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Business View Magazine
County Engineers Association of Ohio (CEAO)
The county road to success and the bridge to the future
The official mandate states: “The County Engineers Asso-
ciation of Ohio (CEAO) raises the technical and non-tech-
nical standards of service rendered to the general public
by the County Engineer and his or her employees by estab-
lishing a central point for reference and group discussion
of mutual problems.”
That statement barely scratches the surface of the Asso-
ciation’s importance – to its members and the population
as a whole. Fredrick B. Pausch, Executive Director of CEAO,
speaks with passion about the importance of lobbying for
safe travel throughout Ohio.
“I always tell people that job number one of a County En-
gineer is to ensure the safety of the traveling public. If a
bridge or road is not passable, they’ll close it. If it needs
to be load-rated, they will do that. Everyone sees these
aspects. They also see Congress patching instead of fix-
ing Federal spending bills. This is a major concern when
trying to plan future construction projects. You don’t just,
one day, build a bridge. You need detailed plans, environ-
mental clearance, etc. – just like Federal legislation, it all
needs to be planned and timed out.”
To put the urgency in perspective, in the state of Ohio
