Add Life to Your Pool Slides and Retention Pond Shorelines
Pool Slides
With the difficult and uncertain economic times we’re all living in today many of our clients have decided to renovate their current facilities and extend the useful life of many of their amenities. 
Homewood- Flossmoor Park District faced a dilemma of spending over $100,000 to replace their slide tower for Lions Park Pool or repair their existing tower to extend its safe use for a fraction of the replacement cost. The Park District hired the structural engineering team from W-T Civil Engineering, LLC to provide the design solutions and cost estimates to facilitate their decision making.
The original wood structure slide tower was built in 1992 and has shown its age under the normal wear and tear of seasonal use and our unforgiving Chicago weather. Rather than remove and replace the entire structure, the owners and design team developed a yearly maintenance and repair program to economically provide a safe pool slide and save the District’s taxpayers money.
Retention Pond Shoreline Protection
W-T Civil Engineering offers a unique solution to retention pond shoreline stabilizations by utilizing retaining walls, natural vegetations, rock formations, and many others. We provide in-house designs for all these options so you can have efficient and timely solutions for your challenges.
Retaining Walls
The existing retention pond timber retaining walls for the residential community of The Colony at Lake Arlington had severely deteriorated to the point where the adjacent homes were impacted. The Homeowner’s Association hired W-T Civil Engineering to provide the design solutions for a long-lasting and aesthetically improved wall system. Our design included segmental retaining walls constructed with a minimum of disturbance to the homeowner’s backyards.
Old Timber Retaining Walls New Segmental Retaining Walls
Natural Vegetation
The existing retention pond shoreline for the residential community of The Nantucket Cove in Schaumburg had severely eroded reducing the water quality and safety of this storm water control element. The Homeowner’s Association hired W-T Civil Engineering to provide the design solutions to improve the aesthetics, reduce the inclination to provide fall protection, and promote a sustained wildlife habitat. Our design included regrading and alignment of the sloping ground and installing native plantings.
Original Eroded Shoreline Native Plantings along shoreline
W-T Civil Engineering participates in Habitat for Humanity
Troy Triphahn, Chris Kalischefski, Veronica Esquinca, and Jeff Gutowsky of W-T helped install closet doors, painting, trim work, and general clean-up for a new Habitat for Humanity home under construction in West Chicago, Illinois on December 12, 2009. The deserving family chosen from a comprehensive application process is scheduled to move in this spring.
W-T Civil Engineering is a judge for “Future Cities”
Jeff Gutowsky of W-T Civil Engineering was one of four judges representing the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois at the 2010 Chicago Regional Future City Competition held January 16th at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Nineteen teams of 7th and 8th graders participated in the event, creating their own versions of cities of the future. The winning team was “Celedon” from St. Paul of the Cross in Park Ridge, IL. They will represent Chicago at the finals competition in Washington, DC later this month.
W-T Civil Congratulates Park District of Forest Park and Carol Stream Park District!
Congratulations to your successful referendum approval on February 2, 2010.
W-T Civil Engineering, LLC is utilizing the latest technology in design and drafting software to perform the engineering analysis and prepare the final drawings for construction. As a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council with individual LEED Accredited Professionals are on staff to assist you with your facility needs.
Please contact us to discuss your next project.