07/30/2025

Annual ACEC Ohio/ODOT Matchmaker Event

ACEC Ohio and The Ohio Department of Transportation are excited to host the 2025 Annual Professional Services Matchmaker event for DBE/SBE/EDGE & Prime Consultants. This is an opportunity for DBE/SBE/EDGE certified firms to have 10-minute appointments with primes and ODOT District staff to market their services on ODOT heavy highway projects. 

If you have any questions regarding the new SBE pilot projects or the SBE program in general, can you submit them online ahead of the Matchmaker and they will be answered at the event.  The SBE Q&A session will take place from approximately 9 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.

View the event flyer here!

What: Connecting Prime Consultants with DBE/SBE/EDGE subconsultants

When: Wednesday, August 5, 2025, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm  

Where: The Dwell Community Church | 1340 Community Park Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229

Agenda

8 a.m. — Registration/Check-in (walk-in’s are welcome)

8:45 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks

9:00 a.m. — Special presentation on ODOT's new SBE program

9:30 a.m. — Matchmaker Appointments & Networking Session

10:30 a.m. - Break

10:45 a.m. — Resume Matchmaker Appointments & Networking Session

11:45 a.m. — Lunch (on your own)

12:30 p.m. — Resume Matchmaker Appointments & Networking Session

1 p.m. - Transition to Networking Session

1:30 p.m. - Open networking with ODOT Districts

4 p.m. — Event ends