Cascade Creek
Cascade Creek
Client: 
City of Rochester
Location: 
Rochester, Minnesota
Year: 
2009

Size: Total protection of 385 feet of stream bank

Features

  • Development of 5 alternative designs and preliminary cost estimates for stream bank stabilization
  • Utilized bioengineering techniques in alternative designs
  • Selected alternative used native plantings on an armorflex slope
  • protection with a riprap toe tied into gabion baskets on the upstream
  • and downstream ends of the project and bendway weirs with root wads
  • to redirect high velocities from the stream bank into the channel centerline
  • Focus on long term slope protection and stability

SEH Services

  • Hydraulic analysis of Cascade Creek and storm sewer for shear stress and peak water surface elevation during the 100-year flood event
  • Geotechnical assessment of slope stability
  • Civil Engineering for construction plans & specifications
  • Environmental permitting

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