The Ohio Land Improvement Contractors Association (OLICA) is the Ohio affiliate of the Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA).  LICA can trace its beginnings to a state association organized in Missouri during 1951.  The following year additional states joined the new association and it became the Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA). Since then other states have been added until now there are active LICA chapters in nearly every state.  Click here for more information.

Interested drainage contractors worked with Ohio State Ag Engineering Instructors to conduct annual schools and seminars.  This group became the Ohio Drainage contractors.  As the group joined the upcoming national association, their name became the Ohio Land Improvement Contractors Association (OLICA).

OLICA’s members are involved in a variety of construction projects.  The common thread uniting so many activities is each member’s dedication to soil and water conservation. OLICA contractors build or do work on:

Farm Drainage                   Open Ditch Construction

Home Sewage                    Excavating

Deep Trenching                  Road Drainage

Dewatering                       Tile Plowing

Pond Construction               Land Forming

Tile Drainage                     Landscaping

Demolition                         Sewer & Water Lines

Lagoons                            Waterways

Land Clearing                     Driveways

Ohio Land Improvement Contractors Association (OLICA) , a state affiliate of the Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA), is an organization of land improvement and conservation contractors support businesses, scientists and individuals interested in soil and water conservation.  LICA chapters are organized throughout the United States and Canada. OLICA programs and service, unless otherwise indicated, are available only to OLICA members within the state of Ohio. The political and other positions expressed in these pages represent OLICA positions on various issues as they relate to Ohio. The positions of national LICA are expressed through LICA, whose website can be found at www.licanational.com. OLICA and LICA emblems are registered service marks owned by OLICA and LICA respectively.