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. What information can be found on the Construction Portal? provincial regulatory & legislative requirements provincial licenses, permits, approvals, certificates & registrations guidance documents training information contact information not included: federal and municipal requirements – some information there, but only what we found through provincial sites How is the information organized? by type of construction activity additional info under Employer/Employees, and Resources sections

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. Questions?