Do you self-perform, or subcontract?

Dewatering and support of excavation are self-performed. Those are the two items most likely to stop a Florida job, and they should not belong to somebody whose schedule is not yours.

Will you price without a geotechnical report?

Not the dewatering. A number produced without borings is a guess that becomes a change order, and we would rather delay the estimate.

What makes tidal sites different?

The water table rises and falls twice a day. A system sized for the mean fails on the flood tide, so everything is designed to high water.

How early should this be planned?

At design. The discharge permit alone is frequently the longest lead item in the package.

Do you work outside South Florida?

Licensed across the state of Florida. Central Florida karst is a genuinely different problem and we will say so.

What is the most common cause of slip?

The dewatering discharge permit started too late, and a refusal layer nobody checked before mobilizing a rig.

Do you handle monitoring?

Yes, with thresholds and a written response agreed before work starts. Readings nobody has committed to act on are an expense, not a control.

Florida

In Florida, the Water Is the Schedule

The groundwater sits a few feet down and on the coast it moves with the tide. Every excavation decision follows from that — which is why we self-perform the dewatering and the support of excavation rather than subcontracting the two items most likely to stop the job.

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Send the geotechnical report and the site plan. You get a written read on the water, the excavation and the risk.

Four places account for most South Florida roof leaks. None of them is the middle of the roof.

Self-perform

Dewatering and support of excavation, in house

Tidal

Deep foundations in tidal environments

Licensed

General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida

Water

The variable that decides the schedule in Florida

Capabilities

What we self-perform

The two items most likely to stop a Florida job — water and the hole — are ours, not a subcontractor's.

Construction Dewatering

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Ground conditions

What is under the site

Method follows the borings. Six ground profiles, and what each rules out.

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Coquina & Cap Rock

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Organic Muck & Peat

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Uncontrolled Fill

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The difference

Why self-performing the water matters

We self-perform the water

Most Florida general contractors subcontract dewatering and support of excavation, which means the two items most likely to stop the job belong to somebody whose schedule is not yours. We do them ourselves.

The water table is the schedule

In coastal Florida the groundwater is a few feet down and it moves with the tide. Every excavation decision follows from that, and a program that treats dewatering as a line item rather than the critical path is a program that will slip.

Tidal work is a different discipline

Near the Intracoastal the water table rises and falls twice a day. Systems sized for a static table fail on the flood tide. Our leadership has delivered deep foundations in tidal conditions and that experience is why we take these jobs.

We would rather find it in preconstruction

A geotechnical surprise at excavation costs ten times what it costs on paper. We would rather review the borings with you before the number is fixed than issue a change order afterwards.

Start here

Request a preconstruction review

Send the geotechnical report and the site plan. You get a written read on the water, the excavation method and where the schedule risk actually sits.

If the borings are thin, we will say so and tell you what else to investigate before the number is fixed.

FAQ

Common questions

Do you self-perform, or subcontract?: Dewatering and support of excavation are self-performed. Those are the two items most likely to stop a Florida job, and they should not belong to somebody whose schedule is not yours.
Will you price without a geotechnical report?: Not the dewatering. A number produced without borings is a guess that becomes a change order, and we would rather delay the estimate.
What makes tidal sites different?: The water table rises and falls twice a day. A system sized for the mean fails on the flood tide, so everything is designed to high water.
How early should this be planned?: At design. The discharge permit alone is frequently the longest lead item in the package.
Do you work outside South Florida?: Licensed across the state of Florida. Central Florida karst is a genuinely different problem and we will say so.
What is the most common cause of slip?: The dewatering discharge permit started too late, and a refusal layer nobody checked before mobilizing a rig.
Do you handle monitoring?: Yes, with thresholds and a written response agreed before work starts. Readings nobody has committed to act on are an expense, not a control.

Next step

Find out what is actually wrong with it.

An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.

Request a preconstruction review (954) 807-3208