Delta Marine Construction

Delta Marine Construction utilizes one of the few know vibratory hammers located in the Chesapeake Bay area manufactured by American Pile Driving Equipment. Our pilings are packed in place through soil displacement up the pole rather than hammering or washing down which can cause air-pockets. This ensures that a piling packed now remains that way f... or the next twenty years. We finish all points and piling tops by sanding. No splitters are left behind. Please be sure to see the many examples of our work on this web site by following the links on the left. he perfect storm is a popular expression coming from a novel written in 1997. It is when certain weather occurrences, when separate are no problem, come together by chance and create a catastrophe. While Hurricane Isabel may not have been the perfect storm, it was the perfect opening into the marine construction field for Brian Fletcher with Delta Marine Construction. For those of us living on the Northern Neck or Middle Peninsula, the mere mention of Hurricane Isabel sends shudders down our spine and flashbacks to ruined shorelines, piers, and even homes. This was a time when many of the quaint river cottages, built decades before, were flattened; now in their place we find grandiose river villas. Walking on a pier that had been damaged felt much like walking the tracks of a roller coaster. When all of this hit, Brian Fletcher was running a farm in Deltaville. One of his buddies that he had known from fishing owned Deltaville Marina and Deltaville Boatyard. To say that Hurricane Isabel had hit the marina and boatyard was putting it mildly. His friend recruited Brian to help repair the destroyed property and from there Delta Marine Construction was born. Before Brian moved to Deltaville in 2001 from Georgia, his background was in agriculture. Although his past profession was not marine construction, he has been installing piers and seawalls on fresh water lakes in Georgia for many years. His very first experience with marine construction was nearly 18 years ...Read More