Bulletins

Legislative

Early Money is Good Money!

If you’re unaware, we are in an election cycle that will culminate in a bloodbath this fall. If you’re used to giving later in the year, I’d ask that you please consider moving up your contribution date so that MITA can be relevant as we approach what promises to be
Membership

MITA Members Giving Back – Don’t Want to “Toot Your Own Horn?” Let MITA Do It!

We know that MITA members do so much more than just build roads and bridges or dig holes and sell equipment, and we want to highlight the ways that your company gives back to the community. Please email Danielle Coppersmith with a description of how your organization is giving back.
Membership

MITA Member Anniversaries

Staying in business is hard. Doing it for multiple decades is even harder and deserves to be celebrated! MITA is seeking member anniversaries to highlight in future issues of the Cross Section Magazine. If you have a milestone anniversary that you allow us to highlight, please contact Danielle Coppersmith at
Engineering

MDOT Contractor Announcement – Form 2653 Reminder

MDOT recently posted a Contractor Announcement reminding bidders to please ensure to include ALL DBE (contractors, truckers, suppliers, and consultants) quotes received when completing section G of Form 2653 of any GFE submission for when the contract DBE goals have not been met. Please click here to view the complete
Engineering

2024 Spring Weight Restriction #3

Effective 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2024, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2/US-141 at the Menominee River bridge west of Iron Mountain then east on US-2 to St. Ignace then north on I-75 to M-134
MITA in the News

MITA In The News – 3/21/24

Toll roads, road usage tax could be new way the state funds road repairs (WILX, 3/21/24)
Membership

ARTBA-TDF Lanford Memorial Scholarship – Now Accepting Applications

ARTBA-TDF’s Lanford Family Transportation Construction Worker Memorial Scholarship Program is open and accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. We are hoping to identify new students in need to provide financial assistance to help those impacted by industry fatalities reach their educational goals. The recently expanded scholarship provides financial assistance
Membership

2024 Michigan Construction Employer Directory & Job Seeker Lead List

Michigan Construction has partnered with the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA) and the Michigan Concrete Association (MCA) to provide recruiting benefits to construction employers across MI! If you are a member of one of these organizations, you receive a complimentary basic listing on the Michigan Construction Employer Directory. Please
Legislative

MITA Needs Your Jobsite!

It’s time to connect the dots, and MITA needs your help. Every summer, MITA hosts a handful of visits with legislators to job sites to help them understand how infrastructure is built and why it is important to fund our currently underfunded system properly. Every summer, we host visits to
Safety

Save The Date: National Work Zone Awareness Week Kick-off, April 15, 2024

        Register for the NWZAW event. With the goal of eliminating work zone injuries and deaths, MDOT is proud to participate in the 2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), which runs April 15-19. The work zone awareness news conference event will be held at 11 a.m.
Engineering

MDOT APCM Training – Three Sessions at MITA Available

MDOT will be holding three AASHTOWare Project Construction and Materials (APCM) training sessions at the MITA office to train on MDOT’s recently implemented APCM software. MDOT implemented APCM (MDOT’s replacement for FieldManager) last August on trunkline projects and plans to expand implementation to local projects this fall/winter. Please consider attending
Safety

Spring Safety Directors Meeting

The Spring Safety Directors Meeting has been finalized. The meeting will be held in Grand Rapids, in conjunction with the Michigan Safety Conference to allow our safety directors to attend both. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, at 9 a.m., April 16, 2024, at the Homewood Suites in the