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Centralized Compliance Portal for Nova Scotia's Construction Industry: Enhancing Accessibility and Awareness

The Nova Scotia Construction Compliance Information Portal aims to serve as a comprehensive resource for compliance-related information tailored to the construction industry. With a focus on improving operational efficiency for over 4,000 construction firms and the 27,000 workers they employ, this portal fosters greater compliance awareness while reducing administrative burdens. Set to launch by the end of October 2008, it will allow users to stay informed about regulatory updates and access useful resources, ultimately aiding in business dealings with government entities.

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Centralized Compliance Portal for Nova Scotia's Construction Industry: Enhancing Accessibility and Awareness

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  1. Construction Compliance Information Portal Presenter: Carol MacCulloch, President, CANS

  2. NS Construction Industry • NS construction industry provides goods and services in support of $4 billion new capital investment in NS each year - non-residential 60%, residential 40% • More than 27,000 people in NS are employed in the construction sector – of which 7,300 are self employed • Only 130 of the 4,000 construction companies in NS have more than 50 employees – most have less than 4

  3. Portal Project Goal To create a one-stop access point to provincial compliance information for the NS construction industry

  4. Partners in the Portal Project • CANS • NS Environment • NS Labour and Workforce Development • NS Natural Resources • NS Tourism, Culture, and Heritage • NS Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal • Service NS and Municipal Relations • Workers’ Compensation Board of NS **Other departments were consulted but had no requirements for construction industry

  5. Benefits • Increases awareness, therefore increases compliance • Decreases administrative burden for individuals and businesses in construction • Helps the industry do business with gov’t • Informs people on industry and requirements • Organized by how the industry might search • One stop access for construction related information

  6. Benefits (cont’d) • Helps both small and large businesses the find info they need • Users can keep up-to-date when regs/requirements change • Internet is being used more often by more people • User friendly, accessible, comprehensive resource • Helps distinguish rumours from facts and standardizes and validates the information • Feedback/Questions section allows for ongoing improvements and specific questions

  7. Status & Future Plans • Portal site is still draft/demo - being finalized - should be available for use by end of October 2008 (tentative) • Gov’t is developing a communications plan, and will work with CANS to promote portal • Gov’t will continually monitor feedback received about the portal and discuss with Construction Portal Committee • Gov’t will utilize website tracking tool called “web trends”, to give us an idea of the success of the portal by tracking pages hit most often, how many views a particular page gets, etc.

  8. Portal Players • Project owner and sponsor - CCI • Coordinator - Gwen Gorrill, IBS • Experts in NSE and NSLWD divisions • Experts in other departments/agencies • Construction Association of NS (CANS) • Web experts

  9. Questions?

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