Prairie Lakes Community and Aquatic Center

Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd. (EEA) provided civil engineering services for the Des Plaines Park District’s expansion of their existing Prairie Lakes Community Center. The addition added an aquatic center including indoor pools, an outdoor plaza, a new outdoor basketball court, and a sand volleyball court. Our engineers also created new walking paths and reconfigured the parking lot and drop-off areas to improve circulation and patron experience. Given some of the existing site constraints, EEA provided a sanitary lift station, new watermain, and stormwater management system improvements to meet the needs of the new facility and the various permitting requirements. Various green infrastructure practices, such as infiltration trenches, bioswales, and native planted rain gardens, were implemented to cost effectively address MWRD stormwater requirements in a cost-effective manner.