Grassed waterways, terraces, WASCOBs, and grade stabilization structures — built to the staked NRCS cross-section, with the as-built handled. The contractor landowners and SWCD staff in central Illinois can both refer with confidence.
(217) 809-0779 📞 Free EstimateIf you've got a conservation plan and a practice approved through your county NRCS or Soil and Water Conservation District office, you need a contractor who can read the staked cross-section, build to the design grade, and hand back a job that passes inspection. That's what we do. Brohez Trucking LLC builds NRCS and SWCD cost-share conservation practices to spec across central Illinois.
We're spec-fluent. We know a Practice 412 grassed waterway has to be cut shallow and wide on grade — not deep and narrow like a tile ditch. We know what a Practice 638 WASCOB embankment and spillway have to survive. We know terraces (600) and grade stabilization structures (410) by their numbers and their standards, and we build the underground tile outlets that tie them together. We build to the stake, document the work, and turn it over for the technician's as-built.
That makes us a comfortable referral for SWCD staff and a straight answer for landowners. If you're a farmer searching "NRCS contractor central Illinois" or "grassed waterway contractor" — or you're conservation-office staff looking for someone who won't blow the spec — call (217) 809-0779 and walk it with me.
New construction and rebuild — cut shallow and wide to the staked cross-section, shaped with the dozer, finished smooth and seeded. Our dedicated grassed waterway page has the full detail.
Broad-base, narrow-base, and parallel terrace construction and rebuild. Cat D6N shapes the channel and the ridge; the excavator ties in the underground outlet so the terrace actually drains.
Small earthen embankments across ephemeral gullies, built in compacted lifts with a stable spillway and underground outlet. Sized and shaped to the design so it survives the storm it's built for.
Drop structures, pipe outlet drops, and headcut repair. Rebuild the failed elevation and stop the erosion from working its way upstream — built to the design and protected.
The underground outlet that makes a terrace or WASCOB work — perforated or smooth tile, riser inlets, and a protected daylight outlet, installed as part of the practice instead of an afterthought.
We build to the staked plan, document the work, and turn it over for the technician's as-built and final inspection so the cost-share clears clean. No spec surprises, no chasing.
The right mix to cut to grade and build the structures — without renting in half the job.
For cutting waterway channels shallow and wide, shaping terrace ridges and basin embankments to grade, and finishing the surface smooth so the seedbed takes.
For the outlet structures, riser inlets, tile, and drop boxes — the precise work that ties a terrace or WASCOB into a working underground outlet.
To move spoil, haul in outlet rock and rip-rap, and shuttle topsoil. One crew, one outfit, start to as-built.
See the full fleet on the equipment page.
We serve a 60-mile radius from Mattoon — most of east-central Illinois farm country. We've built conservation practices alongside the technicians and SWCD staff in these county offices:
Don't see your county? Call and ask — if it's within driving distance of Mattoon we'll usually take a look.
Grassed waterways (Practice 412), terraces (600), water and sediment control basins — WASCOBs (638), grade stabilization structures (410), and the underground tile outlets that tie them together. New construction and rebuild on all of them. If it's an earthwork practice in your conservation plan, it's likely something we run.
Yes — that's the whole point of this page. We build to the staked cross-section, the design grade, and the elevations the NRCS technician or engineer sets. We're spec-fluent: we know what a 412 waterway is supposed to look like versus a tile ditch, what a 638 embankment and spillway have to survive, and what gets a passing inspection.
Yes. We build to the staked plan, document the work as we go, and turn over the finished job for the technician's as-built and final inspection so your cost-share clears. We're a comfortable referral for SWCD staff because we don't leave them chasing a contractor who blew the spec.
Yes. We coordinate directly with your county NRCS technician or Soil and Water Conservation District office, build to their plan, and stay on spec. We've worked alongside Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon county conservation offices.
In general: you sit down with your county NRCS or SWCD office, get a practice approved under a program like EQIP or CSP, get a technical plan and the field staked, then a contractor builds it to spec and the practice is inspected and certified before cost-share is paid. Your conservation office sets the program details and the payment rates — we handle the dirt work to the standard.
A Cat D6N dozer for cutting and shaping waterway channels, terrace ridges, and basin embankments to grade, and a Komatsu PC150LC excavator for the outlet structures, riser inlets, tile, and drop boxes — plus dump trucks to move spoil and topsoil. The right mix to build the practice to the staked cross-section.
Yes. Terraces and WASCOBs usually need an underground outlet — perforated or smooth tile, riser inlets, and a protected daylight outlet. We install the outlet as part of the practice so the whole system drains and holds together instead of being two separate jobs that don't line up.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.
Brohez Trucking LLC builds NRCS and SWCD cost-share conservation practices — grassed waterways, terraces, WASCOBs, and grade stabilization structures — across a 60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — into Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. Pick your town below for local details, or call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in the radius.
Walk the field with me. Bring your NRCS plan and your stakes if you've got them. We'll build it to the spec and hand back a clean as-built.
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