St. Louis Erosion Control & Sinkhole Repair
Erosion can start slowly or strike suddenly after heavy rain—and when it does, the damage can be devastating. Soil shifts, foundations settle, and sinkholes can appear overnight. The result is costly structural damage that puts your property, landscape, and even your safety at risk.
That’s why property owners across St. Louis trust Drainage Team, the region’s leader in erosion control, slope stabilization, creek bank restoration, and sinkhole repair.
With decades of proven expertise, we identify and repair soil loss before it threatens buildings, streets, and landscapes. From gradual hillside erosion to sudden washouts, our team designs and installs precision-engineered solutions that restore stability and protect your property long-term.
Common warning signs include exposed roots, settling foundations, soft or sunken ground, shifting slopes, standing water, and musty odors after rain. If you see any of these, it’s time for a professional erosion inspection.
Drainage Team provides a full lineup of permanent solutions including custom drainage systems, slope reconstruction, creek bank stabilization, and sinkhole investigation and repair. Each project is built using Schedule 35 PVC and Severe Duty ADS N12 Dual Wall Piping to manage stormwater safely while reinforcing soil structure for decades of protection.
When soil moves, foundations fail. Don’t wait for a small problem to become a disaster. Whether it’s your home, commercial property, or public space, Drainage Team delivers guaranteed erosion and sinkhole repair solutions that restore confidence and stability to your property.
Schedule your on-site consultation today and protect your investment from erosion, stormwater, and sinkhole damage before the next storm hits.
Our Erosion Solutions
Slope Erosion Repair
Slope erosion repair is an issue for many midwestern homeowners. The primarily cause of slope erosion is water runoff, but other contributing factors such as decaying tree roots, lack of compaction or an underground water source can also be contributing factors.
Our solutions are unique; we diagnose water sources that contribute to slope erosion and then propose plans that capture the water and pipe it away to more suitable locations in collaboration with the slope repair.
Drainage Team provides a variety of slope erosion services, from commercial and residential slopes to erosion repair, monitoring and maintenance. Contact us today for a consultation.
Sinkhole Repair
Sinkholes can pose a serious risk to people and property. They usually form when the soil structure is compromised through the exposure to water, either when underground water does not have a proper drainage outlet or because stormwater has eroded dirt near a surface opening.
Sinkholes typically take years to form and range in size from a foot deep to more than 100 feet deep. The width of the surface opening varies.
Drainage Team is a professional sinkhole repair contractor. Schedule a free inspection and sinkhole mitigation proposal today!
Rip Rap Installation
Rip Rap is an effective solution for lining the contours of a swale, stream bank, stormwater basin, or any area where there’s heavy water flow running through an area where erosion control is desired.
Moreover, Rip Rap is a cost-effective solution, relatively easy to add to when necessary, has a natural appearance, does not harm the environment, and works well in combination with soil bioengineering slope techniques.
The key to a successful Rip Rap drainage swale project is preparation of the area where you’re installing the rock. Whether it’s swale creation, compacting the area first, prepping the stream bank, installing the proper underlayment, etc., make sure your contractor has all these boxes checked before your Rip Rap installation begins.
We are expert rip rap installers and we will ensure your installation is a success. Schedule a free consultation today!
Creek Bank Stabilization
Due to the frequent water flow and flash flood rain events, creek banks must be maintained to control creek erosion.
Drainage Team executes creek erosion repair and stabilization projects to solve your current erosion problem, and support a healthy creek ecosystem.
The majority of our creek restoration projects include grading / contouring, compaction, rip rap along creek, and establishing new vegetation on the river bank sides along with the necessary aftercare to ensure plant success.
Retaining Walls
Drainage Team builds large retaining walls where stormwater is a top consideration along with extreme stability in wet locations.
Retaining walls are very common, especially in metropolitan areas where usable land is at a premium. When choosing a retaining wall contractor for your erosion / land stabilization project, you want to make sure you’re hiring the contractor that can do the project 100% correctly.
This includes following manufacturer installation guidelines, local building codes, minimizing site disturbance and disruption, and installing proper drainage to prevent hydrostatic pressure buildup.
Construction Site BMP’s
On construction sites or land disturbance sites, soil is extremely vulnerable to erosion and movement by both wind and water.
Eroded soil endangers local water resources by affecting water quality and causing the siltation of aquatic habitat for fish and other species. Eroded soil also necessitates the maintenance of sewers and ditches and the eventual dredging of nearby lakes.
Moreover, drainage Team can handle your sites Sediment Runoff Control and Stormwater Best Management Practices.
Email us your plans today for a proposal, or set up an on-site consultation.
Our Erosion Control Process & Best Practices
Erosion Project Management
We have systems in place to manage our relationship with you from your first contact with us all the way through post-project review. We have designated erosion project consultants, production managers, quality control measures, designated erosion control crews and specialized equipment to complete any sized erosion project.
Erosion Control Supplier Relationships
Our company maintains vendor relationships like we do with our ongoing clients. This ensures our company and our clients the best, up-to-date materials, installation technologies & techniques, pricing, and timeliness of erosion control project material sourcing.
On-Site Erosion Consultation
The first step in getting your project completed by us is to meet on-site at your property to discuss your erosion issues and your goals in solving them. Next, one of our erosion project consultants creates a comprehensive written project proposal & plan to solve them once and for all. We can create a drawing, but there are engineering fees associated with these types of plans.
Erosion Control Project Scheduling
Once your erosion project is accepted, it goes into our production department and placed on our workflow schedule. Depending on the time of year, your erosion project will be scheduled between 2 weeks – 16 weeks out from the day we received your accepted Project Order Form.
Our Erosion Crews
Once we have come up with a erosion plan and agreement, our crew arrives to implement the solution we proposed. Our crews have decades of experience and are equipped with tools similar to a utility company. We execute the erosion project as proposed.
Precision Erosion Repair
Our crews have all of the necessary tools and equipment to ensure your erosion project is a success. We shoot the grade with transits during installations and all trenches are compacted with heavy duty, specialized compaction equipment… so there’s no settling once we’re finished with your project.
Professional Erosion Mitigation Techniques, Maximized
When performing our erosion control projects, we implement the absolute best techniques to stabilize the ground, maximize water flow efficiency, protect structures, minimize future erosion, and have the best aesthetics within every project we install.
Our Erosion Specialization = Your Benefit
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Some Of Our Specialized Erosion Equipment
Our erosion crews are equipped with the right sized equipment for any sized project. From small erosion projects in a residential lawn to repairing erosion along a lake shoreline, we have the right equipment for the project.
Your Budget. Our Erosion Solutions.
Over decades of performing professional erosion control projects, we have analyzed pricing data to generate this general budget outline. This should help you determine the budget size you may need for your project. (All estimated dollar amounts are presented in $1,000.00’s. K = $1,000.00 USD) We cannot give you an exact estimate until we meet you for an erosion project consultation.
PROJECT TYPE | RESIDENTIAL | COMMERCIAL |
|---|---|---|
Slope Erosion Repair | $5K – $40K+ | $5K – $100K+ |
Sinkhole Repair | $5K – $20K+ | $5K – $100K+ |
Rip Rap Installation | $5K – $15K+ | $5K – $50K+ |
Creek Bank Stabilization | $10K – $25K+ | $10K – $50K+ |
Retaining Walls | $10K – $25K+ | $15K – $200K+ |
Construction Site BMP’s | $5K – $10K+ | $5K – $50K+ |
