Ameren & Plocher Construction have been partners since 1995. Plocher Construction has safely and efficiently completed a large number of projects for Ameren since that time. Our long standing relationship continues to flourish with the various current transmission line foundations projects for the Ameren Illinois Rivers project.
Current & Completed ILR Projects include:
- Ameren MOWQ Line – 42 piers
- Ameren Roxford Substation T&M – 1 pier
- Ameren Jerseyville NW-Roodhouse – 198 piers
- Prest-Aster T-Line – 30 piers on a 4.36 mile line
- Aster Substation – 144 piers
- Ameren MASN-WLWD (Mason-Conway) – 5 piers
- Ameren NERC RIV-CLK 1&2 Civil (Rivermines-Clark) – 4 piers
- Ameren BRKH-MLNE (Brickline-Maline) – 12 piers on a 15.5 mile line
- Ameren JVN-AUST 1557 Civil – 21 piers on a 53.1 mile line
- Ameren RSWA-SPBA & Hines Civil – 36 piers
- Ameren Direct Embed Pole Testing (completed)
- Ameren East Collinsville Sub T&M (completed)
- Warson Mason- 2 Piers
- Jerseyville NW – Austin- 24 Piers
- Gateway/Venice/Roxford/Hall Street Substation
- Peoria R.S Wallace to Springbay- 37 Piers
- Towerline Substation – 130 piers
- Jarvis to Kren Line – 75 piers
- Cane Substation- 88 Piers (Completed)
- North LaSalle Substation – 88 substation piers and 7 transmission line piers (Completed)
- West Mt. Vernon Substation – 284 piers (completed)
- Baldwin—Prairie State — 27 piers (completed)
- Hall Street Substation (completed)
- Mt Zion PPG Fence Work (completed)
- Prest Substation — 147 piers (completed)
- Herzog Substation — 113 piers (completed)
- Hilgard Substation — 110 piers (complete)
- Venice to Campbell River Crossing Pile Foundations at Mississippi River—8 pile foundations and concrete piers (completed)
- Prairie State Substation — 113 piers (completed)
- Neoga South Substation — 80 piers (completed)
- Granite City Substation — 124 piers (completed)
- Spoon River Line — 274 piers on a 42 mile line (completed)
- Hickok Breaker Station — 80 piers and grading (completed)
- Gallatin Substation — 120 piers and grading (completed)
- Paris South Substation — 22 piers (completed)
- Kansas to Faraday Line — 381 piers on a 62 mile line (completed)
- Austin to Meredosia Line — 489 piers on a 77 mile line (completed)
- Meredosia to Ipava Line — 291 piers on a 48 mile line (completed)
- Faraday Substation to Mt. Zion Pittsburg Plate (PPG) — 55 piers on a 10 mile line (completed)
- Meredosia to Herleman River Crossing Pile Foundations at Illinois River (completed)
- Mt. Zion Substation Foundations & Sitework — 57 piers (completed)
- Faraday Substation Foundations & Sitework — 312 piers (completed)
- Meredosia to Herleman Line — 289 piers on a 48 mile line (completed)
- Faraday Substation — 312 piers (completed)
- Sidney to Rising Substation — 110 piers on 25 mile line (completed)
- Herleman to Maywood — 93 piers on 14.3 mile line (completed)
- Pana to Faraday Line — 200 piers on a 31.7 mile line (completed)
- Pana Substation — 622 piers (completed)
- Pana to Austin Line — 200 piers on a 34 mile line (completed)
ILR Project to Date Production:
- 2,226 foundations drilled for the transmission lines spanning over 400 miles
- 1,406 foundations installed for the substations
- Approximately 166K CY of concrete poured
- Over 10.5K tons of rebar installed
- 15K LF of driven steel piling installed
Ameren Venice River Crossing
Spoon River Transmission Line
Paris South Substation
Gallatin Substation
Meredosia to Herleman River Crossing
Ameren Pana Substation
