Dock, Boat Lift & Seawall Contractors in Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville's waterfront runs the length of the St. Johns River, one of the few major rivers in North America that flows north, and that unusual hydrology shapes everything about how docks and seawalls perform here. Wide tidal swings, wake from commercial and recreational traffic, and a mix of brackish and freshwater reaches mean a dock built for the Ortega River behaves differently than one on Pottsburg Creek.
Boating & Waterfront Conditions in Jacksonville
Homeowners along the Ortega and San Jose stretches of the river deal with soft, silty bottoms that make piling depth and footing design critical, while properties nearer the main St. Johns channel need structures rated for heavier wake action from barge and cruise traffic.
The most common issues we see in Jacksonville are corroded galvanized hardware from the river's brackish water, wave-battered bulkheads along wider stretches of the St. Johns, and boat lifts that were undersized for the river's larger recreational vessels.
Where We Work in Jacksonville
- Ortega
- San Marco
- Avondale
- Mandarin
- Arlington
- Riverside
- San Jose
- Beauclerc
- Main Street Bridge
- Friendship Fountain
- the Jacksonville riverwalks
- Ortega River Bridge
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