Mar 10, 2016 | Engineering
The Michigan State Police (MSP) – Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) has disconnected their fax line used to receive acknowledged Driver/Vehicle Examination Reports (DVER). Going forward MSP-CVED will only accept acknowledged DVER reports via US Mail or...
Mar 10, 2016 | Engineering
This past September, MDOT leadership announced they would invest $1.33 billion in their FY 2016 Highway Program, with approximately $698 million of that amount projected for trunkline road and bridge project lettings. In December, Congress approved the Fixing...
Feb 19, 2016 | Engineering
Fast facts: – Jason Gutting has been appointed as administrator for MDOT’s Construction Field Services Division. – Gutting served most recently as the department’s Construction Operations engineer. – Gutting began his new...
Jan 20, 2016 | Engineering
The US Department of Labor’s (US-DOL) has issued an Executive Order (EO 13706), which implements paid sick leave requirements for new contracts with the Federal Government beginning January 1, 2017. Please note that it is MITA’s understanding that the referenced EO...
Jan 12, 2016 | Engineering
This past construction season, MDOT learned about a situation where a contractor on an MDOT project entered into an agreement with a county road commission to pick up and haul away spoils material for the county’s reuse. Under the agreement, the county road...
Jan 4, 2016 | Engineering
As part of the effort to prepare the comprehensive report required by enrolled House Bill No. 4737, MDOT’s Roads Innovation Task Force is soliciting industry input on innovative materials, products, methods and processes that have the construction potential to...