Provincial · Nova Scotia
Public Works, Nova Scotia contracts
Public Works, Nova Scotia published 423 contract awards between 2020 and 2023, worth $550.6 million where a value was published, to 67 named suppliers. Dexter Construction won the most, with 97.
At a glance
423
Contract awards
Published award notices.
$550.6 million
Published value
From the 423 awards that published a value.
67
Suppliers
Companies named as the winner of an award.
2020 to 2023
Years on record
First and latest published award.
Who wins
Top suppliers
The suppliers that won the most Public Works, Nova Scotia contracts.
- 1Dexter Construction97 awards · $260.7 million
- 2S W Weeks Contracting Inc24 awards · $37 million
- 3NCL - Northern Contracting Limited15 awards · $22.7 million
- 4Alva Construction Limited14 awards · $14.9 million
- 5Nova Construction Co. Ltd.13 awards · $16 million
- 6Aberdeen Paving Ltd.13 awards · $9 million
- 7Basin Contracting Limited12 awards · $10.7 million
- 8Stella-Jones Inc.11 awards · $1.7 million
- 9Cumberland Paving and Contracting9 awards · $14.4 million
- 10Chapman Bros Construction Ltd.8 awards · $18.9 million
Activity
Awards by year
Published awards in the last 6 years. The current year is partial.
- 202172 · $59.1 million
- 2022340 · $488.2 million
- 202310 · $3.1 million
- 20240
- 20250
- 20260
What they buy
Contracts by category
- Construction273 awards
- Materials and components34 awards
- Facilities and maintenance17 awards
- Vehicles and fleet5 awards
- Environmental services3 awards
- Transportation and travel2 awards
Largest
Largest published awards
- SUBGRADE, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION TWO PROJECTS IN HALIFAX COUNTYDexter Construction · June 14, 2022$34.2 million
- GRAVELLING, GUARDRAIL, AND ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVING SIX PROJECTS IN HALIFAX COUNTYDexter Construction · July 27, 2022$29.8 million
- DRAINAGE, GRAVELLING, GUARDRAIL, ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVING THREE PROJECTS IN HALIFACX COUNTY & ONE PROJECT IN LUNENBURG…Dexter Construction · September 27, 2022$26.6 million
- RFC - Springhill Elementary School PP to 6 Phase 2 Building and Site CompletionPCL Constructors Canada Inc. · July 21, 2022$25.4 million
- BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, UTILITIES & AASPHALT CONCRETE PATCHING & REPAVING FOUR PROJECTS IN HANTS COUNTYDexter Construction · March 31, 2022$25.2 million
Latest
Recently awarded
- RFQ - Kitchen Equipment and Furniture for C.A. Douglas GrandstandJanuary 30, 2023$302,297
- RFQ - CCA Treated Eastern Hemlock Rough Sawn Lumber for NS Public Works Lumber Yard, Truro, NSStella-Jones Inc. · January 27, 2023$132,790
- RFQ - CCA Treated Eastern Hemlock Rough Sawn Lumber for NS Public Works Lumber Yard, Truro, NSGoodfellow inc. · January 26, 2023$202,695
- RFQ 140M Grader BladesLSW Wear Parts Ltd · January 26, 2023$17,375
- RFQ - CCA Treated Western Hemlock Rough Sawn Lumber for NS Public Works Lumber Yard, Truro, NSGoodfellow inc. · January 26, 2023$99,792
- RFC - Abatement and Deconstruction - 27 Kenwood Drive and 1009 Kings Road, Sydney RiverNorthern Contracting Limited · January 26, 2023$365,560
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Source: Publicus procurement data as of October 26, 2026. Counts are published award notices; values are disclosed amounts in Canadian dollars, and undated awards are not counted, so totals are a floor. Names are as the publishers spell them, combined where they clearly refer to the same organization.
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