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Quality MATTERS when a Seawall meets maximum service conditions during a storm.
Your seawall FAILED??? Why? Because of the storm?
That answer is NO, whoever designed your seawall or whoever built your wall FAILED.
Not all seawalls are built equally! Flimsy underdesigned, poorly built seawalls fail before well-designed, well built well-considered seawalls do. It’s a fact.
Currently, a lot of seawalls are being ‘thrown in’ in your area near Daytona Beach Florida, with cost the only consideration. There are a lot of seawall builders getting a lot done that will fall apart in another ‘big event’ somewhere down the road.
This is unnecessary!
Daytona Beach Seawalls should be built according to reasonable ultimate design conditions. These conditions should be DEFINED by your engineer and contractor before any contracts are signed. Performance criteria include future toe erosion, the height of the seawall, wave and water impact, and what the seawall is expected not only to survive, but the property it is to defend.
Use a very qualified engineer first like Terragone Engineering.
There are a lot of engineers available, many designing a few seawalls in their career, but only a few with the expertise and experience to get your seawall designed right, designed well, and a wall you can rely on.
They should demonstrate education and experience in designing strong, durable, and reasonably cost-effective designs. Poor engineering will result in very expensive overdesign or very expensive under-design.
Use only contractors willing to discuss your needs and requirements first, then tailor solutions around that. Contractors near Daytona Beach FL are running around, undercutting pricing, and putting in ‘that should be good enough’ walls are a terrible waste of money. Use a contractor that will put in temporary protection that can be converted into permanent solutions, otherwise, money is being thrown into the sea.
Latest technology Seawall Design Considerations:
How Long do you want the wall to perform? 35 years, 50? 75 or more?
How big does the wall need to be, for the MOST EXTREME service conditions the wall will experience?
Erosion of the toe, inundation, wave impact, what's on top of the wall?
Wall material - Corrosion resistant – Composite, Vinyl, Concrete/Vinyl Hybrid Corroding – Steel, Exposed Concrete?
Are components susceptible to corrosion, tie rods, or internal steel?
Quality of Construction and construction oversight is very important.
Terragone Engineering is utilizing the latest technologies to provide high strength very long life, and forever walls. We recently completed construction on a 400 ft. 75+ year design service life concrete/vinyl hybrid wall protecting a hotel on grade in the Satellite Beach Florida area near Daytona Beach.
Terragone Engineering is an expert in the latest technology, life cycle costing, and construction quality control as well.
We are currently receiving reports from owners that our seawalls are the only ones surviving the current storms.
There is a difference in good sound engineering practice! If you don’t call us, please call a very good, coastal-qualified engineer like Terragone Engineering.
QUALITY is your best defense!
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