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Please be advised that in accordance with the 2008-2013 Agreement between the Labor Relations Division of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association and the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 there will be NO wage adjustments on June 1, 2010. The next adjustments will take place on June 1, 2011.
Don’t waste your summer. Educate your local candidates for office about infrastructure issues before the upcoming election. Even if every incumbent running for reelection to the state legislature is successful, over half the legislature will be brand new in January. Now is the time to educate and support pro infrastructure
MDOT continues their focus on prevailing wage compliance. They have asked MITA to distribute the following information as a reminder about the payment of prevailing wages for Truck Drivers. For Federal and State Prevailing Wage Projects When truck drivers are performing work on a project (i.e. moving material from one location
“Item Number 1008 051” in the August 6th Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) letting will be included in a new DBE Solicitation Blue Sheet at Time of Bid Pilot Process. The primary intent of this second DBE solicitation pilot process is to access the pre-bid DBE solicitation efforts of the
This spring the Granholm Administration was floating a plan to use the AUC-backed Proposal 2 bond dollars approved in 2002 as a revenue source for the state’s brownfield clean-up program. While those dollars were meant for sewer infrastructure, the state has borrowed virtually none of that money in the eight
MDOT continues their focus on prevailing wage compliance. They have asked MITA to distribute the following information as a reminder about the payment of prevailing wages for the following wage determinations: Guardrail Builders MDOT has noticed an increased number of “guardrail builder’s tenders” constructing guardrail without the presence of
MDOT continues their focus on prevailing wage compliance. They have asked MITA to distribute the following information regarding the payment of prevailing wages for Concrete Pump Truck Operators. When Concrete Pump trucks are on-site pumping concrete, all time spent on the site of work is covered by prevailing wages. This work
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced five new loan commitments this week from the revolving fund programs to aid communities throughout Michigan in making needed infrastructure improvements. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) provides low-interest financing for local units of government to make needed improvements to wastewater
Have you had your job site inspected this year yet? No? Why not? Fill out the job site inspection request form attached below and return it to Pat Brown at the MITA office to get your inspection today! Job Site Inspection Form Contact Pat Brown at mattmcclintick@thinkmita.org or call him at the
As you may know, the Michigan Legislature begins its summer break on Tuesday, June 30th through Thursday, July 9th and even beyond that time, there isn’t much that takes place over the summer months in Lansing on the legislative front. While during this time, your elected officials may not venture
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan released 19.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into waterways in 2008 and now a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) national survey on clean water needs indicates that Michigan must invest $7 billion in wastewater and stormwater treatment and collection systems to meet the goals of the federal
A vote could come as early as next week in the state Senate on legislation that would authorize the use of toll roads and allow MDOT to solicit bids for a new international bridge to Canada. This legislation (HB 4961) could potentially bring in billions of dollars of private investment
