As a statewide business and trade association, OCA's mission is to provide support, unity and leadership to the heavy highway and utility industry for the success of its membership. OCA's members are the caretakers of Ohio's massive public works infrastructure that includes more than 116,200 miles of highways, roads and streets, 42,000 bridges and a million miles of water, sewer, energy, and telecommunication lines.
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1313 Dublin Road
Columbus, OH 43215, US
OCA’s Toledo Chapter welcomed 200 high school students today from eight local constuction career programs! The chapter’s annual Constructor for a Day event introduced students to careers in highway construction with a career fair and also a project tour hosted by Kokosing. Congratulations to the ten students who received the “Muddy Boot Award”! The award supports students entering the trades with a $200 voucher to purchase new boots. Thank you to all of the schools, trades and contractors who helped make the day a success!
OCA and Ohio Department of Transportation welcomed nearly 800 industry members to day one of the 2024 Conaway Conference this morning! We look forward to networking and to the great lineup of presentations!
OCA members from around the state enjoyed a half-day communication skills program presented by Anthony Huey in Columbus last week. Thank you to all who participated and we look forward to having Anthony back soon!
OCA’s Cleveland Chapter enjoyed a great turnout yesterday of nearly 200 industry members for their Annual Work Forecast program. Thank you to Bonnie Teeuwen and Ohio Department of Transportation for presenting - and to all who joined us for networking and dinner. Congratulations to this year’s chapter scholarship recipients!
OCA held a Workforce Awareness Industry Forum yesterday to support collaboration between industry and education as we continue to engage future workforce. Thank you to all of the educators, OCA contractors and skilled trades including Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship and Training Program , Ohio Laborers' Training & Apprenticeship Program , OP&CMIA and IKORCC for your partnership and commitment!
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#WhereIsESCtoday Well done Melanie Kitchen and the team at Ohio Contractors Association! Today's Workforce Awareness Industry Forum was a productive, insightful discussion between the industry and education. So many gaps were identified as well as best practices. I appreciate the opportunity to network and connect so we can keep moving the pipeline needle. I'm looking forward to future engagements. And...it's always a great day when I get to see my good friends Mark Tremayne , Steven Cawley , adam davidoff , Katie Gouldin, Trevor Maggied. Educational Service Center of Central Ohio Robb Gonda John Hambrick Kristina Lucas
OCA’s Columbus Chapter Work Forecast event had a great turnout for last week’s program held at COSI - Center of Science and Industry. Thank you to our membership and to all the presenters from ODOT, local engineer’s offices and the City of Columbus for joining us!
The 23rd Annual OCA Estimating Competition is underway with 10 Universities all across Ohio. After weeks of preparation, 8 hours of work on the project yesterday, teams started making their presentations to the judges this morning at 7:00am. Real life project getting them ready to put their classroom learning to the test. Thank you to all the OCA member company volunteers that coach, advise, judge and sponsor the event.