Miami-Dade County · Waterfront
Docks, Seawalls & Dredging in Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Bay Harbor Islands sits on Biscayne Bay, Indian Creek and Indian Creek Lake, with waterfront homes in West Island and East Island. Langley Coastal builds and repairs docks and pilings, installs boat and PWC lifts, repairs seawalls and performs dredging for property owners in Bay Harbor Islands. Permitting is handled in full.
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Services in Bay Harbor Islands
Every service below has its own page. Five of them have one written for Bay Harbor Islands.
Dock Construction
New docks, complete tear-outs and rebuilds, and worn deck boards replaced.
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Piling Services
Pilings restored where they can be, replaced where they cannot, under a dock, a lift or a boathouse.
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Seawall Construction
Aging walls removed and replaced, designed with licensed engineers.
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Seawall Repair
Inspection with photo and video, then hydraulic cement, forms and rebar, or foam injection.
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Boat Lift Installation
Fitted on a new dock or one you already have, working with the lift manufacturers.
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Boat Lift Maintenance
Cables, drives and lift pilings kept working in salt water.
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Dredging
Depth restored at docks, canals and shorelines. We handle the permitting.
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The land side of a waterfront property: building, demolition, sitework and pools.
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What shapes dock, seawall, and dredging work here. Sources are linked.
Waterways
- Biscayne Bay: north and west of the two islands; the ICW channel runs past the town [giscloud.fiu.edu]
- Indian Creek: east side, across from Bal Harbour and Surfside [en.wikipedia.org]
- Indian Creek Lake: south side, across from Indian Creek Village [giscloud.fiu.edu]
Waterfront neighborhoods
- West Island: originally 'Broadview'; single-family homes, seawalled around its entire perimeter [en.wikipedia.org]
- East Island: originally 'Bay Harbor'; business district, multifamily and waterfront condos, also fully seawalled [en.wikipedia.org]
Marinas, bridges and inlets
- Broad Causeway: opened 1951, links the town to North Miami; idle-speed zone at the bridge and direct access to the Meloy Channel [giscloud.fiu.edu]
- Haulover Park / Bill Bird Marina: county marina near Bal Harbour: 152 wet slips (35-120 ft), 24-hour ramps, dry storage [miamidade.gov]
Permits and rules in Bay Harbor Islands
Rules change; confirm current Bay Harbor Islands requirements with the authority before work starts.
Miami-Dade County permit authorities that cover Bay Harbor Islands →
- Seawall rule (Town of Bay Harbor Islands Code Compliance / Building & Zoning; Miami-Dade DERM Class I)
- No town minimum seawall elevation ordinance was found. [bayharborislands-fl.gov]
- Dock and boat-lift permits
- Town of Bay Harbor Islands Building & Zoning + Miami-Dade DERM Class I + FDEP / USACE. The town requires a building permit for most construction and takes applications online; the town's 2019 inspection found 19% of East Island docks and 10% of West Island docks in serious or critical condition. [bayharborislands-fl.gov]
Local conditions that matter
Tides, storms and siltation
- The 2019 town seawall study found 51% of East Island and 20% of West Island walls are original anchored concrete T-pile walls whose anchors are near the end of their useful life; walls retrofitted with batter piles were given about 15 years of remaining service; 4% (East) and 1% (West) of seawalls rated serious or critical [bayharborislands-fl.gov]
- The town's vulnerability study projected 2020 king tides flooding about 21 acres (16 acres of roads, 5 of property) up to 1 ft deep on Broadview Drive and Bay Harbor Drive, rising to 1.7 ft above ground by 2030 [bayharborislands-fl.gov]
- The islands were mangrove islands filled after 1945; total area 0.6 sq mi with 0.2 sq mi of water [giscloud.fiu.edu]
On the water
- Idle Speed / No Wake zones surround the Broad Causeway bridge and Bakers Haulover Inlet (Manatee Protection Plan pp.20-21) [miamidade.gov]
- Under FAC 68C-22.025 the Broad Causeway-to-JFK Causeway area is year-round slow speed outside the marked ICW channel, with the channel itself at 30 mph [law.cornell.edu]
- Indian Creek is a preferred location for transient docks in the county manatee plan (p.68) [miamidade.gov]
Recent Dock Work
Bay Harbor Islands — frequently asked questions
What seawall height rule applies in Bay Harbor Islands?
No town minimum seawall elevation ordinance was found. (Town of Bay Harbor Islands Code Compliance / Building & Zoning; Miami-Dade DERM Class I). An inspection of your Bay Harbor Islands seawall, with underwater photos and video, shows whether a repair or a rebuild is the right route. [source]
Who permits a new dock or boat lift in Bay Harbor Islands?
Town of Bay Harbor Islands Building & Zoning + Miami-Dade DERM Class I + FDEP / USACE. The town requires a building permit for most construction and takes applications online; the town's 2019 inspection found 19% of East Island docks and 10% of West Island docks in serious or critical condition. [source]
Which Bay Harbor Islands neighborhoods do you serve?
Waterfront neighborhoods across Bay Harbor Islands, including West Island and East Island (ZIP 33154). Bay Harbor Islands is in Miami-Dade County, one of the four counties Langley Coastal serves.
Are there speed or manatee zones near Bay Harbor Islands docks?
Idle Speed / No Wake zones surround the Broad Causeway bridge and Bakers Haulover Inlet (Manatee Protection Plan pp.20-21) That sets how a dredge or barge is scheduled and staged in Bay Harbor Islands. [source]
Does Langley Coastal Construction work in Bay Harbor Islands?
Yes. Bay Harbor Islands is in Miami-Dade County, one of the four counties Langley Coastal Construction serves; call (954) 406-0696 to schedule Bay Harbor Islands work.
Sources for the Bay Harbor Islands facts above are linked inline (17 public pages); they describe Bay Harbor Islands, not Langley projects, and rules change, so confirm with the permitting authority.
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What Bay Harbor Islands area customers say
Rutger and Roman Langley poses a wealth of knowledge of costal construction and solutions evident they have been at it their entire lives initially called out for what I thought was a small issue with my dock they were able to see the real underlying issue and recommend multiple solutions I have never felt more comfortable working with any other contractor in my life