Lake Retaining Walls and Marine Bulkhead Construction
Engineered to last for decades
Expert Bulkhead Builders Near You in TX and LA
Shoretech Marine Consulting LLC and Shoretech Marine Construction are the designers and builders of some of the most beautifully rendered and built wood, timber, steel, composite, fiberglass, and vinyl bulkheads in the state.
All of our bulkheads and seawalls are engineered so that they will last for decades, and some of the are literally several decades old already. We didn’t lose bulkheads even in hurricane Ike which pretty much removed about 25% of the shoreline on Lake Livingston that year. We even almost lost the dam~!
Our bulkheads are always started on the CAD drawing board and rendered in detail showing the penetration and routing planned prior to bulkhead construction.
Innovative Tie Back Systems
In every one of our bulkhead construction projects, a Shoretech Marine tieback system ALWAYS consisting of hot-dip galvanized steel tieback rods is included. These tieback rods are specially designed and manufactured for use in the bulkhead and shoreline retaining wall industry. They are 5/8″ to 1″ diameter galvanized rods that are threaded on each end so the wall can be torqued and straightened after bulkhead construction.
Galvanized steel walls are installed using USA-made steel with a 6″x 6″x 1/2″ thick steel angle iron cap, which is tied back on every third sheet pile, or approximately every 4.5′. This design is not the only design that sets us apart from the others, though.
Shoretech designed and built the first “staggered-anchor” tieback system, which consists of installing each duplex anchor pair at a different distance from the main wall in a repeating pattern, instead of lining all the anchors up in a row where they can much more easily fail. This makes for the absolute strongest walls possible with only a minor increase in cost.
This innovative approach to bulkhead tieback system design has a 100% track record of not a single failure in over 25 years of use. Best of all, it is reusable in 30 to 40 years if the front wall needs replacing. That will save tens of thousands in future bulkhead construction costs as well.
Recent Bulkhead Construction Projects
Gainsville Galvanized Steel Bulkhead
We recently completed another galvanized steel bulkhead out of our Dallas, Texas office up near Gainesville. This one came out really nice and has resulted on over $1M in further residential projects the first three of which will start in the first week of December.
James Ard Bulkhead & Boathouse
This project is neighboring to the Sanchez Boathouse completed last month. This boathouse went up fast once the pilings were completed, which was a task in 9 to 14 feet of water.
Sanchez Bulkhead & Boathouse Expansion
This deepwater project is the first of three - which features 14' to 16' galvanized steel sheetpiling in 6 to 7.5 feet of water.
The old boathouse is to be lengthened by 12 feet and expanded sideways with a new 12' wide covered deck. The roof was raised by 2 feet which all required driving 28' to 34' pilings in up to 15 feet of water.
