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WINTER | 2007 MITA 3rd Annual Conference Photos SEE CENTERFOLD Bold Changes Needed in State Permitting page 20 MEMBER PROFILE DiPonio Contracting page 12 ASSOCIATE MEMBER PROFILE Zervos Group page 16 MEMBER PROJECT Jay Dee Contractors, Inc. page 7 MITA, Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association P. O. Box 1640, Okemos, MI 48805-1640 PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit #75 Lansing, MI Magazine Evaluation Thank you for reading Please rate each area of the magazine by circling a number. One is poor; fi ve is excellent. and/or advertising in Executive Vice President Comment 1 2 3 4 5 Vice President of Government and Public Relations Comment 1 2 3 4 5 Vice President of Membership Services Comment 1 2 3 4 5 Cross-Section Magazine. Vice President of Engineering Services Comment 1 2 3 4 5 Director of Technical Services Comment 1 2 3 4 5 We value your input and ask Director of Safety Comment 1 2 3 4 5 Director of Legislative Affairs Comment 1 2 3 4 5 that you please complete the Member Profi le 1 2 3 4 5 Associate Member Profi le 1 2 3 4 5 following form and fax it to Member News 1 2 3 4 5 Legal Issues 1 2 3 4 5 Legislative Update 1 2 3 4 5 Nancy Brown at MITA Toolbox Talks 1 2 3 4 5 MDOT Environmental News 1 2 3 4 5 (517-347-8344). We are Questions and Answers 1 2 3 4 5 Which articles did you fi nd most helpful? constantly striving to meet _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ your interests with our stories, _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ so your comments are very Which articles did you fi nd of least value? _____________________________________________________________ important to us. Thanks for _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ your participation in _____________________________________________________________ Are there any topics you would like to see covered in future issues of this survey. Cross-Section Magazine? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ What is your overall impression of Cross-Section Magazine? _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ FAX TO: 517-347-8344 WINTER | 2007 MITA Dennis Rickard features Board of Directors Michigan Paving & Materials Co. Bituminous President Keith Rose Brian Slagter Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. Slagter Construction Co. 21 Executive Vice President Comment Bituminous President-Elect Chuck Russell Mark Johnston Pamar Enterprises, Inc. 22 Vice President of Government and Ajax Paving Industries, Inc. Underground Vice President Andy Schmidt Public Relations Comment John Fortier Edw. C. Levy Company Bacco Construction Co. Director at Large Treasurer 23 Vice President of Membership Chris Shea Jim Kloote P.K. Contracting, Inc. J.E. Kloote Contracting, Inc. Services Comment Specialties Executive Vice President & Secretary Tom Stover Bob Patzer 24 Vice President of Engineering Services Walter Toebe Construction Co. Directors Structures Comment Jeff Ardelean Interstate Highway Construction, Inc. MITA Associate Council Concrete Rich Lehman also in this issue Michael Catenacci Edw. C. Levy Company John Carlo, Inc. Frank Mamat Concrete Dickinson Wright, PLLC 6 Did You Know? Thomas DiPonio Paul Marsh Jay Dee Contractors, Inc. Premarc Corporation 9 Letters to MITA Director at Large 10 We Said It! Matthew Doan Doan Construction Co. MITA Staff 11 MITA Staff Contact List Specialties 12 Member Profi le Jim Doescher Bob Patzer Dan’s Excavating, Inc. Executive Vice President 15 Legislator of the Year President Appointment [email protected] 16 Associate Member Profi le Carl Evangelista Mike Nystrom Tony Angelo Cement Construction Co. Vice President of Government & Public Relations 18 Real Estate Investment Trusts Director at Large [email protected] 20 Bold Changes Need in State Permitting Craig Fons Rob Coppersmith Fonson, Inc. Vice President of Membership Services 25 Director of Safety & Workforce Development Comment Utilities [email protected] 26 Director of Legislative Affairs Comment Cheryl Hughes Glenn Bukoski, P.E. C & D. Hughes, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Services 27 Director of Technical Services Comment Director at Large [email protected] 28 Toolbox Talks Stephen Jackson Nancy Hale Brown Jackson-Merkey Contractors, Inc. Director of Communications 29 Legislative Update Director at Large [email protected] 30, 49 Legal Issues Vance Johnson Patrick Brown Central Asphalt, Inc. Director of Safety & Workforce Development 31 Problem Solver Past President [email protected] 32 Environmental News Darrell Kaltz Keith Ledbetter Kaltz Excavating Co., Inc. Director of Legislative Affairs 35 Member News Utilities [email protected] 40 MITA 3rd Annual Conference Photos Bruce Lowing Doug Needham, P.E. Hardman Construction, Inc. Director of Technical Services 50 MDOT News Director at Large [email protected] 52 Questions and Answers Dave Maas Nancy Durner Diversco Construction Co., Inc. Engineering/Safety Services Coordinator 53 New Members Excavating [email protected] 58 ARTBA News Joseph Malloure Danielle Keating C.A. Hull Co., Inc. Events Coordinator 66 MITA 2007 Calendar Structures [email protected] 72 Meet our Partners Steve Mancini Tiya Kunaiyi-Akpanah Ric-Man Construction, Inc. Membership Services Coordinator For Cross-Section Magazine advertising, circulation or editorial inquiries, contact Nancy Hale Brown at: phone: Past President [email protected] 517-347-8336; fax, 517-347-8344 ; e-mail, [email protected]; or by mail at the following mailing address: Al McQuestion Mary Moody MITA, P.O. Box 1640, Okemos, Mich., 48805-1640. The address for overnight deliveries is MITA, D.J. McQuestion & Sons, Inc. Accounting Coordinator 3413 Woods Edge Drive, Okemos, Mich., 48864. Excavating [email protected] Kurt Poll Stacey Morris © 2007 Cross-Section. All rights reserved. Reprints or reproductions only with written consent of MITA. Kamminga & Roodvoets, Inc. Technical-Web Coordinator Underground [email protected] Cover photo: Brian Slagter, president of MITA’s board of directors, Bryan Rewa Janis Strang spoke during the MITA 3rd Annual Conference in January. Slagter is Milbocker & Sons, Inc. External Affairs Coordinator president/CEO of Slagter Construction Company in Wayland, Mich. President Appointment [email protected] WINTER | 2007 MITA cross-section 5 Did You Know? MITA Information Technology Update MITA Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide – Now On-Line MITA recently came to the decision that, with a membership of nearly 800 members, it was time to update and upgrade the MITA membership database. With the new system in place, members are now able to log on to the MITA website and view the current membership listings that are updated daily. You are also able to add and/or edit your individual company listing via the MITA website at any time. www.mi-ita-com To ensure that your hard copy membership directory is updated, MITA will post the new member information and current member changes in our weekly e-newsletter that is e-mailed to the membership. If you have any questions and/or concerns regarding MITA’s website, please contact Stacey Morris, MITA’s technical-web coordinator, at (517) 347-8336 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Buyer's Guide Five Steps to Success on the Internet By Ryan Doom NEW! Update Your Directory President of Web Ascender Listing On-line. See page 4 for details. There are 5 easy things you can do to make sure your business embraces the Internet as a sales and marketing tool in 2007: 1. Purchase your own .com Domain Name for your company. 2. Use your .com Domain Name for all email communication. 3. Create a professional website and make it part of your sales team. 4. Internet marketing with Google, Yahoo and MSN. 5. Start an e-newsletter to communicate with customers. You may not realize it, but if you’re still using an e-mail address from Yahoo, Hotmail, SBC, Comcast, or some other free e-mail service to communicate with customers, you’re losing some “professionalism points.” If your website is not portraying your company effectively and generating business for you, then it’s time to take action. Following these fi ve steps is a good start to making your website function as an extension of your sales team. Purchase a ‘.com’ Domain name for your company You have to buy “yourcompanyname.com” as soon as possible, or someone else will. Buying an Internet Domain Name (.com, .net, .org) is extremely affordable and is the fi rst step in getting your own e-mail address and website. Your domain name is a virtual street address; it is neither a website nor an e-mail address but is needed to connect to your website or e-mail host. You can purchase a Domain Name from a variety of web sources on the Internet for around $10 a year. If “your companyname.com” is not available it may take some creativity to fi nd an appropriate alternative. Web Ascender recommends .com addresses