Michigan Seawalls Blog Category


seaside seawall iconBrand New Steel Seawall Installed on Lake Neva in Oakland County, Michigan

Friday, August 24th, 2012
Lake Neva steps and steel seawall installation

Seaside Seawalls has recently installed a brand new steel seawall, boardwalk, and retaining wall on Lake Neva which is located in the township of White Lake, Michigan. White Lake is a chartered township of the greater Oakland County, and has an estimated population of 30,019 residents. The township’s total area is approximately 37.2 square miles, of which 33.7 square miles is land and 3.5 square miles is water. For this current project, we first had to demolish both the customer’s existing retaining wall as well as their seawall, since a portion of the wall had completely fallen over. However, during the demolition, there were a few challenges that we encountered. Right about where the step inlet was going to be installed, we found an 8’ x 5’ x 2’ chunk of cement with rerod (rerod is basically a reinforcing material, usually steel, that is used to help with the reinforcement Read the full article…


seaside seawall iconLimestone Seawall and Steps Installed on Dollar Lake in Keego Harbor, Michigan

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Redi-Wall Limestone Seawall on Dollar Lake Michigan

Seaside Seawalls has just begun a project for a residential customer on Dollar Lake, which is located in the city of Keego Harbor, Michigan. Keego Harbor is located in the greater Oakland County, which is affectionately referred to as “Lakeland Paradise” by its residents and neighbors. Our construction efforts for this residential client on Dollar Lake consisted of installing a steps and a brand new Redi-Wall limestone seawall with sand backfill and riprap. In case you are unfamiliar with the term ‘riprap’, it is a rock material (in this case, Michigan fieldstone) that is often utilized to maintain structures and their form. For seawalls, riprap is often used at the toe of the wall along the front because it not only helps keep the seawall in place, but it also helps mitigate shoreline erosion – a common problem for waterfront residential and commercial properties in Michigan. Oftentimes we find the Read the full article…


seaside seawall iconNew Black Steel Seawall Installed on Grand River in Michigan

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
excavator on a barge in Eaton County MI

Hope everyone’s having a fantastic summer so far and enjoying the hot Michigan weather we’ve been having! This next article is about a black steel seawall that Seaside Seawalls recently installed for a customer on Grand River, which is located in the village of Dimondale in Eaton County, Michigan. Did you know that Grand River is the longest river in the state of Michigan? It runs through several cities, including Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Rapids and Grand Haven, before emptying into Lake Michigan. Grand River stretches a total of 252 miles, covering over 18 counties and 158 townships along the way. It is home to several types of fish as well, including trout and salmon, making it not only a popular place to take part in your favorite summer water activity, but also a frequent destination for those who enjoy the sport of fishing. For this particular project, we Read the full article…


seaside seawall iconGalvanized Steel Seawall and Brand New Dock on Buck Lake in Livingston County, Michigan

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Buck Lake in Whitmore Lake Michigan_custom dock

Seaside Seawalls was contacted this summer to build a brand new galvanized steel seawall as well as a permanent dock for a resident situated on Buck Lake in the city of Whitmore Lake, Michigan. Located around the shores of Whitmore Lake, this city is part of the greater Livingston County, and has a total area of 5.4 square miles – 4.4 square miles of which is land, and 1.0 square miles of which is water. This project took a total of five days to complete, and is a particularly unique one for Seaside Seawalls due to the galvanized steel seawall’s winding curves. While all steel seawalls have an attractive yet professional look to them, this one in particular stands out from all the rest because of the way it wraps around the shoreline, separating the property line from the water line. Like this customer, most of our customers choose galvanized Read the full article…