Bulletins
Legislature Approves Airport Funding After months of political wrangling, the House sent a bill to the governor’s desk that will provide over $160 million to Michigan’s airports to upgrade their infrastructure. The money was federal dollars that needed to be appropriated by state legislators in order to be used. Final
As we have advised you in the past to beware, recently several MITA members have received what appears to be official letters from the USDOT requesting specific bank account information. Although the fax letters are very official looking on USDOT Procurement Office letterhead, we have confirmed with the USDOT’s Office
The 2008-2013 Contract with the Operating Engineers has been ratified by MITA Power-of-Attorney Contractor Members. Please note that the fringes as noted here differ somewhat from the Table Agreement. The only difference is a shift of three cents (.03¢) from the Labor Management Fund to the Retiree Benefit Fund. This
As the price of fuel continues to climb with no price down turn projected anytime soon, fuel escalator provisions and fuel price adjustment clauses have become a frequent topic of discussion throughout the industry. Historically, owner agencies like MDOT have been amenable to fuel escalator provisions or price adjustment clauses
MITA staff and select members led a delegation of the Michigan Transportation Team to Washington to lobby for more federal road dollars. Currently, our state receives only 92 cents of every transportation dollar we send to the federal government and the Federal Highway Trust Fund is scheduled to be insolvent
An Agreement was reached on May 13th for the statewide road contract. The details are as follows: 1. 5 year agreement 2. Monetary adjustments Effective June 1, 2008 – $1.20/hr Effective June 1, 2009 – $1.20/hr Effective June 1, 2010 – $1.20/hr Effective June 1, 2011 – $1.20/hr Effective June
The MITA legislative team has been busy this week pushing policymakers to act on key issues. There is about $160 million in airport funding projects tied up in a capitol outlay bill pending in the Legislature. MITA has been very concerned that the delay in approving these federal dollars will
ARTBA recently published the following information and statistics for transportation construction material prices and inflation. For 2007 as a whole, highway and street construction prices were up 5.7 percent compared to 2006, while inflation was up 2.8 percent. Since 2003, the cost of materials for highway and street contractors has
Through the Executive Order Working Group, industry leaders continue to meet with representatives of the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office to pursue the creation of administrative guidelines for implementation of Executive Order 2007-1. Issued by Mayor Kilpatrick last September, the Executive Order (EO) states that all City of Detroit construction
In support of the Governor Granholm’s “Buy Michigan First Initiative” the Department of Management and Budget, Facilities Administration, Design & Construction Division is co-sponsoring, along with the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Macomb Community College, an outreach event, on June 11th, tailored specifically for the design and construction community. “Buy Michigan
MITA lobbyists continue to work to garner support for an additional $1 billion annual investment in transportation funding by aggressively reaching out to legislators. This week’s calendar was jam-packed with legislator meetings in order to talk to them before summer recess. Last year, MITA individually met with over 80 legislators
This bulletin will serve as MITA’s annual reminder to our contractor members of the issue of tax liability on construction materials that are being incorporated in projects of tax-exempt owners. Contractors performing work for public agencies, churches and schools are often faced with this precarious issue. Many of these owners
