I was in Royal Oak on Friday to see Sparks at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, and I couldn’t resist stopping to snap a picture of this new-to-me contractor stamp on the east side of South Lafayette Street between 4th and 5th, outside the Stagecrafters Baldwin Theater. I know, this isn’t even close to the Capital City, but it’s my blog and I can make (or break) the rules. This one uses a common template that several Lansing-area contractors also use.

Major Cement calls itself Major Contracting on the front page of its Web site, but the URL is majorcementco.com. Over on the history page, they slip back and forth between the two names. I see the telltale signs of a recent name change in all this. They were founded in 1978 and are located just inside the western border of the city of Detroit, on Dale Street near Telegraph Road.