Beef Farm Design / Vermilion County, Illinois

The project consisted of a new Beef Farm designed for 2,500 Beef Feeders. The site is approximately 10 acres including the project site land application areas. Relevant features include: Deep bedded loose housing pens, concrete manure stacks, earthen embankments, reinforced concrete scrape alleys, clay liner, gravity pipelines, clean water diversions, perimeter drainage for ground water interception, an emergency spillway, a secondary emergency containment area, and feed and commodity storage areas.

We provided the following scope of work: site development, topographic/design surveys, geologic investigations, test borings, IDOA permit applications, liner design, permeability testing, moisture density testing, design of animal manure and wastewater handling and storage systems, construction documents, storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP), operation and maintenance plan, cost estimates, nutrient application and management plan, rainfall runoff calculations, and a mortality management plan.