Welcome to CEAO
Since 1940, the County Engineers Association of Ohio has worked to unify its members in providing the highest quality transportation, drainage, surveying and land record keeping services. From the safe and efficient movement of people, goods and services to continuing land development needs, CEAO strives to construct solutions for many challenges to Ohio's local infrastructure. Ohio County Engineers are responsible for 26,081 bridges and 28,970 miles of urban and rural roadways that are vital to the combined growth of jobs and prosperity in the state of Ohio.
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03/23/2026
Fayette County Engineer announces upcoming bridge repair projects
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — The Fayette County Engineer’s Office has announced several bridge projects scheduled for completion over the next few years.
03/23/2026
Planned data corridor will pass through Mercer County
CELINA - A global firm's new long-haul fiber network route set to begin in Chicago will make its way through Mercer County en route to Columbus, Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart confirmed.
In January 2025, Zayo Group announced it intends to build more than 5,000 long-haul fiber route miles to meet the growing demands of AI workloads. The five new long-haul routes will enable direct, low-latency and scalable paths between key data center hubs and forecasted growth areas, the company said in a news release.
03/18/2026
2026 CEAO Scholarship Now Open
The CEAO Board of Directors has established a scholarship program for Civil Engineering and Surveying students attending accredited institutions in the State of Ohio. The purpose of this program is to raise awareness of the County Engineering profession and to encourage both students and current county employees to pursue dual registration as a Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor.
Scholarships will be awarded to Junior and Senior undergraduate students majoring in Civil Engineering or Surveying, as well as to current county employees who are completing the additional surveying coursework required for dual licensure.
03/18/2026
Piece by piece: A historic bridge in Ohio comes back to life
What started as a routine preservation project quickly turned into a years-long process filled with historic design hurdles and environmental hold ups.
This project was designated as a historic structure, which slowed the initial design down, and then from there there was an environmental delay with the hellbender study that had to get done.”
Eric Hilty, Jefferson County Engineer
03/18/2026
Fayette County engineer hosts annual banquet, highlights road and bridge projects
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Fayette County Engineer Jason Little hosted his annual engineer’s banquet Thursday, March 12, for township trustees, fiscal officers and several elected officials at the Mahan Building at the Fayette County Fairgrounds.
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2026 NACE Conference
Sun
12
2026
April 12 (8:00AM EST) - 15 (4:00PM EST), 2026
Loews Hotel Arlington, Texas
2026 CEAO Bridge Workers, Supervisors & Engineers Conference
Tue
12
2026
May 12 (8:00AM EST) - 13 (12:00PM EST), 2026
Cherry Valley Hotel
2299 Cherry Valley Rd SE
Newark, Ohio
2026 CEAO Land Records and Surveyors Conference
Thu
4
2026
June 4, 2026
8:00AM - 4:30PM EST
Renaissance Westerville-Polaris
