City of Rockford Public Works BLA prepared design alternatives to address bank erosion and scour at the Buckbee Creek Rock River outfall. The creek and project area are in the mapped floodplain. BLA performed hydraulic modeling and developed multiple alternatives to stabilize the channel bottom, reconstruct...
DuPage County Forest Preserve District BLA prepared a Dam Inspection Report according to the requirements of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and the IDNR-OWR “Guidelines and Forms for Inspection of Illinois Dams.” The Design Report that accompanied the Dam Inspection Report addressed the issues...
Village of Palatine $2 million The Winston Park subdivision was built in the 1950s and is comprised of many raised-ranch style homes. This subdivision was experiencing significant flooding, so the Village retained BLA to study the area and design a solution. BLA designed new overflow points to...
DuPage County Public Works $1.6 million BLA provided complete design and construction engineering for the addition of storm sewers and drainage swales to an existing subdivision to solve flooding problems. The work included complete hydraulic design of swales and storm sewer; construction documentation; restoration of residential private...
Village of Northbrook $3.2 million BLA provided Phase II and III engineering for a 72-inch storm sewer through utility-congested right-of-way to help alleviate Northbrook’s significant chronic flooding along Shermer Road. The project included a micro-tunnel auger of an 87.5-inch steel casing sleeve under the Metra railroad tracks...
Village of Big Rock and Unincorporated Kane County Kane County Division of Transportation The Village of Big Rock was worried regional flooding would be made worse by KDOT’s proposed Dauberman Road extension project. The Location Drainage Study determined the drainage issues were more directly related to old/failing...