Articles

How dry stack boat storage compares with wet slips for a marina: boat sizes, space, protection, operations, and when to offer both.

Concrete floating docks typically last more than 50 years with proper design and maintenance. See what gives them that service life and what shortens it.

Where timber floating docks work best, how an engineered wood dock system is built, the decking options, and how timber compares with concrete.

How a marina is built under one design-build contract, from site investigation and slip layout to manufacturing, installation and after-market care.

When a floating dock can be repaired, when a phased retrofit fits, and when replacement is the better decision for a marina.

How a floating wave attenuator reduces wave energy, what drives its design, and how to tell whether a marina site needs one.

What decides the cost of a commercial floating dock: dock system, size, site conditions, anchoring, utilities and installation, and how to get a quote.

Floating docks are held in place by guide piles, telescoping piles, chain or Seaflex moorings, or stiff arms. See how each works and where it fits.

Floating dock or fixed dock? See how each handles changing water levels, depth, boarding and layout changes, and when a marina should use both.

Concrete, aluminum or timber? Compare floating dock materials by construction, service life, maintenance and the sites each one suits best.