Service Overview

Specialized Expertise

CBBEL’s Drainage Engineering Department offers specialized expertise in roadway drainage, stormwater management and waterway crossing analysis, from concept through permitting. Our staff works closely with multi-discipline teams of surveyors, geometric designers, structural engineers and environmental specialists to create stormwater management systems that meet our clients’ vision for improvements.

Wide Scope

The scope of improvement projects ranges from residential intersections to miles-long highways. We provide similar services for railways, bike path corridors and site developments. Our professionals have further expertise in pump station analysis, detention facility design, water quality Best Management Practices and scour analysis and countermeasure design.

Knowledgeable Staff 

In addition to thorough knowledge of IDOT and Tollway drainage guidelines and IDNR-OWR permitting rules, we are familiar with local stormwater ordinances throughout Chicagoland. We are committed to understanding each project’s unique situation and requirements to develop efficient and cost-effective designs that achieve project goals.

Drainage Engineering Projects

Services List

  • Detention and BMP facilities
  • Drainage investigations
  • Drainage plans, specifications and cost estimates
  • Floodway construction permitting
  • Hydraulic reports – pump station
  • Hydraulic reports – waterway (bridge and culvert)
  • Location drainage studies and technical memoranda
  • Storm sewer and open drainage systems
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