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Services

What we self-perform

We bring our own crews, excavators and trucks. GCs hand us the underground scope and we carry it from excavation and shoring through pipe, structures, connections and backfill.

Sewer & drain

Storm sewer & box culvert

Reinforced concrete and ductile iron storm sewer from 12″ through 60″, precast box culvert up to 12′×12′, and tie-ins to existing sewers. We set big precast with our own excavators.

  • Storm sewers Class A, Types 1–4
  • Precast box culverts 8′×5′ to 12′×12′
  • Connections to existing storm sewer
  • Pipe elbows, plugs and bulkheads
A JLA & Sons excavator lifting a 12-foot square precast box culvert section over a shored trench on W. Le Moyne St.
Setting a 12′×12′ box culvert section, W. Le Moyne St, Chicago.
Sewer & drain

Drainage structures

Manholes, catch basins and inlets set to grade, connection structures over live sewers, junction chambers, sloped headwalls, and frame and grate work.

  • Manholes & catch basins Type A, 4′–8′ dia.
  • Catch basins Type G · Inlets Type A & B
  • Junction chambers & connection structures
  • Sloped headwalls · Frame & grate adjustments
Excavators setting a precast concrete section beside a trench braced with trench boxes along the I-294 Tollway.
Setting a precast section inside trench boxes, I-294 Central Tri-State.
Potable water

Water main & lead service lines

Ductile iron water main with valves, hydrants and side connections, large-diameter valve work, and lead service line replacement for the City of Chicago Department of Water Management.

  • Water main 8″–16″ · Restrained joint
  • Butterfly valves to 36″ · Valves & vaults
  • Hydrants · Side connections
  • Lead service line replacement · 36″ main removal
Two JLA & Sons crew members setting a large red 36-inch butterfly valve inside a braced, shored excavation.
Setting a 36″ butterfly valve, Wood St / Ashland Ave, Riverdale.
Sewer & drain

Sanitary, combined sewer & bypass

Sewer replacement in ductile iron, tie-ins to live combined sewers, and bypass pumping so the line stays in service while we work.

  • Bypass pumping to 60″
  • Sewer replacement with DIP
  • Connections to live combined sewer
  • Drain reconnections
Green diesel bypass pumps and hoses beside an open excavation on an Illinois Tollway job, with a JLA & Sons excavator behind them.
Bypass pumps around a live 60″ sanitary sewer, Illinois Tollway.
Sewer & drain

Underdrain

Pipe underdrain and fabric-lined trench underdrain on IDOT and Illinois Tollway pavement work, installed ahead of paving to keep the schedule moving.

  • Pipe underdrains 4″ & 6″
  • Fabric-lined trench underdrain
  • Underdrain outlets & headwalls
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Excavation, removal & trucking

Removals, backfill & trucking

Removal of existing sewer, structures, inlets and trench drain, plugging abandoned lines, and trench backfill to spec. Our own dump trucks haul the spoil out and bring the stone in, with a CCDD account for clean soil disposal.

  • Storm sewer removal 6″–42″
  • Structure, inlet & trench drain removal
  • Plug existing sewers · Trench backfill
  • Spoil haul-off & CCDD disposal
A white JLA & Sons wheel loader and four white excavators lined up along a roadway on the I-294 job.
Part of the JLA & Sons fleet on the I-294 Central Tri-State job.

Tags follow the APWA uniform color code used on utility locates: sewer & drain potable water proposed excavation

Have a job with underground scope?

Send us the plans and we’ll get you numbers ahead of bid day. Large or small, IDOT, Tollway, City or private.

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