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Farrenburg Levee Phase 6

Category: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Farrenburg Levee Phase 6 LOCATION: New Madrid County, MO PROJECT SUMMARY: Bloomsdale Excavating (BE) has been the excavation and grading contractor working with the USACE on several phases of the Farrenburg Levee Project. For Phase 6, BE was contracted to strip and replace 18,000 cubic yards of topsoil, import and place 16,500 CY of soil embankment, and place 58,000 SY of geotextile fabric under 16,000 tons of base rock. All projects have challenges and in the case of Phase 6, USACE had outdated survey data. After stripping topsoil BE had to...

Sals Creek Levee Scour Repair

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Sals Creek Levee Scour Repair LOCATION: Scott City, MO PROJECT SUMMARY: Bloomsdale Excavating was contracted for the scour repair project on the Sals Creek Levee in Scott City, MO. Bloomsdale's scope of work included clearing 1.5 acres, excavation and grading 3,000 cubic yards of material for the placement of 5,100 tons of R650 rip rap, placing 2,500 cubic yards of compacted fill under the rip rap and placing 600 tons of bedding on top of the fabric under the rip rap. As part of Bloomsdale's project planning, it was determined the excavation spoils would be used for the backfill, eliminating...

Ste. Genevieve 2 Levee District 84-99 Flood Recovery Levee Repairs

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Ste. Genevieve 2 Levee District 84-99 Flood Recovery Levee Repairs LOCATION: Ste. Genevieve, MO PROJECT SUMMARY: The town of Ste. Genevieve, MO is located along the banks of the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis. The Ste. Genevieve Levee system sustained damages because of high-water events during the spring of 2019, requiring federal action to restore the level of flood protection with existed prior to the 2019 flood events. Bloomsdale Excavating (BE) was contracted to repair three (3) levee slides. Additionally. BE was contracted to repair wave wash erosion on 8,000 feet of the levee, fill a ...

Ft. Leonard Wood Replacement Hospital

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Replacement Hospital Fort Leonard Wood LOCATION: St. Robert, MO PROJECT SUMMARY: The project located at the U.S. Army Base Fort Leonard Wood, near the City of St. Robert, Missouri and funded by Department of Defense, was awarded in August 2019. As the construction agent for Defense Health Agency, the USACE’s Kansas City District was responsible for the design, construction and delivery of the hospital. The four-story building (basement level, three above-ground floors, and mechanical equipment penthouse) will feature a 235,400 SF hospital, 193,300 SF clinic, an expanded and improved intensive car...

Degognia, Grand Tower, and Clear Creek Levees

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECTS: Degognia, Grand Tower, and Clear Creek Levee Districts LOCATION: Various Counties in Illinois PROJECT SUMMARY: Project consisted of repairing numerous levee slides in 3 different levee districts, slip lining and grouting a 72" metal culvert, and resurfacing the levee top at the repair areas. This included site excavation of approximately 75,000 cubic yards of material, which due to the time of year needed to be treated with 32 pounds per square yard of hydrated lime. Additionally, Bloomsdale slip lined 275 feet of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in an existing culvert under the levee. Other key deliver...

Ft. Chartres Package A PL 84-99 Flood Support

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Ft. Chartres Package A PL 84-99 Flood Support LOCATION: Monroe & Randolph Counties, IL PROJECT SUMMARY: Fort de Chartres was a French fortification first built in 1720 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. Due generally to river floods, the fort was rebuilt twice before 1750 and is currently an Illinois State Park. The existing levee protects the partially rebuilt fort and state park. Bloomsdale Excavating (BE) was contracted to repair 6 levee slides totaling over 15,800 cubic yards of material. A levee slide is a failure of the levee embankment that jeopradizes the str...

Elm Point Levee District 2019 Flood Recovery Repairs

Posted on December 02, 2022 in: Corps of Engineers

PROJECT: Elm Point Levee District 2019 Flood Recovery Repairs LOCATION: St. Charles County, MO PROJECT SUMMARY: The project required Bloomsdale Excavating (BE) to repair two levee breaches and repair one levee slide. Bloomsdale Excavating’s contract entailed excavating 10,000 cubic yards from on-site borrow areas and haul to two levee breaches to reconstruct the levee. Additionally, BE needed to excavate 10,000 cubic yards of levee slide material, lime process the material and return to the levee embankment to restore structural integrity.The borrow area given to obtain the material for the breach repa...

Ste. Genevieve 2 Levee District PL 84-99 Flood Recovery Levee Repairs

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: Ste. Genevieve 2 Levee District PL 84-99 Flood Recovery Levee Repairs 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 high-water events during the spring of 2019, requiring federal action to ...

Miscellaneous Relief Wells

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: Miscellaneous Relief Wells 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 vegetation from existing ditches. Project Summary Bloomsdale Excavating (BE)...

St. Francis Basin - Maintenance West Basin Scour Repairs Phase 3

Posted on August 23, 2021 in: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: St. Francis Basin Scour Repairs Location - Bollinger County, MO Project Background & Description The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, running about 426 miles in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansa...

Bois Brule Road Raise and Drainage Improvements

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: Bois Brule Road Raise and Drainage Improvements 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 ...

West Basin Scour Levee Repairs Phases I & IV

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: West Basin Scour Levee Repairs Phases I & IV 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 proximity of the levee to the RDB, the scour problems had the ...

Old Greenville Bank Stabilization

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: Old Greenville Bank Stabilization 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) contracted with a general contractor to provide bank stabilization o...

Levee Reach 1B

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: Levee Reach 1B Location: St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Project Background & Description Bloomsdale Excavating Company, Inc. was awarded a contract with in the state of Louisiana to raise a portion of the existing St. Charles Parish Levee. In order to meet contract requirements 8,900 feet of existing levee needed to be raised from the current elevation of 10 feet to 16 feet above sea level. The project scope included clearing and grubbing of the site, demolition of the existing culverts, excavation and concrete scour protection. Blooms...

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E-40 Levee Enlargement

Category: Public, Corps of Engineers

Project: E-40 Levee Enlargement Location: Iberville Parish, Louisiana Project Background & Description Bloomsdale Excavating Company, Inc. worked to enlarge the levee inside Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana. The basin is the largest swamp in the United States. The project included raising four miles of the existing levee by two to three feet and the establishment and maintenance of a new access road and turf. Three borrow pits within the swamp were cleared, grubbed and excavated to gather enough material for the project. Due to the high moisture c...

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