Dolomite near the surface reroutes water, not just load
Where bedrock sits shallow around Joliet, water can move sideways along the rock instead of soaking straight down -- a drainage plan that ignores that tends to leave a repair fighting the same water problem next spring.
What a full repair scope covers
- Existing conditions and likely cause
- Preparation and protection
- Materials, compatibility, and installation details
- Permits, testing, cleanup, and restoration
- Exclusions, warranty terms, and change-order process
Joliet's drainage problem, at the source
Canal excavation between 1836 and 1848 exposed the dolomite that gave Joliet its Stone City name, and that same rock still lies close under a variable layer of glacial till today. A structural fix here has to plan for how water moves across that bedrock, not just through the soil above it.