What Is the Old Dominion Highway Contractors Association?
The Old Dominion Highway Contractors Association was charted in 1997 to protect, promote, and advance the interests of small, midsize, and large highway contractors and their suppliers in the Commonwealth of Virginia. How Is the ODHCA Different to Other Highway Construction Groups? The Association was founded because of growing concerns among highway contractors that the industry was not doing enough to protect itself in Richmond, both with legislators and government agencies. Those who banded together as charter members did so in the belief there were issues central to the industry’s well-being that were being ignored. At the time of the ODHCA’s founding, the livelihoods of many contractors were under threat from the ramifications of the Public-Private Transportation Act, including the issuing of state maintenance contracts without using competitive sealed bidding. The initial meetings of the association focused on developing a proactive approach to lobbying and building long-term rel
