Membership Benefits

Provided Resources
Advocacy Campaigns
Grassroots efforts (meetings with Illinois Legislators, testimony at various hearings)
Web-based Bid Letting Results
Special Provisions
Labor Contract Negotiations
Curent Labor Wage Rates
Access to Blue Book Equipment Rental Rates
Research of Diversity Market Trends
Website & Social Networking Updates
Partnership on the National Level with ARTBA


Agency Coopeative Partnership Committees:
        IDOT           CTA                     Lake County
        Tollway       Cook County         McHenry County
        CDOT         DuPage County     Will County
        METRA       Kane County


Networking Opportunities:
    Industry Golf Outing
    Annual Meeting & Contractors of the Year Awards Dinner
    General Membership Dinners
    Annual Conventions
    Educational Seminars & Online Webinars

Members First Program:
Designed to insure the highest quality of service and materials to the contracting industry, this member pledge is designed to deliver the highest quality of service to another member. In return, that company will be considered "first" when these goods and services are required. The IRTBA is, in essence, exactly what a membership organization is designed to be - a marketplace of goods and services of the highest caliber.

Friday Facts Weekly Newsletter:
Upon membership, members of your company can join 1,200 industry professionals by signing up to receive the Friday Facts weekly industry newsletter. Read weekly legislative updates, industry news, and stay updated on upcoming meetings and networking events -- all available via tablet PCs and smart phones! As a new member bonus, you may have the opportunity to get your company's profile featured in one edition of the Friday Facts!

Transportation Industry Directory:
Members receive one (1) FREE copy per year of our annual transportation directory.

Additional copies are available while supplies last at the reduced rate of $50.00 for members, and $205.00 for non-members.