Nova Scotia Surplus School Furniture and Equipment Disposal Records

Archived records from Nova Scotia detail surplus furniture and equipment reused to reduce capital costs for school construction and renovation projects. Financial savings from this surplus disposal process were reinvested directly into each project. The dataset is retained for archival purposes and superseded by a newer version.

Use Cases

• Analyze cost savings in public infrastructure projects based on surplus furniture and equipment reuse.
• Study government asset disposal and recycling practices for school construction.
• Track capital cost reduction strategies within provincial education budgets.

Strengths

• Dataset is archived, indicating a stable historical record.
• Multiple file formats (HTML, XML, CSV, RSS, RDF) are available.
• Licensed under OGL-CA-2.0 for open use.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:31:38.782262; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia