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Are you looking to improve and update your safety equipment? The MIOSHA Workplace Improvement to Safety and Health (MIWISH) Program awards employers in the state of Michigan a dollar-for-dollar match, up to $5,000, to qualifying employers for projects designed to reduce the risk of injury and illness to their workers
The Teamsters Central States Pension Fund (Fund) has long been recognized as the poster child for failing pension funds, and the attached Annual Funding Notice makes that point crystal clear. The primary point of the notice is that the Fund has dropped from 37% funded to an all time low
Effective Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 6:00 am, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2 from Iron Mountain to St. Ignace. Frost restrictions are still in effect for the remainder of the state and will be imposed
LANSING, MI (WILX) – Now that we’ve gotten a warm stretch of weather, Ingham County has started patching up numerous potholes plaguing the streets. But how to fix the roads is still a hot topic. Michiganders are battling with Governor Whitmer’s idea of a 45 cent gas tax hike. Emily Kizer,
Many of the regulations and standards that impact the heavy construction industry have been updated over the last few years. This prompted MITA to scrap the old and develop the new! MITA’s new health and safety program consists of all the core industry requirements needed to get up and running
The Construction Equipment Guide recently published a story and photos from the MITA Annual Conference. To read the entire story, and check out the photos, click here.
Effective Friday, April 26, 2019 at 6:00 am, weight restrictions will be lifted from the southern Michigan border north to the Mackinac Bridge. Frost restrictions are still in effect for the remainder of the state and will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of this line.
Don’t forget to take the Michigan Work Zone Safety Task Force Perception Survey. The deadline has been extended to Friday, April 26th. In late 2018, industry leaders and Michigan Department of Transportation teamed up to establish the Work Zone Safety Task Force. Aimed at improving work zone safety and reducing
Effective 6:00 AM Monday, April 22, 2019 weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including M-72 from the intersection with M-22, in the Village of Empire, Leelanau County, then east on M-72 to US-131 in the Village of Kalkaska
Bridge Magazine April 19, 2019 The question isn’t whether it will take a lot more money to fix Michigan roads. The question, according to an array of experts Thursday, is whether politicians have the will to do it. At a Solutions Summit sponsored by The Center for Michigan (the nonprofit
NBC 25 News April 18, 2019 LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed gas tax increase she announced during her fist state of the state address in Feb. 2019 stirred the conversation in Lansing and Thursday, the conversation continued looking for a solution. The proposed 45-cent gas tax increase was
In October 2018, legislation was passed and signed into law that allowed for green safety lights to be installed on construction vehicles that are engaged in authorized highway repair or maintenance. Studies have shown that green lights can be seen more effectively and are therefore safer. State, county and local
