Welcome to Homer L. Chastain
Chastain and Associates is a professional Civil Engineering firm providing Civil and Structural Engineering; Construction Observation; and Hydrographic, Topographic, and Land Surveying Services. Throughout Chastain's more than 60 year history, we respond to the challenges presented to us by our clients using a team approach to identify problems and develop creative and practical solutions.
We specialize in working with and serving our clients from project inception to project completion. As consultants we encourage ongoing relationships with our clients to foster collegial problem solving.
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Featured Project
I-74 Improvement in East Peoria
From IDOT Award Presentation: “Chastain was selected for the design for the reconstruction of approximately 1 mile of I-74 in East Peoria from the Illinois River to the TP&W Railroad. This project consisted of the removal and redesign of eastbound and westbound I-74 as well as the Riverfront Drive Interchange.
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Richmond Avenue Bridge
Chastain provided design and construction engineering services for the removal and replacement of the Richmond Avenue Bridge over CN Railroad. The bridge was replaced with a 3-span, pre-stressed concrete superstructure, cast-in-place piers and retained earth abutments on concrete caissons.
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I-355 South Extension
Chastain performed Phase II design services for the preparation of design plans for three bridges in I-355 interchange. Chastain was a subconsultant to Crawford Murphy and Tilly, Inc. for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
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I-88 Reconstruction
In 2007, Chastain began working on the rebuild and widening of a 2-mile section of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) between IL 83 and York Road, including the completion of the new westbound York Road Toll Plaza.
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Metra Dee Road Station
Chastain performed design engineering services for a new station at Dee Road. The project involved the demolition of the existing station and two businesses and construction of a new warming house, two parking lots with landscaping and lighting, pedestrian platforms, sanitary and storm sewers, and underground detention. Pedestrian flow was directed between the two parking lots, warming house, and platforms with new sidewalks, crosswalks, and ramps.
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Lake Decatur Basin
This project originally began as a group of tasks to develop a dredging site for Basin 1 in Lake Decatur, the basin where water is drawn to be treated at the South Water Treatment Plant. The project developed into an effort to not only site a dredge basin, but to consider alternate sources of water and to develop a plan to increase the water storage capacity for the community to offset extended periods of drought.
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Hassert Boulevard Improvements
Chastain performed the design and construction engineering services to improve Hassert Boulevard from a two lane rural highway to a four lane boulevard street with curb and gutter, closed drainage system, street lighting and landscaping.
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Recent News
ENR Midwest Best Projects of 2011
Chastain & Associates was retained as a subconsultant to provide land surveying services for the planned expansion of Testa Produce, Inc. Testa, an independent wholesale produce distributor, wanted an environmentally conscious building that would last generations, reduce utility costs and be the first in this field with a LEED Platinum certified building. The new 91,000 square foot facility, designed by Summit Design and Build, is located on a Brownfield site in the historical Back of the Yards Neighborhood in Chicago's Stockyards Corridor near 45th and Racine.
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