New project delivery systems now available to state, local governments

02/07/2012

State and local government agencies may now make use of sophisticated new public works project delivery systems, thanks to changes in state law enacted last year.

ACEC scores big win with repeal of 3% withholding requirement

11/20/2011

Yesterday, Christmas came early for ACEC. With National Council President Dave Raymond looking on, President Obama signed legislation to repeal a tax law that would have required most government agencies to withhold 3 percent from payments made to contractors beginning in 2013.

ACEC Ohio asks legislative committee to reject "reverse auction" bill

11/20/2011

Governor says no local projects to be funded in next state capital budget

11/19/2011

The state of Ohio's next capital budget will include no funding for local projects such as parks, museums, and recreational facilities, if Governor John Kasich gets his way.

Rulemaking to implement construction reform law moving ahead, albeit slowly

11/04/2011

Slow but steady goes the process of drafting administrative rules that will allow state and local government agencies to use the new public works project delivery methods approved by the Ohio General Assembly last summer.

Environment & Energy Committee creates five new sub-groups

11/03/2011

ACEC Ohio's Environment & Energy Committee is forming five new subcommittees so that the Council can more effectively respond to the wide variety of issues that arise in the environmental arena.

New publication explains recent amendment of QBS law

10/26/2011

The recently enacted amendment of Ohio's Qualifications-Based Selection law for design professionals is explained in a new ACEC Ohio publication.

Crumbling transportation infrastructure will exact huge economic costs, report warns

08/15/2011

The nation’s deteriorating surface transportation infrastructure will cost the American economy more than 870,000 jobs, and suppress the growth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product by $3.1 trillion by 2020, according to a new report commissioned by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Volunteer now to serve on an ACEC Ohio committee

08/11/2011

ACEC Ohio President Robert W. Campbell (TranSystems Corporation) is encouraging all Council members to volunteer to serve on one or more committees of their choice.

Future funding uncertain for 'Clean Ohio' programs

08/09/2011

PAC fundraising reaches one-third of goal; your company's participation critical

08/02/2011

Twenty-five ACEC Ohio member companies have met their 2011 voluntary fundraising goal for the Council's state and national political action committees.

Local governments will benefit from turnpike lease, ODOT director says

08/02/2011

Leasing the Ohio Turnpike could be a boon for cities and counties strapped for funds to build local infrastructure projects, Department of Transportation Director Jerry Wray said last week.

ACEC Ohio scores two big victories in state budget bill

07/12/2011

ACEC Ohio scored two important victories in the new, two-year state budget bill that was signed by Governor John Kasich last Thursday.

Public works construction law massively altered by state budget bill

07/09/2011

State and local governments will soon have a number of new project delivery systems available to them thanks to massive changes in Ohio's public works construction law that are included in the new state budget bill signed Thursday by Governor John Kasich.

Budget bill gives legislature approval authority over possible Turnpike lease

07/08/2011

Both houses of the Ohio General Assembly will have to give their permission before the state can proceed with any plan to lease the Ohio Turnpike to a private operator.