Raising the Walls


Located within Apollo Beach, Florida, is Mira Bay, a large residential community with 1,700 residential homes. The community underwent a seawall replacement project to replace the failing components of marine infrastructure.
The community turned to CMI to offer a turnkey solution for a new system that incorporated the failing system with the new one, minimizing construction costs, demolition, and handling costs.
Moving away from corrosion-prone materials, CMI offered the community its UltraComposite® sheet piling with the engineer of record, Cardno, along with Liebl & Barrow Structural Engineering. UltraComposite® sheet piling has been a product proven with vast installations within the residential and commercial seawall markets throughout the country. This composite profile is lightweight, high strength, UV protected, and rust-free. These benefits translate into lower costs of lifetime ownership and upfront savings on installation and transportation costs.
TECHNICAL DATA |
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Product: Replacement Seawall |
Process: Pultrusion |
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For: CMI Limited Co. |
User: Mira Bay Residents |
To fulfill the needs of this project, Strongwell produced 32,000 linear feet of fiberglass sheet piling for CMI. The contractors, Florida Structural Group and Earth Tech Enterprises, worked collectively to install and complete the project in phases over a period of 18 months due to the proximity of retaining walls, utilities, pools, docks, and boat hoists. In addition, the migratory patterns of endangered species had to be taken into consideration during the construction process.
Due to the project’s location, CMI coordinated trucks to barge deliveries saving time, labor, and the issues of yard stocking. For extra fortification, the project incorporated the failing seawall with the fiberglass composite system using a concrete cap. The new cap retained the new earth anchors to stabilize the new wall at heights up to 9 feet in some sections.
Upon the completion of the project, the community was pleased with the logistics, materials, and craftsmanship of all parties involved, and look forward to many years of uninterrupted service with the new seawall system.