Bulletins

MITA recently met with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG) to discuss ongoing state prevailing wage truck driver enforcement concerns. During the meeting, DLEG indicated that it was now their position that “owner-operators” would be covered under the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act when they are working on

It’s official. Gov. Granholm signed the MITA Materials Deduction Fix legislation into law. The bill was approved unanimously by both houses of the Legislature and is now Public Act 177 of 2008. MITA began working on the legislation (SB 1217) after it became evident that bureaucrats within the Department of

Over the course of the last several months, MITA has received a number of calls and inquiries concerning the industry’s position on price adjustment (escalator) provisions, particularly as it related to fuel. In response to those inquiries MITA held an open meeting in it’s Okemos office to hear and learn

After months of wrangling and debate, lawmakers have come to an agreement on water withdrawal legislation, quickly passing new water protection legislation and sending it to the governor. MITA has been tracking the legislation closely for the past year, ensuring there would not be any new regulations to hamper the

As you should be aware, effective with all projects starting with those let in the May 2, 2008, letting MDOT has implemented revised prevailing wage oversight procedures that define new roles and responsibilities for the engineer (owner representative) and the prime contractor. These roles and responsibilities are defined in the

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