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Project Details
Name of Project:
Great Western
Drainage
Location: St. Paul,
MN
Scope of Work: Site
Development, Soil
Remediation, Urban
Drainage and Storm
Sewer Installation
Great Western
Drainage is an
existing wetland
drainage easement
that was constructed
to extend the City
of St. Paul’s storm
sewer system into
the Mississippi
River. Due to
extensive erosion to
the existing
drainage ditch,
Meyer Contracting
was asked to
reconstruct the
Great Western
Drainage ditch.
From the onset, the
project required
cooperation and
coordination as it
was next to railroad
easements. Initial
work consisted of:
environmental soil
remediation, soil
correction, storm
sewer improvements,
retention walls and
shoring.
To resolve the issue
of erosion,
Meyer Contracting
used an erosion
control system in
the channel called:
cable concrete.
Cable concrete is
relatively new to
the construction
market. It is a
pre-fabed concrete
erosion mat bound by
cables in order to
protect the surface
underneath from
erosion. This
project was
particularly
difficult as the
cable concrete was
installed on slopes.
Creative problem
solving was required
in getting equipment
and product to the
needed location to
complete the work.
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