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Recent and current work

Public contracts where JLA & Sons carries the underground scope as a subcontractor to the prime contractor.

Featured job · City of Chicago

W. Le Moyne St box culvert

12′×12′ and 12′×6′ precast box culvert sewer from N. Luna Ave to N. Lorel Ave, with a connection structure at Luna. JLA & Sons crews set the sections with our own excavators.

A JLA & Sons excavator lifting a 12-foot square precast box culvert section over a shored trench on W. Le Moyne St, with a second JLA excavator behind it.
Setting a 12′×12′ precast section over the shored trench on W. Le Moyne St.
City of Chicago officials holding a press event inside a precast box culvert section at the Le Moyne and Luna job site, with a JLA & Sons excavator in the background.
City of Chicago press event inside a box culvert section at the Le Moyne & Luna job.
Two JLA & Sons crew members working at a large blue water main fitting and red valve at the bottom of a shored excavation, seen from above.
Featured job · IDOT

Wood St / Ashland Ave, Riverdale

Storm sewer, drainage structures and 36″ water main work. Our crew working a large-diameter water main fitting inside a shored excavation.

Two JLA & Sons crew members setting a large red 36-inch butterfly valve at the bottom of a braced, shored excavation.
IDOT · Wood St / Ashland Ave, Riverdale

36″ butterfly valve install

Setting a 36″ butterfly valve on a large-diameter water main inside a braced, shored excavation.

Excavators setting a precast concrete section beside a trench braced with trench boxes along the I-294 Tollway, with a JLA & Sons worker standing at the edge.
Featured job · Illinois Tollway

I-294 Central Tri-State

Storm sewer up to 60″ and precast box culverts from Ogden Ave to Cermak Rd. Setting a precast section inside trench boxes along the Tollway.

Green diesel bypass pumps and hoses beside an open excavation on an Illinois Tollway job, with a JLA & Sons excavator behind them.
Illinois Tollway

60″ sanitary sewer bypass

Bypass pumping around a live 60″ sanitary sewer so the line stayed in service while we worked.

Current and recent contracts

OwnerProjectJLA scope
Illinois TollwayI-294 Central Tri-State, Ogden Ave to Cermak RdStorm sewer 15″–60″, precast box culverts, drainage structures, underdrain
City of Chicago DWMW. Le Moyne St, N. Luna Ave to N. Lorel Ave12′×12′ and 12′×6′ box culvert sewer, connection structure at Luna, water main crossings
Illinois TollwayI-294 plaza improvements, 159th St to Cermak RdStorm sewer, manholes and catch basins, headwalls, underdrain
Illinois TollwayI-88 Plaza 56Storm sewer and drainage structures
Illinois TollwaySanitary sewer bypass60″ sanitary bypass pumping
Illinois TollwayI-294 over the UPRR, BerkeleyStorm sewer and drainage
Illinois TollwayI-490 railroad retaining wallsStorm sewer and drainage structures
IDOTWood St / Ashland Ave, RiverdaleStorm sewer and structures, 36″ water main and butterfly valve work
IDOTMcConnor Pkwy, SchaumburgStorm sewer, water main, pipe underdrain
IDOTIL 7 reconstruction, Orland ParkUnderground utility work
IDOTN. Aurora Rd, NapervilleSanitary manholes, water main, sewer and water main removals
City of Chicago DWMS. Front AveWater main replacement with lead service line replacement
City of Chicago DWMWater main & lead service line replacement term agreement, Districts 1–3Water main, valves, hydrants, side connections, sewer replacement

Earlier work

OwnerProjectJLA scope
Illinois Tollway · 2023I-294 Tri-State Plaza 41, 159th St to 171st St, MarkhamStorm sewer
IDOT · 2023Harvey–DixmoorJunction chambers
Illinois Tollway · 2020–22I-490 / I-90 interchangeStorm sewer, drainage structures, water main and removals
City of Chicago DWMGreenview Ave & Birchwood Ave at Howard StSewer manholes

JLA & Sons performs this work as a subcontractor to the prime contractor on each contract.

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