South Beach seawall work just kicked off — and we're stocking the FR layers and hi-vis class 3 the spec calls for. The $2.3B USACE South Shore Coastal Storm Risk Management seawall — five miles long, twenty-one feet of elevation, running from Fort Wadsworth all the way to Oakwood Beach — started construction in South Beach in October 2024, on the 12th anniversary of Sandy. Army Corps will reconstruct the existing FDR Boardwalk as part of the build. The Midland Beach segment is scheduled for 2028. The Midland Beach to Fort Wadsworth segment for 2029.
Midland Beach was already among the hardest-hit Sandy neighborhoods, and the post-Sandy elevation, rebuild, and resilience-retrofit work has been steady for a decade. Single-family bungalows, postwar Capes, and newer elevated rebuilds on stilted concrete piers all coexist on the flat low-lying grid.
We're 20 to 25 minutes east-southeast via the SI Expressway → Hylan south. Order by 4 PM and we drop at the staging yard or the trailer by 7 AM.
Seawall and coastal-infrastructure work has a strict gear spec. FR layers — Carhartt FR henleys, FR sweatshirts, FR coveralls — when there's any work near energized panels or hot welding. Hi-vis class 3 jackets and rain gear because the heavy-equipment lanes are constant. Steel-toe waterproof boots because the work is wet, the work is muddy, and the work is on stone and concrete that doesn't forgive a soft toe. Cut-resistant gloves rated A4 minimum on the sheet-pile and rebar work.
"South Beach seawall work just kicked off — and we're stocking the FR layers and hi-vis class 3 the spec calls for."
We stock for it. Carhartt FR henleys in volume. Rothco hi-vis class 3 rain bibs and jackets stocked deep through the wet seasons. Timberland Pro Boondock and Wolverine Raider waterproof steel-toes by the case. HexArmor and Mechanix cut-resistant gloves at the counter.
Single-family elevation and rebuild crews — the contractors who've been on the post-Sandy retrofit work for a decade — buy a different mix. Foundation crews want the rubber knee bibs and the rubber boots. Framers on the elevated rebuilds want the Carhartt double-knee dungarees and the Wolverine 6-inch direct-attach. The Carhartt OJ insulated bib for the November-to-March work that doesn't stop for weather.
Midland Beach contractors on the seawall and on the residential retrofits both hit fleet-account volume. Net-30, volume pricing on five-plus of any item, jobsite delivery to the staging yard or the trailer.
Custom screen-print, vinyl, and embroidery in-house, no minimums. The seawall subs want their company name across the back of the hi-vis tee on Day One. We do it in three days, no shipping, no third-party turnaround.