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Engineering solutions that shapeour communities

Our Services

Full scope from planning through construction: civil engineering, land surveying, construction management, and design-build.

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Civil Engineering

Site Planning & Infrastructure

Comprehensive civil engineering for government, public facilities, and private developers. We deliver site design, grading, drainage, and utilities for municipal, institutional, and commercial projects.

  • Site design & permitting
  • Grading, drainage & utilities
  • Municipal & institutional projects
  • Bluffs, ravines & drainage engineering
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Land Surveying

Professional Surveying & Mapping

In-house survey staff providing accurate field information and topographic mapping. We support design and construction with boundary surveys, ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, and construction staking.

  • Boundary & ALTA surveys
  • Topographic & construction staking
  • GIS & mapping
  • As-built & record drawings
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Construction Management

End-to-End Project Management

One project manager from start to finish for high-level coordination. We handle scheduling, budget oversight, bidding, and procurement so your project stays on track and on budget.

  • Single point of contact
  • Schedule & budget oversight
  • Bidding & procurement
  • Construction administration
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Design Build

Unified Workflow & Delivery

Streamlined delivery from design through construction, reducing schedule and costs. Our design-build approach brings design and construction together for faster delivery and clearer cost certainty.

  • Design through construction
  • Faster delivery, cost certainty
  • Collaborative team approach
  • Single-source accountability
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Featured Work

Selected projects across healthcare, municipal, and commercial development.

USDA – National Nursery System Optimization Planning
Master Planning

USDA – National Nursery System Optimization Planning

National (8 Locations)2024

Providing master planning services to prepare the U.S. Forest Service for the future and meet REPLANT Act targets. The project focuses on optimizing 8 nursery and seed extractory locations across the United States to support planting 1.2 billion trees.

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Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital – Campus Revitalization
HealthcareMaster PlanningStormwater

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital – Campus Revitalization

Lake Forest, IL2017

Bleck Engineering provided civil engineering services for a 160-acre campus featuring a new 483,500 square foot state-of-the-art hospital. The project integrated medical care with health and wellness through walking and biking trails and community spaces.

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Fort Sheridan Ravine & Coastal Restoration
RestorationSurveyingStormwater

Fort Sheridan Ravine & Coastal Restoration

Lake Forest & Highland Park, IL2015

Multi-year project providing surveying and civil engineering services for ravine and coastal restoration along Lake Michigan. Work included new ravine thread lines, stone step pools, and rock riffles to stabilize the area.

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Forest Park Master Plan Implementation
RecreationMaster Planning

Forest Park Master Plan Implementation

Lake Forest, Illinois 20142014

The City of Lake Forest adopted a comprehensive Forest Park Master Plan prepared by **Stephen Stimson Associates** to restore, enhance, and preserve the City's preeminent park. Originally founded in 1856 by the City's original planner, **Almerin Hotchkiss**, Forest Park was established as Lake Forest's first conserved open space and envisioned as a natural resource for passive enjoyment. In 1896, landscape architect **O.C. Simonds** further shaped the park through a formal planning effort. The Master Plan serves as a long-term guide for park improvements, honoring the historic legacy of Hotchkiss and Simonds while addressing modern needs for accessibility, environmental stewardship, and passive recreation. Bleck Engineering prepared civil engineering construction documents for the **37-acre park** in support of the Master Plan's vision and goals. Construction began in 2013, and Forest Park reopened to the public in 2014. Environmental stewardship was central to the project, as the park drains directly to **Lake Michigan**. Improvements focused on reducing impervious surfaces, enhancing stormwater treatment, restoring native landscapes, and realigning walking paths and roadways to create improved circulation and new vistas from the tableland toward the lake.

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Ravinia Festival Food Service Building
Commercial

Ravinia Festival Food Service Building

Ravinia Festival — Highland Park, Illinois Completed 20072007

Bleck Engineering was selected by Lohan Anderson LLC to provide civil engineering design services for a 43,200-square-foot food service and dining facility at the Ravinia Festival. The project required careful planning and coordination to ensure construction activities had minimal impact on the visitor experience and were completed in time for the upcoming festival season. Plans were prepared on an accelerated schedule to allow demolition of the existing food pavilion immediately following the conclusion of the 2006 season. Construction proceeded through the winter months, and the new Food Service and Dining Pavilion opened successfully at the start of the 2007 season. Bleck Engineering's scope included surveying the festival grounds, preparing all site-related civil construction documents, assisting with permitting and entitlements, providing construction administration, and performing construction staking and layout. The project also included 6,000 square feet of outdoor dining patios, thoughtfully designed around several significant existing oak trees. Site circulation paths were reconfigured to improve visitor movement throughout the grounds, and all utility services to the building were upgraded to support the new facility.

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Lake Forest Academy Field Improvements
RecreationEducation

Lake Forest Academy Field Improvements

Lake Forest, Illinois Completed 20182018

Bleck Engineering was retained by **Lake Forest Academy** to evaluate and improve athletic field conditions after recurring flooding of existing natural turf fields resulted in frequent game and practice cancellations. Following a feasibility study, Bleck prepared construction documents for a **3.5-acre multipurpose synthetic turf athletic field** designed to improve playability and meet all applicable water quality and stormwater runoff requirements. The project replaced natural turf with a high-performance field system that allows teams to practice and compete almost immediately after rain events—eliminating the multi-day downtime previously experienced. The design supported fundraising and approval efforts by providing a shovel-ready project for the school board. Constructed in the summer of 2018, the new athletic complex features **six NFHS-compliant fields**, including: 2 field hockey fields 1 boys lacrosse field 1 girls lacrosse field 1 softball field 1 soccer field The field was completed in time for use at the start of the 2018–2019 school year.

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