Welcome to your daily briefing on construction developments in Michigan. Today we're covering 7 key stories including updates on michigan construction headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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The city of Detroit maintains an open data portal that includes a summary dataset of building permits issued across the city.
MI construction professionals can access historical and current permit data to track market activity, identify project opportunities, and benchmark timelines in Michigan's largest city.
A video and blog guide walk through the process of obtaining a general contractor license in Michigan.
Construction professionals in MI need proper licensing to operate legally and grow their businesses in the state.
Builders Exchange highlights how construction project databases capture the expertise and hard work behind every finished building.
MI construction professionals can leverage project databases to demonstrate their capabilities and win future work in a competitive market.
Procore published a guide covering Michigan's contractor licensing and registration requirements for doing business in the state.
For MI construction professionals, understanding these requirements is essential to maintaining compliance and avoiding penalties that could disrupt operations.
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A bid bond protects the owner if the bidder refuses to enter the contract; it pays the difference between the rejected bid and the next responsive bid. A performance bond covers contractor non-performance during the project. A payment bond protects unpaid subcontractors and suppliers. Each has different claimants and triggers.
Subs frequently file claims against the wrong bond and lose them on procedural grounds without ever reaching the merits. Knowing which bond covers your specific exposure is table stakes for collections.
Recordable injuries (OSHA 300 log entries) include any that require medical treatment beyond first aid. Reportable injuries — which trigger an immediate notification to OSHA — are limited to fatalities (within 8 hours) and inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or eye losses (within 24 hours). The categories are not the same.
Confusing the two leads to either over-reporting (creating audit triggers) or under-reporting (which is itself a citation-worthy violation). Knowing the distinction protects both the safety record and the regulatory posture.
"Pay-when-paid" sets a timing condition only — the GC must still pay even if the owner never does. "Pay-if-paid" creates a true condition precedent — no owner payment, no GC payment to subs. Many states will not enforce pay-if-paid clauses without unmistakably clear language; ambiguity defaults to pay-when-paid.
The risk allocation between subcontractors and GCs hinges on this one phrase. Subs who sign pay-if-paid contracts effectively underwrite owner credit risk on top of project risk.
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