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...

2007 ARTBA Annual Construction Materials Price Report

ARTBA recently published the following information and statistics for transportation construction material prices and inflation. For 2007 as a whole, highway and street construction prices were up 5.7 percent compared to 2006, while inflation was up 2.8 percent. Since...