Project: Ste. Genevieve 2 Levee District PL 84-99 Flood Recovery Levee Repairs Client: US Army Corps of Engineers General SYTE Corporation Location: Ste. Genevieve, MO Project Background & Description The town of Ste. Genevieve, MO is located along the banks of the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis.  In fact, the town has withstood two 100-year floods and one 500-year flood.  Thus, the levee system is critical to the future survival of the Missouri town.  The Ste. Genevieve Levee system sustained damages because of hi...

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Project: VuCon Relief Wells Client: US Army Corps of Engineers General Contractor VuCon, LLC Location: Scott County, MO Project Background & Description Seepage that occurs during flood conditions on the Mississippi River needs to be controlled to ensure that the levee system does not fail during a project flood event. The overall project included installing 29 relief wells, modifying existing drainage systems to accommodate additional seep water, placement of riprap at drainage confluences to prevent potential scour, and clearing vegetatio...

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CLIENT - USACE St. Louis District LOCATION - Perry County, MO   PROJECT BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION This project required raising two roads that crossed an existing levee by two feet. This would allow a future project to raise the entire levee two feet for additional flood protection and the replacement and upgrade of culverts to improve drainage. Bloomsdale Excavating crews imported 16,000 CY from a government-furnished borrow source, removed an existing box culvert and replaced it with a 72” RCP culvert. They also removed and ...

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Project: Covia Overburden Removal Client: Covia Holdings Corp. Location: Peveley, MO Project Background & Description Built through the merging of two leading organizations, Unimin and Fairmount-Santrol, Covia is a leading provider of minerals and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets.  The Covia plant in Pevely, MO, produces Granusil® high-performance construction sand, one of many advanced mineral and material solutions, is a frequent choice for a variety of industrial and contractor-mixed applications. Consisten...

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Project: Covia Ore Haulage Client: Covia Holdings Corp. Location: Peveley, MO Project Background & Description Built through the merging of two leading organizations, Unimin and Fairmount-Santrol, Covia is a leading provider of minerals and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets.  The Covia plant in Pevely, MO, produces Granusil® high-performance construction sand, one of many advanced mineral and material solutions, is a frequent choice for a variety of industrial and contractor-mixed applications. Consistent,...

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Project: Covia Sand Drilling Client: Covia Holdings Corp. Location: Peveley, MO  Project Background & Description Built through the merging of two leading organizations, Unimin and Fairmount-Santrol, Covia is a leading provider of minerals and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets.  The Covia plant in Pevely, MO, produces Granusil® high-performance construction sand, one of many advanced mineral and material solutions, is a frequent choice for a variety of industrial and contractor-mixed applications. Consiste...

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Project: West Basin Scour Levee Repairs Phases I & IV Client: C&M Contractors / US Army Corps of Engineers Location: Cape Girardeau & Bollinger Counties in Missouri Project Background & Description The entire project called for the repair of ten total scour sites that have developed along the right descending bank (RDB) of the Castor River Headwater Diversion Channel. Due to large flows and high velocities typical after rain events, head cutting had given rise to major scour problems along the banks of the Diversion Channel. Due to the...

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Project: Old Greenville Bank Stabilization Client: C&M Contractors / US Army Corps of Engineers Location: Wappapello Lake, Wayne County MO Project Background & Description Lake Wappapello is a reservoir on the St. Francis River, formed by Wappapello Dam. Created in 1941, this 8,400-acre lake is located 120 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri. The reservoir lies mostly in Wayne County, but its southernmost reaches extend into northern Butler County, both in Missouri. As part of a four-phase project, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contr...

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Project: Festus Commons Curb & Gutter Client: GIP Shapiro, LLC / Goodwin Brothers Construction Location: Festus, MO Project Background & Description Located in Festus, MO, Festus Commons is a new multi-use retail development.  The developer was under specific time constraints to have a portion of the development open to the public to meet tenant move-in needs and requirements.  Working with the developer and general contractor, Bloomsdale created a plan to phase the project in such a way that would allow for ongoing design of later p...

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PROJECT: Route 336 Macomb Bypass CLIENT: Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) LOCATION: Macomb, IL PROJECT BACKGROUND Bloomsdale Excavating was awarded the contract from IDOT to create a four-lane divided highway on U.S. Routes 336/110. The Illinois Route 336 project consisted of pre-grading and drainage structures on a new alignment of U.S. Routes 336/110 and reconstruction of County Highway 14, located west of Macomb, IL.  The project owner required project completion in 220 days. PROJECT SUMMARY Tackling such a large-scale project wo...

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PROJECT: Prairie State Generating Company (PSGC) Cells 3 & 4 Construction CLIENT: Prairie State Generating Company (PSGC) LOCATION: Marissa, IL  PROJECT SUMMARY Bloomsdale Excavating was contracted to construct two, separate ash containment cells totaling 56 acres which also included geomembrane liners, leachate piping and drainage layers. Cell 3:  • Covered 12 acres • Clearing and grubbing • Hauled 300,000 cubic yards of material excavation to another area on site • Placed 100,000 cubic yards of compacted, 3&r...

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PROJECT: Prairie State Generating Company Cells 1 & 2 Closure CLIENT: Prairie State Generating Company (PSGC) LOCATION: Marissa, IL  PROJECT SUMMARY Prairie State Energy Campus is a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired, electrical power station and coal mine located near Marissa, Illinois. As part of the energy campus’  ash management program, Bloomsdale Excavating was  contracted to close two separate ash pond cells totaling 51 acres. The project included managing a geomem-brane contractor, installing terrace drains, rock let-downs a...

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PROJECT: Prairie Power Pearl Landfill Cell Closure  CLIENT: Prairie Power, Inc. LOCATION: Pearl, IL  PROJECT BACKGROUND Bloomsdale Excavating’s scope of work included: Value engineering & constructability planning, grading of coal ash and soil cap, erosion control and maintenance, demolition of existing steel and concrete foundation structures located in and adjacent to the Illinois River, installation of membrane liner, and soil stabilization.  PROJECT SUMMARY In 2012, Prairie Power closed its Pearl Generation  Station...

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Project: School of the Osage Early Childhood Center Client: Nabholz Construction Location: Lake Ozark, MO Project Background & Description BE’s scope of work included: demolition, site excavation and grading, rock excavation, site utilities Project Summary Bloomsdale Excavating Company, Inc was hired to perform the demolition, sitework and site utilities to build a new 15,000 square foot Early Childhood Center (ECC) addition to existing elementary school. Demolition consisted of a playground and parking lot on which the new EC...

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