Marine Construction in Accomack County

Coastal and back-bay water: the Chesapeake Bay, Chincoteague Bay and seaside guts and creeks — about 75 miles south of the shop.

The northern county of Virginia's Eastern Shore has bayside creeks to the west and seaside marsh and barrier islands to the east — two completely different shorelines on one narrow peninsula, and they fail in opposite ways. Bayside erodes by fetch; seaside moves with the marsh.

Access. Distance means Accomack work is scheduled deliberately rather than fitted in. We cover Accomack County end to end, bayside and seaside.

What that usually argues for. Bulkhead where the lot runs to the water and there is no room to slope, rip-rap revetment where there is. Anything built here has to assume the worst summer weekend, not the average day.

Shoreline work in Virginia is regulated, and almost anything built in or over the water needs approval from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the local wetlands board. In Virginia we provide permitting assistance and coordination through that process.

Budget three to twelve months for agency review depending on the complexity of the project. It is the part of the schedule most people underestimate, so it is worth starting the conversation well before the season you want to be using the water.