Everything we get asked about
boat ramps.

Standard sizing:

• Single-lane residential — 12–15 ft wide. Right for most private boat ramps.
• Double-wide — 24–30 ft. Allows simultaneous launch and retrieve. Standard for busy waterfront properties, lodges, and small commercial use.
• Multi-lane commercial — 30+ ft, with guide pilings between lanes.

We size to your boat and traffic pattern, not to a one-size catalog spec. If you're launching twice a year, a single lane is fine. If you host club tournaments, you need double.

We pour ramps at 6–8 inches thick with #4 or #5 rebar on a grid, depending on:

• Expected vehicle load (truck + trailer combined gross weight)
• Soil bearing capacity at the site
• Climate (freeze-thaw cycling)

Yes — we can scope the full launch facility:

• Approach pad and turning area
• Staging zone with tie-down anchors
• Guide pilings on each side of the ramp
• Side walls or riprap where the bank is steep
• Handrails or grab bars for safety

Doing the ramp, approach, and bank stabilization in one mobilization saves significantly versus phasing them.

Yes — any structure extending into a navigable waterway requires federal (USACE) and state (TCEQ) permits, plus lake-authority approval. We manage every submittal from application to inspection signoff.

On a fully private impoundment (your own pond, your own land), federal permitting may not apply but floodplain and HOA rules typically still do.

Standard private ramp construction:

1. Excavation and base prep — 1–2 days
2. Forming and rebar layout — 1 day
3. Concrete pour and finish — 1 day
4. Cure time before vehicle load — 7–14 days

We schedule pours around tides and water levels so the cure happens above water. Total in-service time: 2–3 weeks from start to first launch.

Yes. Steep or eroded banks usually need bank stabilization alongside the ramp — typically a combination of:

• Side walls (small retaining walls or bulkhead sections to hold the approach slot)
• Riprap armor on the bank face to break wave energy
• Re-grading and revegetation behind the armor

We scope the full bank work as part of the ramp project so the ramp doesn't get undermined the first storm season.