Engineering Duties

The Engineering Department is actively involved in many projects and initiatives related to on-going construction, maintenance, and repair of the county highway infrastructure. Duties performed by department staff include those listed below.

• Preparing bridge and road engineering plans and specifications for in-house construction and maintenance projects.
• Reviewing and approving plans and specifications for contracted highway construction and maintenance projects.
• Securing Federal and State funding sources to subsidize local road and bridge construction and maintenance projects.
• Assisting various Miami County political subdivisions with highway and drainage projects.
• Preparing plans for drainage improvement projects.
• Performing traffic studies for safety improvement projects and speed studies for establishing speed limits.
• Inspecting county-maintained bridges on an annual basis.
• Issuing various roadway related permits.
• Issuing address numbers within the unincorporated areas of the county.
• Maintaining extensive ditch records on each ditch in Miami County.
• Acting as the engineering advisor for the Trustees of the twelve Townships within Miami County.
• Reviewing and approving construction plans for housing subdivisions and industrial sites within the unincorporated areas of the County.
• Performing field review of proposed building sites.