Category: Engineering

Seawall Repair Update – 1/6/25

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

The beach renourishment contractor, SJ Hamill, continues the seawall repair work in the area of Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point. They are currently averaging 200 tons of armor stone delivery per day from the quarry. This section of the seawall requires around 6,000 tons of stone repair. The contractor is approximately 50% complete and they should be done with this section of seawall by the end of February.

They will begin setting up the staging area for the final section between Boardwalk 8 and the Beach Club in mid-January. Seawall repairs in this section will begin after Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point are complete and continue into April.

Beach Project Status Update – 12/13/24

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, GOMC, Long Range Planning

The sand scraping project has been completed. 150,000 cubic yards of sand was transferred from the area of the beach around boardwalk 1 to the area of the beach between boardwalk 6 and 7. This work was completed in under 8 weeks.

The result is a new dry sand beach in an area where there was previously none. This series of pictures below were taken from boardwalk 7. The first was taken just before the project began on 9/30/24 and the last was taken on 12/13/24. These pictures do a good job of comparing the before and after conditions to illustrate just how impactful this project was.

Repairs to the seawall in the area of Beach Club Villas are currently underway. This work will continue into February. After it is completed, the third and final phase of seawall repairs will be completed in the area between the Club and boardwalk 8.

9/30/24
10/23/24
10/30/24
12/13/24

Beach Project Update – 12/4/24

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, GOMC, Long Range Planning

Beachfront sand scraping and seawall repairs have been completed in the area between boardwalk 6 and the Beach Club.

Seawall repairs are underway in the area around Beach Club Villas. These repairs require sand, filter fabric, rip rap, and armor stone to be installed to rebuild the seawall.

The work is ongoing and is scheduled to be completed by April 2025.

Adopt-A-Highway – 12/7/24

On By SIPOAIn Activities, Adopt a Highway, Engineering, Environmental

Adopt-a-Highway invites you to work off your Thanksgiving waistline on Saturday, December 7; 9:00am – 11:00am. The volunteer team will meet at the Lake House parking lot before heading to Betsy Kerrison. Litter bags, vests and pick-up sticks provided. The sweep lasts about two hours. Past collections average 12-15 bags of litter, removing 225lbs of debris from our roadway.

If you have any questions, please email Mary Gwyn at mkginmd@verizon.net.

Let’s make the beautiful entrance to Seabrook Island trash-free!

Marsh Hen Stormwater Outfall

On By SIPOAIn Engineering, Environmental

SIPOA has completed a project to improve stormwater drainage on Marsh Hen Drive.

This work required permitting to allow for excavation within the salt marsh. Marsh materials were excavated using hydro excavation equipment to restore positive drainage to an existing tidal channel.

The result is a much better functioning stormwater system that will help prevent water on Marsh Hen Drive.

Beach Project Update – 11/22/24

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, Long Range Planning

The sand scraping and seawall repair work from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club has been completed.

The contractor is working to create a construction access point between Dolphin Point and Beach Club Villas. They have begun stockpiling materials here for the seawall repair work in this area.

The seawall repairs are scheduled to extend into April 2025, but the contractor is ahead of schedule at this point.

We will provide schedule updates when they are available.

Boardwalk 4 Completion

On By SIPOAIn Boardwalks, Engineering

Boardwalk 4 has been completed and was reopened this week. The new boardwalk provides beach access with a ramp over the seawall and has no stairs for residents who may be pulling/pushing carts or strollers.

There is also a new shower station at boardwalk 4. This was the final boardwalk without a shower station and there are now shower stations at each SIPOA boardwalk.

Yard Debris Update – 11/5/24

On By SIPOAIn Engineering

The yard debris collection contractor was unable to collect all of the yard debris waste today.  They plan to come back out tomorrow and collect the remaining piles of yard debris.  Residents are reminded that contractor generated yard debris is not allowed to be left curbside and should be hauled away by the contractor.

Beach Project Schedule Update – 10/31/24

On By SIPOAIn Beach Projects, Engineering, Environmental, GOMC

The sand recycle and seawall repair contractor, SJ Hamill, began working on seawall repairs on October 1. They began sand scraping and hauling on October 15. Thanks to some incredible weather and calm seas, they are currently ahead of the initial projected schedule. As of 10/31/24, the contractor has placed 3,000 of the 3,500 tons of armor stone specified for the repairs of the seawall from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club. They have also hauled and placed 77,000 of the 150,000 specific cubic yardage of sand. The photo below shows the dry sand beach area that has been reestablished between boardwalks 6 and 7.

If our favorable weather conditions continue, we expect to be done placing armor stone from boardwalk 6 to the Beach Club by November 8 and sand scraping could be completed as early as November 22. The next phase of work will be the seawall repair at Beach Club Villas and Dolphin Point. Material staging could begin in this area as early as November 11.

We are grateful for all of the hard work from our engineer, Coastal Science and Engineering, and our contractor, SJ Hamill, to get this project off to a great start.