The project objective was to rework and rebuild 2,400 linear feet of the FIPSD’s existing stone revetment on the north end of Fripp Island. This work was in response to shoreline damage suffered by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and consisted of placing approximately 6,000 tons of new armor stone along the revetment in the tidal zone. SJH was responsible for reworking the existing revetment and re-setting scattered stone prior to placing new stone, removing and replacing approximately 2,000 square yards of filter fabric beneath the structure, cleaning up and reworking roughly 1,000 cubic yards of sand, and general site work including grading, debris removal and traffic control. Because of strict load limitations on the bridges leading up to Fripp Island, SJH had to establish a stone stockpile yard on St. Helena (approximately 10 miles from the project site) then re-handle the stone into partially loaded dump trucks in order to get over the bridges safely. In an effort to expedite the schedule for the FIPSD, SJH dual sourced the stone materials from two granite quarries in South Carolina and doubled their trucking throughput. SJH was given 120 days to complete the project but finished in half the time with 60 days of schedule float.
