ABC-SEMI Southeast Michigan Contractors Issue 4, 2023

4 Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PROFILE DiPonio Contracting Gets Down and Dirty on Gratiot Ave ABC contractor helps bring community safer drinking water. The Shelby Township based contractor is working with the city of Eastpointe on the Drinking Water Revolving Fund project, which involves installing a mile of 18-inch water main on Gratiot Avenue between 9 Mile and 8 Mile. A standard process that DiPonio Contracting supervisor Chris Maltese said came with few surprises and The team gets ready to lift the main into place. allowed his team to move in and get the job done. “It’s been an ongoing project across the county really. Eastpointe has a large amount of lead water, which has been the driving force to replace the mains and bring clean water to the residents,” Maltese said. Maltese mentioned his team has been working on the Revolving Fund project with the city since early January working on residential streets and installing a mile of 8-inch water main. That replacement involved 150 lead water services installing from the new main all the way to residents’ basements.

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