Since 1962 McDonald Construction has built in excess of
175 miles of earthen dams.
They consist of over 216 million cubic yards of material,
with dam dike wall heights from 10' to 110' feet high. Dam Project
size varies from 1OO acres to 1000 + Acres. Projects
include dam spillway installation, Fabri-Form pads, toe drain
and down drains dams.
Most Recent Dam Projects:
Cargill Fertilizer Dam
SFM-3 Clay Dam Settling Area
Construction of earthen dike clay dam settling area. 480 acres
enclosed by 19,430 linear feet of perimeter dam.
Embankment crests were in the range of 47 to 52 feet above
original natural ground and in the range of 82 to 92 feet
above dam mine pit bottoms, to a minimum crest elevation of
177 .0 Elv. The Settling area included three 54" spillway
structures and culverts. Ft. Meade, Florida
CF Industries Dam
ISA Dam
Construction of 24,000 linear feet of Clay Settling Area.
Included two dam spillway Structures, with approximately
9,150,000 CY of earthen dam embankment.
CF Industries Inc Dam
E-l Dam
Dam
Construction of 15,500 linear feet of Clay Settling Area.
Included two spillway structures, sand filter, clay
blanket, and 4,373,000 CY of embankment dams.
Farmland Hydro L.P. Dam
Gypsum Stack Expansion dam.
Construction of 320 Acre composite lined gypsum Stack.
Construction included preparing mined land for new
dam construction. Installation of dewatering system,
dam excavation, dam filling, and construction of earthen dams.
Modification of the existing seepage and runoff collection
area. Covering 60 mil polyethylene liner with two feet of
gypsum for secondary containment dams.
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