Earth Resources is on the job!
Heavy rains can wash your driveway away. Earth Resources can install or repair ditches and culverts.
Earth Resources constructs attractive private driveways from natural materials.
1) Erosion leaves trees and shoreline exposed to wave and tidal damage.
2) Filter cloth is staked down to provide stable foundation for riprap sill.
3) Earth Resources stacks riprap sill by hand.
4) Breaks in riprap sill allow for marine life to enter and exit the shoreline.
5) The stacked riprap sill is ready for beach nourishment fill.
6) The riprap sill is butted to the existing bulkhead to provide seamless shoreline protection. Beach nourishment (sand) is added and is ready for marsh grass planting in the fall. The yard is graded, seeded, and covered in straw.
1) Loading riprap sill to barge.
2) Hauling riprap sill by barge to work site.
3) Placing riprap sill using heavy equipment.
4) Dropping riprap sill in place.
5) The finished job.
6) The finished job from another angle.
An example of a riprap sill in Mathews County.
An example of a riprap revetment off of Moran Creek Road.
An example of an Armor Stone and Class 2 revetment in place of a previously existing bulkhead on the Rappahannock River.