Seawalls

 Ram Marine Services, Inc. has designs and constructs seawalls to serve as shoreline stabilization.  When it comes to protecting your property from erosion and natural forces, it is important to have experienced, professional help to design and permit the correct structural solution. 

A seawall is the best protection for your property from the power of the sea.  Usually, a property will exhibit erosion over time without some form of shoreline stabilization.  This is usually the result of normal wave action from boats and wind, a storm event, or just erosion from rainwater draining off your property. 

A seawall provides a hard border that deflects waves from eating your shoreline away.  Also, it prevents the dirt from eroding away from the flow of rainwater because there isn't a soft transition where the dirt touches the tidal water.  A properly designed seawall will ensure that your square footage of usable property ownership will remain the same over the years.

Seawalls are more expensive than rip-rap but there are advantages to be had with seawalls.  A big difference between a seawall and rip-rap is that rip-rap requires a slope to be installed properly.  Depending on the height of the bank this could waste some of your usable property by creating the needed slope at the shoreline.  Additionally, a seawall should not require any maintenance over its lifespan.  Once it is installed, all of its components should last for many years.  Rip-rap banks can have a tendency to require 're-arming' because the rocks could sink a little or slide over time.  While they are embedded into the ground, the wave action can eat the ground around and under them over time.  Their embedment is not nearly as deep as a seawall.