Busch Stadium

Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is home to the MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals franchise and features 49,000 seats, baseball site lines, and modern amenities. The $365 M project included site development and urban street improvements.

DMA provided civil and structural engineering services for the ballpark. Site preparation work included major utility distribution facilities relocation, existing stadium phased demolition, and roadway and interstate highway modifications. Utility work included the removal and relocation of water, sewer, gas, steam, telecommunications, and electric distribution systems. Civil engineer design also included site development and urban streetscape improvements. This included grading and drainage design, retaining wall design, paving and parking lot design, and other facilities for vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

Infrastructure work included the realignment of two collector roadway realignments and new street construction to re-establish the street grid around the new ballpark. Work also included full construction documentation preparation for an existing Federal Interstate Highway I-64 on-ramp demolition as well as geometric design studies for ramp relocation.

Structural engineering work centered on existing below-grade light rail platform modifications adjacent to the new ballpark. There was also interior stadium design for masonry shear walls and concession masonry partition walls.

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