Cost for this outing is $85 per person and includes:

Love to golf? Everyone is welcome at the annual Mason Contractors Association (MCA) golf outing at Bay Pointe Golf Club in West Bloomfield, on Wednesday, July 20th.  Enjoy a day of fellowship, camaraderie, golf, food and drink with MCA members and guests alike.

 

Cost is $125 per person and includes:

• Open driving range and putting green
• 18 holes of golf with cart
• Grilled lunch
• Cocktails and networking after golf
• Steak dinner
• Awards and door prizes

FAQ: What is the CAM PAC?

 

The Construction Association of Michigan - Political Action Committee (CAM PAC) is a non-partisan political action tool of the Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) whose purpose is to provide financial support to legislators who support the construction industry. The CAM PAC, in conjunction with CAM, promotes candidates and issues that will positively impact the construction industry.

 

How the CAM PAC Works For You:

 

Every day, lawmakers make decisions to raise or lower your taxes, enact or repeal unreasonable regulations, and influence your business costs. The CAM PAC is committed to electing lawmakers who best represent the interests of the construction industry. By electing lawmakers who are supportive of our industry, we can be assured that CAM will have maximum influence in shaping policy issues in our state. In other words, CAM PAC is simply the best way you can protect your business interests. CAM PAC is the premier grassroots and issues-mobilizing force that exists to protect and promote the construction industry.

 

Who Can Contribute to the CAM PAC?

 

The CAM PAC can accept voluntary contributions from members and staff of CAM, including family members, and members and staff of affiliated organizations. The CAM PAC can accept personal checks or contributions from businesses organized as sole-proprietorships, partnerships, or LLCs (Limited Liability Corporations). However, the CAM PAC is prohibited by state and federal law from accepting corporate contributions.

 

Can I Write a Corporate Check?

 

Yes! The CAM has its CAM Advocacy Fund, which can accept corporate checks. Although the CAM Advocacy Fund is limited in its uses; it too will be used to help promote the industry through political education. Please send your check to the Construction Association of Michigan and write "Advocacy Fund" in the memo portion of the check. Also, contributions to the CAM Advocacy Fund can be made via credit card payment.

 

How Much Should I Contribute?

 

The amount of any contribution to the CAM PAC or the CAM Advocacy Fund is your choice. Both tools are funded completely through voluntary contributions. No one is required to participate and there is no minimum contribution, unless part of a fundraising event. However, just imagine how influential the construction industry could be if the CAM PAC and/or CAM Advocacy Fund had $500 from every company or $100 from every company employee in the state each year!

 

Please feel free to contact CAM with any questions. As always, thank you for being a member and for your support of the industry!

Join the Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) as we host our annual CAM Connect networking event as the Tigers take on the White Sox at Comerica Park on Wednesday, August 3.

 

Tickets are $50 per person and include a food buffet and networking on Deck #2 prior to the game, and seating in the Mezzanine section of the park. Buffet includes hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill, coleslaw, pasta salad, baked beans, chips, water and soda pop.

 

Deadline to RSVP is TODAY - June 30th - click here to register online. To view the event flyer for complete information, click here.

 

See you at the park!

The Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) and the Greater Detroit Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) invites those interested in presenting at its 2016 CAM / ASSE Safety Leadership & Professional Development Conference, to submit a proposal for review by the Leadership & PDC Planning Committee.

 

The Safety Leadership & Professional Development Conference will provide a forum for safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals to:

• Identify key issues facing SH&E professionals today and, sustainably, into the future; 
•  Expand participant's knowledge and professional skillset; 
•  Help participants prepare for challenges encountered in the SH&E field; 
•  Engage in dialog and/or discourse concerning our profession; and, 
•  Identify current trends and emerging issues relevant to our profession.

Description of Presentation for Evaluation: Describe your presentation and specify expected learning outcomes for attendees. Indicate an anticipated participant level of competency (beginner, intermediate or advanced) and industry path for your presentation (construction, general industry, or executive-level).

 

Brochure Description: Provide a 50-word (max) description of the presentation to be included in the conference brochure and website/email announcement(s).

 

Biographical Data & References: Provide a 150-word (max) description of your professional credentials and why you are the presenter/facilitator for your presentation. Please include as a minimum:

• Your name and contact information, including email address;
• Education, including Alma Mater;
• Current position;
• Certifications, designations, qualifications and relevant speaking experience (that addresses your specific qualifications as a presenter); and,
• Noteworthy articles and publications from the past 3 years.

Length of Presentation: Presentations are 1 hour (60 minutes) in length, but must allow proper time for questions following your presentation.

The conference is scheduled for December 7, 2016. Speaker submissions should be submitted to Jason Griffin, CAM Safety Director.  Incomplete submissions will not be considered .

Speaker proposals are due July 31, 2016.

CAM Member Milestone Anniversaries - Share Yours!

CAM is expanding our team! 

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, self-starter with a proven record of successful sales to develop, sell & service membership accounts. General construction industry knowledge, sales experience, and previous use of social media as a business tool preferred. Competitive salary and benefits.

Please send resume and salary req. to cam@cam-online.com.

One of our CAM Preferred Providers, VisiCom Services works in partnership with CAM Members to provide a professional IT management solution so you can focus on your core business.  They have assembled a team that addresses the full spectrum of IT needs that a typical firm just cannot match with an in-house IT person:

•  C-Level - Ability communicate at the executive level to explain IT needs in business terms
•  IT Operations Management - Structured approach to provide consistent, reliable service
• Technical Expertise - depth of skills and experience levels

In terms of IT services, VisiCom helps customers with everything from Strategy, Design, Maintenance and day-to-day support. 

 

While there are always more economical alternatives to using a professional firm like VisiCom, they can put together a solution that meets the needs of most businesses without breaking the budget.

 

Contact VisiCom today (248) 299-0300.

Little Caesars Reveals Updated, First of its Kind, Design of Expanded World Headquarters

 

Little Caesars and Olympia Development of Michigan have reached several major milestones as part of the development of the new and expanded Little Caesars world headquarters campus. The iconic Detroit-born business has updated the design of the new building after extensive collaboration with its colleagues and franchisees. The nine-story, 234,000-square-foot Little Caesars Global Resource Center, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Columbia Street in The District Detroit, will feature a first-of-its-kind façade and more than double the size of the current Little Caesars campus in Detroit to accommodate the company's rapid global growth and hiring.

 

The Little Caesars Global Resource Center, the cornerstone of The District Detroit's Columbia Street neighborhood, is Detroit's first newly constructed corporate headquarters building in more than a decade and only the seventh since 1950. Construction of the new Little Caesars Global Resource Center will be another boost to Detroit's impressive comeback story when construction begins this summer upon the approval of permits currently being reviewed by the city of Detroit.

 

The Little Caesars Global Resource Center will have an impressive formed-glass exterior. Each 14-foot tall, pizza slice shape of formed-glass pays homage to the company's signature product. The distinct shape of glass, in combination with the height of each formed-glass unit, makes the building façade the first of its kind in the world. The innovative building design matches the company's personality, which has long been regarded as an industry innovator.

 

Updated renderings show how the building's unique design provides more natural light, more collaboration spaces and great views of the city. Research and development space will triple current facilities and include a state-of-the-art test kitchen and space for sensory panels and quality assurance operations.

 

Olympia Development of Michigan has selected Brinker-Christman, a Detroit-based joint venture between Detroit-based Brinker Group LLC and Lansing-based The Christman Co. as the construction manager on the Global Resource Center project. Detroit-based SmithGroupJJR is the architect of record. 

 

"The Little Caesars Global Resource Center is an important anchor for The District Detroit and will appeal to national and local retailers who want proximity to a global brand with Detroit roots," said Steve Marquardt, Vice President of Olympia Development of Michigan, developer for the Little Caesars Global Resource Center and The District Detroit. "The selection of a Detroit-based construction manager, as well as a Detroit-based architect, further demonstrates our commitment to a Michigan Made, Detroit Built development and reflects the opportunities we continue to create for local and regional contractors and companies."

 

Additional innovative features of the Little Caesars Global Resource Center will include:

• Work café, pantries, collaborative workspaces and informal meeting rooms
• Two-story lobby connected to a new Welcome Center
• Glass-covered, open air terrace
• Screening room and 425-seat training room
• Fitness center
• Retail and dining 

In its ongoing work on the new Little Caesars Arena and its surrounding retail and office space, Olympia Development of Michigan has awarded more than $300 million, nearly 60 percent of total contracts awarded so far, to Detroit-based businesses. Detroit residents have logged more than 140,000 work hours on site, and there are more than 40 Detroit resident apprentices working currently. Nearly $500 million, or more than 90 percent, of contracts have been awarded to Michigan-based companies.

 

The expanded Little Caesars world headquarters campus will have workspace to allow for up to 700 high-skilled jobs to be brought to the city. The Little Caesars Global Resource Center will provide world-class training, innovation and workspace to accommodate thousands of employees, franchisees, and suppliers that visit the Detroit headquarters campus from around the globe each year. The Little Caesars Global Resource Center will support employees and franchisees with a combination of state-of-the-art, employee-focused design and the latest technology.