Government · Naples
8th Ave South Beach Walkovers
Beach-end walkovers and site improvements for the City of Naples, delivered on time and within budget at one of the city’s most loved stretches of shoreline.
Sector
Government · Coastal access
Location
8th Avenue South · Naples, FL
Scope
7,500 sq ft of walkovers & site improvements
Client
City of Naples
Result
Delivered on time · Within budget
Scope of work
Beach-end walkovers · Site improvements
The beach ends of Old Naples are some of the most cherished public spaces in Southwest Florida, and the 8th Avenue South access is among the best known. For the City of Naples, Fort constructed new beach-end walkovers and site improvements there, the structures that carry thousands of residents and visitors over the dunes and onto the sand.
The challenge
Building where the land meets the Gulf
A beach walkover is a small structure in the most demanding environment a builder can work in. It stands in salt air and storm surge territory, it crosses dunes that exist to protect everything behind them, and it serves a public access point the city could not simply close. Coastal work for a municipal owner means building precisely, treading lightly, and finishing on schedule.
Our approach
Precise work in a protected place
Fort sequenced the walkovers and site improvements to respect both the environment and the public that uses it, coordinating with the City throughout. The structures had to be built for decades of salt, sun, and storms, because on this shoreline, rebuilding is not a maintenance plan.
The outcome
On time, within budget, open to the public
The walkovers and site improvements were completed on time and within budget for the City of Naples, and they serve beachgoers today. Fort has done similar coastal access work for Lee County at Lynn Hall Park on Fort Myers Beach, part of a public-sector portfolio that spans Collier and Lee counties.
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