Piers & Docks“We’re on the water and we still can’t get to it.”
Piers & Docks
Fixed piers, docks and floating docks, sized to your water depth, your boat and how you use the waterfront.
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Seaford, Delaware · Established 1980
The water never stops working on your waterfront. Neither do we.
Piers, docks, bulkheads, rip-rap and DECO boat lifts for waterfront homes — and marine construction for commercial, municipal and infrastructure owners across Delmarva. Forty-six years in, and second-generation owned.
Licensed in DE, MD & VAInsured & bondedOSHA 30In-house permitting
On the water with Hastings Marine Construction — client project footage.
1980Established in
Seaford, Delaware
Seaford, Delaware
46 yrsBuilding on
Delmarva water
Delmarva water
3States licensed —
DE, MD & VA
DE, MD & VA
2ndGeneration
family ownership
family ownership
What we build
Start with what the water is doing to your property.
Most people don’t call a marine contractor asking for a product. They call because they can’t get to the water, the old bulkhead finally gave up, the shoreline is washing away or the boat has nowhere to sit. Find the situation that sounds like yours.
Piers & Docks
Bulkheads“My bulkhead is leaning and the yard behind it is sinking.”
Bulkheads
Timber and vinyl bulkheads and retaining walls, built on piling, whalers and tie-backs sized for the site.
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Rip-Rap“I’m losing a foot of yard a year.”
Rip-Rap
DelDOT-rated stone, sized to the exposure, that takes the energy out of waves and wake before it reaches your soil.
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Boat Lifts“I want the boat out of the water between trips.”
Boat Lifts
DECO Boat Lifts from the DECO dealer for Delmarva — matched to your boat and installed on piling sized for the lift.
Read moreAlso on the residential side: floating docks, waterfront decks and access steps, living shorelines, offshore erosion control, docking systems and marine accessories, professional evaluations, and consulting & permitting.
Commercial · Municipal · Infrastructure
Marine construction for the organizations that own the waterfront.
Marinas, developers, general contractors, engineers, towns and public agencies need a marine contractor that works to plans and specifications, mobilizes by water or by land, keeps the documentation straight and carries the insurance and bonding the contract calls for.
Marinas · developers · GCs · engineers
Commercial
Pile driving, bulkheads and revetments, and shoreline armoring — built to plans and specifications under contract or purchase order.
- Schedule, mobilization and marine access planned up front
- Documentation, insurance and bonding capacity
- OSHA 30 safety training
Towns · communities · HOAs · redevelopment
Municipal
Public piers, docks and waterfronts, built around procurement, public safety and access, and facilities that stay in use.
- Public-bid and procurement experience
- Work around active public facilities
- Accountable documentation for public clients
Government agencies · institutional owners
Infrastructure
Navigation-related structures and aids, public piers and access, dolphins and specialty piling, rehabilitation and underwater evaluation.
- Reliability and serviceability of public-use assets
- Rehabilitation and maintenance planning
- Underwater and condition evaluations
Licensed DE · MD · VAMarine GLP&IHullWorkers’ CompBondedOSHA 30
How we work
Four steps, and you know where you stand at each one.
Waterfront work has more moving parts than most contracting — tide windows, access, barge or land, and the regulators. Here is the shape of it, residential or commercial.
Step 01
We come look at the water
Depth, bottom and shoreline condition, exposure, wake, access for equipment. The site decides most of what your project can be, so that is where we start.
Step 02
A detailed estimate
Scope of work, materials, timeline and pricing, in writing. If a simpler approach would serve you just as well, we’ll say so.
Step 03
We handle the permitting
In house in Delaware and Maryland — applications, project documentation, agency coordination, responses and revisions. Permitting assistance and coordination in Virginia. Expect three to twelve months of agency review.
Step 04
We build it
Our own crews and our own fleet — barges, pile-driving equipment, work vessels and heavy equipment — with the marine logistics to reach the site by water or by land.
Related: Professional Evaluations & Assessments
Not sure what you already have? A standardized condition evaluation of piers, docks, bulkheads, piling and shoreline — individual piling scores, documented problem areas and an overall A–F grade. For owners and buyers deciding what comes next, and for marinas and agencies planning repairs.
Who you’re hiring
Founded by Bart Hastings. Led today by the second generation.
Bart Hastings founded Hastings Marine Construction in 1980. His son Luke Hastings has led the company as President since 2020, and the company he leads does more than it ever has — commercial, municipal and infrastructure work, three-state licensing and modern evaluation technology, on top of the residential craftsmanship it was built on.
President & Chief Executive
Luke Hastings
President since 2020. Second-generation leadership of the company his father founded.
Founder
Bart Hastings
Founded the company in 1980 and remains involved in its work today.
Office Administration
Debby Hastings
Runs the office and the administration behind every project.
Project Management
Ben Hastings
Supports project management as projects require.
Filmed on the water in 2025 by Outdoors Delmarva, CoastTV’s CoastLife and WBOC’s Delmarva Life. Watch the segments
“If you want it done cheap, call around. If you want it done right, call Hastings Marine Construction.”The company’s own line, since the beginning
Where we work
Headquartered in Seaford, Delaware, serving waterfronts throughout Delmarva.
Rivers, bays, canals, lakes and ponds across Sussex and Kent County Delaware, Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Eastern Shore Virginia — coastal and inland waterfront both. Roughly sixty towns in all, and if yours is not one of them, call and we will tell you straight.
Get started
Send us a photo of your waterfront.
Tell us what the water is doing and what you want out of the property. We’ll evaluate the site, give you a detailed estimate covering scope, materials, timeline and price, and handle the permitting. Commercial, municipal and agency inquiries reach the same phone.
Or send a photo straight from the inquiry form — it takes file uploads.
- Call(888) 519-2253
- Emailadmin@hastingsmarineconstruction.com
- HeadquartersSeaford, Delaware
- Office hoursMonday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed Saturday & Sunday