ELBOW RIVER FLOOD RECOVERY
The Elbow River is located in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the City of Calgary where it merges into the Bow River. The river is popular among canoers, rafters, campers and hikers with some sections of the river closed to fishing…
HEINSBURG DITCH EROSION CONTROL
The Town of Heinsberg lies along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River in East Central Alberta…
HIGHWAY 491 LANE EXPANSION
Highway 491, which runs along the western edge of New Mexico, was slated for expansion due to increased traffic volumes. The lane expansion would result in several cut slopes requiring re-vegetation in order to meet regulations…
SUGAR CREEK EROSION PROTECTION
Sugar Creek is a tributary to South Platte River — a Gold Medal Western trout river on the Eastern Slope of Colorado. This environmentally sensitive area was experiencing sediment laden discharge from a nearby roadway…
INTERSTATE 94 EROSION CONTROL
High storm water volume and velocity originating as run-off from a nearby overpass caused heavy erosion along a 250 foot section of drainage channels on Interstate 94 near Lawrence, Michigan…
JANVIER DITCH EROSION CONTROL
The community of Janvier is part of the MD of Wood Buffalo and is located approximately 100 km south of Fort McMurray…
BANFF LEGACY TRAIL FLOOD REPAIRS
Banff Legacy Trail is a 22.3 km long, three meter wide paved pathway that runs parallel to the Trans-Canada Highway and spans from Banff Park East Gate to the Bow Valley Parkway. Legacy Trail also connects Banff to Canmore, Alberta as part of an extended trail referred to as the Rocky Mountain…
DRAINAGE SWALE EROSION CONTROL
The City of Red Deer required a solution for a failing drainage swale adjacent to the roadway access for the River Bend Golf Course…
LEYDEN RANCH STORMWATER CULVERT EROSION PROTECTION
In the Leyden Ranch neighborhood of Arvada, Colorado a stormwater discharge system required a redesign to handle increased runoff caused by the influx of new housing. The stormwater culvert needed resizing to handle the increased flows and prevent scour of the outfall and pollution of area…
CITY OF BLOOMFIELD LANDSCAPE REDEVELOPMENT
The City of Bloomfield, New Mexico was undertaking a major construction project which focused on improving the traffic flow at the high volume intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 550. Bloomfield is located in the Four Corners region of the United States which is known for its hot and arid…
PARSON'S CREEK INTERCHANGE
Parson’s Creek is a highly-visible and environmentally-sensitive east-to-west flowing waterbody running under Highway 63 in the north end of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The creek connects to the Athabasca River and Alberta Transportation needed to ensure it had proper scour protection to…
PARKER HYDROTURF CHANNEL PROTECTION
The roadside channel section supporting a 15-acre (6 hectare) residential cul-de-sac was experiencing flooding onto the road and adjacent driveways during heavy rains. The choice of riprap for scour protection in the channel was proving problematic due to its thickenss and the large volume it…
EAST 112 AVENUE TURF REINFORCEMENT MATS
The widening of Northglenn Colorado’s busy 112 Avenue corridor resulted in a narrowing of its adjoining drainage channel. The narrowing required permanent stabilization for banks with a new 2:1 side slope. The channel redesign included two intersections and drop structures along its 4,000…
TICKVILLE GULCH TURF REINFORCEMENT MATS
A drainage canal serving several farms and registered as a U.S. Waterway needed to be redirected to accommodate new development. Federal regulations and soft soils throughout the project area required special considerations for the channel lining and material anchoring…
SUNSET POND REHABILITATION EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS
Draper City chose to invest in the rehabilitation of a stormwater pond for the Sunset Homes community so it could function as a fishing pond and community attraction. Crews were asked to use a different mix of erosion control products to help this improvement stand out from others…
WAGNER HYDROTURF LANDSCAPE SOLUTION
Amenities related to the single-location consolidation of Wagner Equipment and Wagner Rents included an outdoor gazebo area for employee use. In the arid New Mexico landscape, lawns require considerable resources to maintain. Owners were looking for a durable but attractive alternative to…
BOULDER CONCRETE CLOTH EROSION REPAIR
After a period of heavy rainfall, a Boulder, Colorado, homeowner discovered severe erosion in his backyard at the end of his leach field (also known as a septic drain field). He had to find a way to repair this damage and stop it from happening again; nearly half of his lawn had dropped three…
WESTERLY CREEK RESTORATION EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS
The City of Aurora, Colorado, embarked on an ambitious project to redevelop a neglected area filled with abandoned buildings and soils contaminated by its past use as an airfield. In addition to the housing and small shops planned for the neighborhood, a greenway park along the…
ROCKY FLATS GEORIDGE WATER FLOW CONTROL
The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge west of Denver, Colorado, is a reclaimed 175 acre (71 ha) site that was home to a nuclear testing facility for 40 years. The area’s combination of rolling topography, high winds and incidents of heavy rain and snow increase the odds of soil erosion…
NORTH VALLEY LANDFILL EROSION CONTROL AND SITE STABILIZATION
Logan City, Utah, opened a new lined landfill that suffered damage from extreme rainfalls in the spring of 2017. Nilex was asked to work with the City’s engineering team to present design options that would prevent this event from reoccurring and provide improvements to the site’s overall…
CITY OF HAMILTON STREET YARD SPILLWAY PROTECTION
The City of Hamilton required a re-grading and re-design of the city’s Upper Ottawa Street Works Yard. The overall project included the re-grading of a wet pond stormwater management facility, the re-grading of a site perimeter privacy berm and the re-grading of a fill pile area on the east…
