Aug 31, 2011 | Engineering
At their most recent meeting the State Administrative Board (Ad Board) approved two resolutions that significantly change (in very positive ways) the processes required of all state departments to get Ad Board approval for contracts and contract revisions on state...
Aug 18, 2011 | Engineering
The city of Detroit, through their Michigan Works! Program, is offering an opportunity for companies to hire from a pre-screened and job ready candidate pool and be reimbursed for 50% of the employees wages for up to 6 months. The OJT employees can be hired as office...
Aug 8, 2011 | Engineering
The IRS recently announced a three-month extension of the deadline for truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles to file their next federal Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax (Form 2290) return. In general, the heavy vehicle use tax applies to trucks, truck...
Aug 5, 2011 | Engineering
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...
Jul 13, 2011 | Engineering
On Thursday, July 28, 2011, MDOT will be in Traverse City looking for women and minority-owned business that specialize in road construction, real estate appraisal, surveying, bridge work, pavement marking, landscaping, asphalt and concrete paving and repair, overhead...
Jul 7, 2011 | Engineering
Originating from the 2010 Annual Michigan Utility Coordination Conference, MITA worked through the “Utility Subgroup” (which includes designers, owner agencies, contractors, and utility companies) to develop the “Utility Coordination Checklist”. This checklist,...
