October 12 2011 - This month39s program focuses on Michigan House Bill 4561 dubbed by some as The Technology Torpedo proposing the extension of the current national standard of the state building code update cycle from 3-years up to 6-years. This discussion with host Rick Mason will be with guests Tom Bowes assistant training director of the Electrical Industry Training Center and John Easter Midwest region director of state affairs for the American Chemistry Council. Then an update on the Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway an initiative and coalition of stakeholders looking to leverage our region39s existing assets to develop Michigan into an intermodal freight hub. Guests for this roundtable are Mike Belzer associate professor of economics at Wayne State University and president and CEO of Great Lakes Gateway a not-for-profit Michigan corporation Steve Landes member of the Gateway Executive Committee and Bob Dabrowski director of the Industrial Global Supply Chain group for Newmark Knight Frank.