Concrete on Merritt Island and in Cocoa Beach — canal lots, boat pads and salt air
Merritt Island's south end is canal-front living on Sykes Creek and the Banana River — about 35,000 people, most with a boat — and Cocoa Beach across the causeway is a beach town of 11,000 with salt air on everything. Boat pads, driveways, pool decks and the flood-zone details come with the territory.
The north end of our territory is water on every side. Merritt Island — unincorporated Brevard County, between the Indian and Banana Rivers — is 1960s–'80s canal-lot neighborhoods south of SR-520 built for the Space Center workforce, with a boat behind most houses, a pool cage behind many, and driveways and aprons that are original. Cocoa Beach, on the barrier island across the causeway, is the same era in salt air: condos and single-family streets between A1A and the ocean, pool decks that chalk fast, and the same rusting-wire failures we see in Satellite Beach. Both have flood zones that matter for anything with a finished floor, and both have HOAs and condo associations that own a lot of sidewalk and pool deck.
On Merritt Island we pour boat and trailer pads on the canal lots, replace original driveways and aprons on the swale streets, resurface and replace pool decks, extend lanais and pour the pads that come with a renovation — with Brevard County Public Works permits for the right-of-way. In Cocoa Beach it's salt-air pool decks first, then driveways, patios and the association work along A1A, permitted through the city. It's forty-five minutes from Palm Bay, so we schedule the north end in full-day blocks.
What we do in Merritt Island & Cocoa Beach
Canal-lot boat pads
Five- to six-inch reinforced pads with thickened edges beside the seawall, set to the flood elevation, inside the setbacks.
Salt-air pool decks
Dense mix, covered steel, knockdown resurfacing and a reseal schedule for Cocoa Beach and the Banana River side.
County and city permits
Brevard County Public Works for Merritt Island rights-of-way; the City of Cocoa Beach for the beach.
Streets, units and communities we cover
- South Merritt Island
- Sykes Creek canal lots
- Banana River Drive
- Courtenay Parkway (SR-3)
- SR-520 corridor
- Merritt Island Causeway area
- Milford Point
- Tropical Trail
- North Merritt Island (to the KSC gate)
- Cocoa Beach
- A1A (Cocoa Beach)
- Minutemen Causeway
- Cocoa Isles
- Snug Harbor (Cocoa Beach)
- Cape Canaveral edge
- 32952 · 32953 · 32931
Concrete services available in Merritt Island & Cocoa Beach
- Concrete driveways, culverts & swale aprons, walkways & sidewalks
- Patios & lanai slabs, pool decks, pool deck resurfacing, stamped & decorative
- Shed, boat & RV pads, foundations & additions
- Repair & leveling, removal & demolition
- Commercial & HOA concrete
Questions from Merritt Island & Cocoa Beach homeowners
Can you pour a boat pad next to my seawall?
Yes, with the setback from the seawall cap that the county and the engineering require, a thickened edge on the water side, and the finished grade at or above the flood elevation. We look at the seawall's condition first — a pad that loads a failing seawall is a bad idea.
Who permits a driveway apron on Merritt Island?
Brevard County Public Works — Merritt Island is unincorporated. Cocoa Beach is its own city and permits its own right-of-way. We pull whichever applies.
Is the drive from Palm Bay a problem?
It's about forty-five minutes, and we schedule Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach jobs in full-day blocks so the crew and the trucks are there once. No travel charge.
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