Jan 25, 2022 | MITA in the News
January 24, 2022 WLNS News LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the heavy construction industry collaborated to announce ‘Work Zone Safety Awards.’ MDOT, executives from contractors, industry associations, and consulting...
Nov 30, 2021 | Legislative
LANSING, Mich. – Lance Binoniemi, vice president of government affairs at the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement after the Michigan House Judiciary Committee hearing on HB 5272, legislation that would allow...
Nov 23, 2021 | Engineering
Although MITA opposes the idea, MDOT will implement a new subcontract requirement for hiring Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) truckers on MDOT let projects. This new DBE trucker subcontract requirement will be effective with the December 3, 2021 bid letting and...
Nov 8, 2021 | Engineering
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites MITA members to attend a Microsoft Teams Meeting to discuss Project PDF plan set contract deliverables on November 18th, 2021, from 10:30 AM to noon. The purpose of this event is to present MDOT’s pilot Project...
Oct 19, 2021 | Engineering
MDOT can now capture and store additional e-mail addresses to facilitate better communications with prequalified contractors’ specific business areas. Previously, MDOT held only a Construction Prequalification e-mail address that was utilized for all “MDOT to...