New Information Available Online

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has prepared a list of key questions to help identify what departmental permits, licenses, or approvals of a permit-like nature may be needed for a project. By contacting the appropriate offices, you will help reduce the...

Solvency Tax Explained

Recently, several MITA members received letters from the MI Unemployment Insurance Agency notifying them that a “solvency tax” would be added to their 2009 unemployment tax rate due to a negative balance in the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund. ​Employers, who have...

Action Alert: $1.5 Billion Transportation Plan Announced

MITA issued a statewide press release today announcing a landmark $1.5 billion economic stimulus plan that would rescue the state’s crumbling transportation infrastructure. The plan, which follows last week’s recommendations from the Transportation Funding Task Force...

Dunigan and Klett Inducted Into Construction Hall of Fame

At ceremonies conducted on October 16, 2008, two longtime MITA members, the late Joseph Dunigan Sr., and James Klett were awarded the “Distinguished Constructor Award” and inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame. The Distinguished Constructor Award was...

Beware of Email Scams

Many of you are aware that scam artists have and continue to circulate fraudulent letters that appear to be from the USDOT requesting specific bank account information. However, this year the scam artists have taken a different avenue to solicit information —...

BEWARE: Fraudulent USDOT Letters

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...