"Access Ramp" is the walkway between land and the terminal platform. No activities are supposed to take place along the access ramp, other than fishing.
Services
Docks
Fixed and floating docks across Sarasota, Manatee
and Charlotte counties, designed and permitted in house.
Ram Marine Services, Inc. has designed, permitted and constructed docks since 1979. The company is primarily focused on serving the greater Sarasota County Area. We design and build our structures for residential, commercial, and municipal entities. Our State Certified Marine Construction License qualifies us to build anywhere in the state but we prefer to focus on our local area and improve our own community.
We build docks throughout Sarasota County, from Venice, Nokomis and Osprey to Siesta Key, Casey Key, Englewood and North Port, and in Manatee and Charlotte counties, including Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda. Every one is designed, permitted and constructed by the same company, under our own Florida Certified Marine Specialty Contractor license.
Designing Your Dock
Ram Marine offers a sales and design approach to help our clients accomplish their goals when it comes to dock layout, vessel docking, electric and plumbing. Additionally, Ram Marine offers a full line of dock accessories. Whether it's a marginal dock adjacent to a seawall, a 'T' or 'L' shaped dock or a 300' long dock into an aquatic preserve, Ram Marine Services has the experience to accomplish your docking needs.
Dock Styles and Materials
Ram Marine offers many styles of custom-made docks designed specifically to meet the diverse needs of our clientele. Most docks are constructed using marine-grade timber pilings; however, many docks can be constructed with concrete and composite pilings if the application is appropriate. Additionally, Ram Marine offers an extensive line of decking products from Marine-Grade treated decking, Composite decking, hardwoods and HDPE decking products.
Designing Within the Limits
Because there are severe limitations set upon the size of the dock we find it very important to work with our clients to design a structure that optimizes their needs and requirements for what they want to do on their dock. This can be a challenging exercise but we pride the design engineer on staff who works hard to accomplish your goals.
Our Local Lingo
It is good to understand our local lingo when it comes to docks and design.
"Terminal Platform" is the section of dock that the access ramp terminates at. This area is the reason you are building a dock. It is where your water dependent activities are to take place such as fishing, boat storage and use, kayak access, etc.
"Marginal Dock" is a dock that runs parallel to a seawall or along the water's edge. There is usually no access ramp associated with these.
"Riparian Rights" are the areas where you can put your structures. As you get closer to the Riparian Rights lines on either side of your property you may have to seek permission from your neighbor.
Thinking About a Dock?
Tell us the address and roughly what you want to keep on it. The permitting answer usually comes before the design answer.
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