Nov 21, 2008 | Membership
Recently, several MITA members received letters from the MI Unemployment Insurance Agency notifying them that a “solvency tax” would be added to their 2009 unemployment tax rate due to a negative balance in the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund. Employers, who have...
Nov 19, 2008 | Membership
MITA issued a statewide press release today announcing a landmark $1.5 billion economic stimulus plan that would rescue the state’s crumbling transportation infrastructure. The plan, which follows last week’s recommendations from the Transportation Funding Task Force...
Nov 3, 2008 | Engineering
MDOT recently changed their pass-through warranty bond provisions to allow a first-tier subcontractor who is responsible for more than one warranty bond on a project to now provide a single warranty bond. Prior to this change a first-tier subcontractor would have to...
Oct 21, 2008 | Membership
At ceremonies conducted on October 16, 2008, two longtime MITA members, the late Joseph Dunigan Sr., and James Klett were awarded the “Distinguished Constructor Award” and inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame. The Distinguished Constructor Award was...
Oct 10, 2008 | Engineering
At a recent State Transportation Commission meeting MDOT leadership announced they would invest $1.27 billion in their 2009 Highway Program. This investment level represents roughly a 10% reduction from their $1.38 billion 2008 Highway Program investment. In breaking...
