair share of building in the oil industry service town so familiar to generations of Cape Breton workers. But Soholt doesn’t work in the oil field. In fact, he doesn’t even live in Alberta. For the past 14 years, he has served as the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council (NSCSC), a non-profit organization dedicated to developing human resources and competencies in the industry’s industrial trade institutions (ICI).
From BuildForce Canada – 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.
From CBC Information Morning – It’s a great time to get into the construction trades on Cape Breton. The Nova Scotia Construction Council wants to get the word out about job opportunities coming up in the CBRM.
From Cape Breton Post – It’s not every day that a 19-year-old woman doles out career advice to a group comprised of women mostly older than herself. But that was the case for apprentice carpenter Nicole Scott who on International Women’s Day shared her short but interesting on-the-job experience with a dozen other women from across Cape Breton. On Monday, the latest 12 participants of the Women Unlimited Association’s Career Exploration Program (CEP) toured the work site where Scott has been working since last July.
Registration is now open for Building Construction Careers in Cape Breton, a virtual information series to engage the local workforce in major construction projects planned for Cape Breton -Unama’ki. The purpose of these sessions is to share information about the infrastructure projects and the potential employment/training opportunities in the construction industry with the job-seeking public.
Source: CBC News – Cape Breton’s construction industry is expected to heat up over the next few years.
From Cape Breton Post – Upcoming ‘generational infrastructure investment’ is the reason behind the opening of a new branch office for the Nova Scotia Construction Sector Council (NSCSC) in Sydney.
From Cape Breton Post – Pen was put to paper on Tuesday morning to complete a historic agreement that will bring labour stability to Cape Breton’s construction industry over the next five years.