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Each year in the spring, National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety in work zones. There has been a heartbreakingly high number of fatalities and injuries in work zones on Michigan roads over the past few years and the motoring
Effective Friday, March 4th, 2022, 6 a.m., weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including M-46 from the interchange with US-31 in the City of Muskegon, Muskegon County, East on M-46 to US-131, North on US-131 to
MITA is reminding its members of the MIOSHA reporting requirement to post the MIOSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) from February 1 to April 30, 2022. Below is the link for you to download MIOSHA forms. The forms were developed in accordance with federal changes in recordkeeping.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William “Bill” Sturrus of Grand Rapids, MI., age 91, who passed away February 11, 2022. Bill was a second-generation owner of Grand Rapids Wilbert Burial Vault and Grand Valley Concrete Products in Grand Rapids, MI. Visitation is Sunday, February
Please see attached a recent correspondence from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) regarding a proposal in Congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax and what you can do about it. Suspending the federal gas tax, even for a short period of time, sets a bad precedent
Although no spring weight restrictions have been formally put in place yet, MDOT has informed us that they are monitoring frost depth around the State and that the spring weight restriction season could be upon us very soon. If you have equipment or materials you need to move in preparation
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of James Edwin Bilicki, long time employee of MITA member, Ric-Man Construction. James was born March 29, 1952, in Pontiac. He received a degree in engineering from Michigan Tech and graduated with the class of 1974. He then went on
Click the links below to view or listen to news prompted by MITA’s press release regarding bi-partisan legislation that would allow cameras in construction work zones to catch speeders. MITA’s Executive Vice President Rob Coppersmith is quoted in the articles, and MITA’s Vice President of Government Affairs was interviewed for
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (“SOQs”) from entities (“Submitters”) interested in submitting proposals for Construction Manager / General Contractor (CMGC) services for the bascule bridge steel superstructure repairs including replacement of track and tread castings, rehabilitation of the existing segmental girders, high-capacity jacking and
The first item a MIOSHA Safety Officer generally asks for during an inspection is a copy of your company’s safety and health program. When’s the last time you updated yours? Does it encompass the new confined space rules? Utility locating per Public Act 174? MITA has developed a new Safety
MITA now has a limited number of the updated 2022 Job Site Posters available. The poster includes all the required state and federal forms in one spot to simplify your operations. It is printed on a thick/flexible/waterproof material that will stand up under the rigorous demands of job sites and
