Dec 11, 2008 | Engineering
MDOT recently initiated an on-line reporting system to receive feedback on the content and quality of the plan and proposal packages. This electronic portal is intended to be the “feedback loop” by which contractors and engineers provide constructive comments that...
Nov 24, 2008 | Engineering
Starting with projects let in the January 2009 letting, MDOT will incorporate a revised Special Provision for Prompt Payment in all project proposals. MITA worked with MDOT in developing this new special provision which revises some requirements of the previous prompt...
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...
