News & Industry Updates

This is a significant for members of FMCA. The Florida appellate court ruled that the prevailing plaintiff in a negligence action grounded in admiralty is not entitled to recover attorney’s fees because such recovery is not allowed in federal admiralty law. Plaintiff had sued the company that designed and installed her boat lift for damages…

  If you are not currently register as a City of Miami supplier, please visit the link below and follow the easy instruction to register today. Register here If you are already registered as a City supplier, please apply below to set up ACH Direct Deposit. Apply for ACH/Direct Deposit Please contact the Department of Procurement…

Looking for a company that offers onsite Crane Operator’s Certification for various types and sizes of cranes. Please refer them to Kelly White 904-880-8881 or kelly.white@myfmca.org

SPGP V R1 will be effective starting December 31, 2018. I have a copy of the slide show that explains the changes, however in short, no more yellow for types of project, limitations on distance of structures to mangroves, maintance dredging and utilities no longer included. Reach out to Kelly_white@myfmca.org for a copy of the…

Rigger/Signal Person Certification Programs Surge NCCCO Signalperson, Rigger Level I, and Rigger Level II programs are experiencing a surge in activity with many Texas Petrochemical and Oil Companies requiring their signal persons and riggers to be certified by January 2019. Additionally, commercial truck drivers are increasingly seeking rigger and signalperson certifications. The combination of a…

TRULINE – The Ultimate Seawall, is excited to announce 2 new team members! Alex Houwing is Regional Sales Manager for the Northern Florida and the Panhandle, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina areas. Alex has 10 years of experience with bulkheads, headwalls, sea walls, lake walls, retaining walls and the various methods of installation. Alex…

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/orange-park-construction-worker-shocked-on-the-job-police-say/799892966 Reminder that even Marine Contractors have exposure to electricity. Maybe all marine contractors should keep voltage meters on their jobsites!

Members, The City of Cape Coral has invited officials from the Army Corps to discuss Lake O releases. This informational meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, July 31st at 12:30 p.m. at the Cape Coral Yacht Club Ballroom (5819 Driftwood Pkwy). We need as many members as possible to attend and express concerns regarding the impact…

I attended the Board Meeting for the Palm Beach County CILB to the citizens of Palm Beach County. With the FMCA’s input and support, Palm Beach County will start the process of requiring USL&H as well as tightening up experience requirements for Palm Beach County Marine Contractors Licensing. It was a pleasure working with the…

Good Afternoon Ms. White & Mr. Barron: I am the Executive Director of the non-profit, Florida Marine Contractors Association.  I learned today of changes to the SPGP program that involve single family docks that are located outside residential canals.  As I understand it, proposed single family docks that are outside of residential canals will now…

The meeting is scheduled for Monday 6/4 and will become effective immediately. We need to fight several things: They are proposing to treat artificial waterways the same as natural water ways and limit slips to 2, finger piers to 3’, platforms to 160 sq ft, etc. They want to limit docks to 200’ regardless of…

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