Canaveral National Seashore and ThruFlow

Seminole Rest part of Canaveral National Seashore

Our National Park service has just installed a new ThruFlow pier at Seminole Rest in Oak Hill , Florida.

Mark Hempe with the National Park Service has been evaluating ThruFlow for over a year. He wanted to make sure that the material held up because over a million visitors  come to the National Seashore each year. So far it is passing with flying colors!!! He has not seen any signs of spider cracks, color has not faded, and the non-skid is holding up.


ThruFlow is great product for applications  for a long lasting pier, where there is no maintenance, ADA compatible , very foot friendly!!! 

Derek McGivern has put a lot of time and effort to understand the materials and UV protection that we need to survive the Florida sun. Go to www.ThruFlow.com and see specifications and 3rd party testing.

Skip Savage built the  beautiful pier overlooking the ICW. It is very sturdy and the carpentry is supurb.
I would love to be out there when a storm comes through. I got the  feeling that the way Skip built the pier that it would survive.

Oak Hill reminded me of old Florida.  It was a treat . We have some great National Parks so  take time and enjoy. Web site www.nps.gov.

New ThruFlow Docks in Brevard County Constructed By Continental Associates

Doug Loseke with Continential Associates installed multiple boat ramps and docks for Brevard County on US1 in Grant Florida.   Doug  used ThruFlow grated decking.  WOW!!  Did it turn out beautiful!  Doug also installed the ThruFlow different by  cutting circles  and putting the pilings through the ThruFlow.  This was first that I had seen done like this and thought it looked very nice. It was a lovely spot on the Intracoastal.

ThruFlow has UV inhibitors that makes it hold up in our Florida sun. There is 12 year 100% warranty with ThruFlow grated decking. People will really enjoy walking barefoot and sitting on these docks(no splitters,  stays cool, and anti slip, etc.). Also Thru Flow will help with storm surges.

Doug Loseke contact information is  Continental Associates  and his cell number is 772-913-2520.  He purchased the material Southern Pine Lumber Company in Rockledge .  Southern Pine Lumber Company phone number 321-632-5566.  To get testing and specifications  for ThruFlow go to www. ThruFlow.com

Ms. Olympia Snowe Recognizing Harbor Technologies

Ms. Olympia Snowe a Senator from Maine wrote very flattering letter about Harbor Technology.  It was great that Ms. Snowe recognizes what an outstanding company Harbor Technology is and the quality products they manufacture.The Grimnes family works hard and  put their resources in making  long lasting enviromentally friendly composite products. 

Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast

Advanced Waterfront Technologies is a member of the MIATC ( Marine Industries of the Treasure Coast). MIATC is a not-for-profit trade association.  It members are located in Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee counties.  It supports the protection and preservation of our coastal, inland, and ocean waters.  MIATC is part of Marine Association of Florida. 

It is wonderful organization to join for it really helps it members whose lively hood depends  on our waterways.  That is a lot of people in Florida!!    It is industry that we can not afford to lose.  Please check out web site
www.miatc.com.  Michele Miller is the Director of Operations.  Her contact number is 772-692-7599.
Michele's email address  is mmiller@gmail.com. 

ThruFlow Dock in Savannah, Georgia

Dock Supply Inc. in Midway Georgia supplied the material for this beautiful ThruFlow  pier in Savannah Georgia.  The dock was constructed by AMC Marine, Inc. in Midway Georgia. 

The new owners will benefit from a long lasting, maintenance free dock.  It is so nice to go bare foot on dock and it remain cool and have no worries with splitters. Also there are no problems with nails popping up. This premium decking has 100% 12 year warranty. It has long lasting UV protection.

Dock Supply 's phone number is 912-884-3443.  AMC Marine phone number is 912-884-4171.  I am sure that both companies would be glad to answer any questions. 

Exceptional Testing Results From ThruFlow

Derek McGivern got back some more UV testing results. The results were even better than expected.
Attached is a copy of press release.

ThruFlow™ verifies market Leading UV Performance

ThruFlow concludes long terms UV Exposure testing

Wallaceburg, Ontario June 16, 2009: ThruFlow Inc. is very pleased to announce the conclusion of Long-Term Ultra-Violet Light performance testing on its ThruFlow™ Premium Decking System. “We can now quantitatively say that our decking system will outperform many polymer decking solutions on the market today in terms of longevity, especially in the tough marine environment” says ThruFlow Inc. General Manager Derek McGivern.

ThruFlow™ Panels have achieved an exceptional level of Ultra-Violet light stability. The ThruFlow™ system has been exposed to more than 11,000 KJ per square meter of UV before any visible signs of UV damage have occurred....

There is more information on ThruFlow web site: WWW.ThruFlow.com.

This is terrific news for us here in Florida!!!

ThrFlow Dock at Southern Pine Lumber

Southern Pine and Lumber at the Clearwater store built a dock using ThruFlow grated Decking and Tuffdock piles. On June 12th, they had an open house for contractors to come walk on the totally green , environmentally friendly dock system. It is a great non maintenance long lasting dock. Southern Pine and Lumber stocks ThruFlow and Tuffdock. Tuffdock contact person is Richard Morris. His phone number is 1800-269-9319. Southern Pine and Lumber has stores all over Florida.l

It was a fun afternoon with good food and great people.I wish Derek McGivern could have come from Canada. He was nice enough to donate a $100.00 gift cerficate to Antonio's for door prize.

Harborwalk in Destin Florida

Harborwalk Villiage is located in Destin Florida. LD & L Marine Contracting in Mary Ester Florida and Redfish Marine Construction in Santa Rosa Florida built the new docks using Harbor Technology composite piling and ThruFlow grated decking. They both did a great job. I really appreciate them using the materials which will last for many years . Thank you.

FMCA Show Jacksonville Florida

Bob Lee President of Lee Composites, Inc. came to help work the FMCA Show in Jacksonville.
Bob Has over 30 years in the fiberglass composite and plastics industry.

The composite lines that were represented were:

Harbor Tech Composite Piles Piles that are stronger than wood without rotting, no rust like steel and no crumbling like concrete.

Super Loc fiberglass sheet pile system. Interlocking sheet piling panels, Interlocking corner connectors, Top caps, Waler and Tie back rods.

Lee Composites Tie Rods which are high strength fiberglass threaded rods

ThruFlow graded decking which is strong, stays cool on your feet, helps with storm surges and no maintenance.

Lee Composites Pipe hangers which means you never have to replace a pipe hanger again.

Thanks Bob for coming and working with Rich and myself. We manage to have some fun also with few laughs.

Chester and Sue Young and their creative ThruFlow idea

Sue and Chester Young was having an outdoor party and needed some more tables. Chester is a partner with Hans Wilson and Associates which is an engineering and environmental consulting firm in Fort Myers Florida. Chester and Sue are very familiar with ThruFlow. Sue thought it would be great to use for a table. Chester added 2x4 strips to the side of the workmate to make them the same width as the spacing on the panels and screwed them all together.

Thank you Sue and Chester for sharing another way of using ThruFlow besides decks and docks. Thru Flow is so light weight but strong for may different uses.

ThruFlow (TM) Patent

Congratulations to Derek McGivern and Otto Kjeldsen at ThruFlow,Inc. for obtaining their patent for Thru Flow(TM) panels. ThruFlow(TM) is a premium decking systems for docks, decks, storage and walkways.

Some major advantages:

UV and Static Electricity Protection (UV protection even for the Florida Sun)
Minimizes Storm Surge and Wave Effects
Superior Load Bearing
ACOE Approved
ADA Compliant
360 degree non-slip surface
No Maintenance and foot friendly

Visit www. ThruFlow.com for more benefits, specs, and photos.

ThruFlow Corp. Supports Google Sketchup

Google has a 3-D CAD program called sketchup. Google also has a 3dwarehouse . This warehouse allows people to create new designs such as a ThruFlow dock. This is very useful for engineering firms or someone wanting to do a proposal showing a deck or dock. It is a really cool tool!!

To see how this works just click on the link: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
Type in ThruFlow in the search engine .

To see how you can use sketchup check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tvw1oJKMCc

ThruFlow can provide other conventional CAD file formats, such as AutoCAD DWG format and PDF.

Harbor Technology

Harbor Technology which makes composite pilings got their pultrusion machine. I am really excited for them. If you have a minuet watch 3 minuet video that the local news did on Harbor Technology.http://tinyurl.com/HT-WCSH6

Emmick Construction, Inc.

Joe, I appreciate you letting me take some photos of the beautiful dock that you did in Stuart, Florida. The way you did the stairs was very clever.

I know the homeowner will enjoy using the maintenance free, bare foot friendly ThruFlow
dock. If there is a hurricane it will definitely be a benefit too for allowing the storm surge to go through the decking.

Murrenhil Corp.

Advanced Waterfront Technologies has started selling The ROC Barrier(TM). It is the the worlds fastest response oil containment system.

It is very amazing and great for fast clean ups in a marina. See the video at www.advancedwaterfronttechnologies.com.

ThruFlow Booth at IMBC

IMBC Conference in Fort Lauderdale was great success and a lot of fun. Special Thanks to Derek McGivern for booth and support that he gave Advanced Waterfront Technologies, Inc.