Meeco Sullivan Nears Completion of Expanded Sales, Management and Administration Facility in McAlester, OK

As part of Meeco Sullivan’s continued production and facility expansion plan, the new and larger administrative facility in McAlester is nearing completion. This expanded facility will provide added space for the management team, the national sales and sales support staff, project estimating, project management, accounting and human resources.

Marina Industry Veteran Hired as Western Region Sales Manager

McAlester, OK— Ralph Morley, Division Manager for Meeco Sullivan, announced the appointment of James “J” Mills as the company’s new Western Region Sales Manager covering the states of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

Mr. Mills has an extensive marine industry background that includes over 18 years of coastal and inland marina management and development experience. Jay has also held positions in the marina industry that include Regional Vice President with Westrec Marinas overseeing six California Delta, Lake and San Francisco Bay marinas; General Manager of the California Recreation Company directing five Newport Beach and San Francisco Bay marinas; COO of the Twin Lakes Management Company directing and renovating two Central California lake marina resorts; Principal of Marina Business Associates/Pacific Dockmasters a marina business consulting and contracting company, and the Southern California Regional Distributor of HydroHoist Boat Lifts. In addition, Mr. Mills is a licensed General Engineering Contractor

James “J” Mills will be responsible for western states

“We believe that J’s experience, contacts and broad marina knowledge will significantly increase our presence and market strength in the western U.S. as we continue our aggressive growth plans and our mission of delivering the best products and customer service in the industry,” said Ralph Morley.

Jay’s love of the marina and boating industry is also evidenced by his many years of commuter-cruising and racing his sloop along the west coast and the Sea of Cortez, and he’s an avid sailor and boater. In his spare time he has also been the Editor of “Bay & Delta Yachtsman” magazine, and writes marine industry technical articles for “Marina Dock Age” and “International Dredging Review” magazines. He is an active member and past board member of the Marine Recreation Association as well as being active with many other industry groups.

Jay noted “Meeco Sullivan has an impressive track record and reputation and I’m looking forward to building on Meeco Sullivan’s extensive design/build capabilities in coastal and inland marina development.” Jay is based in Lodi, California, and can be reached at 209- 452-2475 or jmills@meecosullivan.com.

Meeco Sullivan Awarded New York State Park Systems Largest Marina Contract Ever

Warwick, NY—Ralph Morley, National Sales Manager for Meeco Sullivan, announced that Meeco Sullivan has been awarded one of the largest contracts ever in the New York State Parks System. The City of Buffalo Inner Harbor Development Corporation’s plans for revising and reconfiguring the existing Lake Erie Marina will make it the largest full service marina in the New York State Parks System with 1063 slips.

Safe Harbor Development, the operator of Lake Erie Marina, will replace all of its existing floating docks and walkways. The new docks will be constructed of Meeco Sullivan’s galvanized steel frame system with composite decking and encapsulated flotation and will include slip sizes from 11’ x 24’ to 20’ x 50’ along with 30’, 34’ and 40’ slips to accommodate the most popular boat sizes in the area. The Lake Erie Marina project will also include:

A new fuel pier and courtesy docks with ADA accessibility
Modern fueling stations and a new ship store
A new PWC dock
A newly renovated full service restaurant
A newly renovated onsite Operations, Management and Boater Services office
A new 400 ft. wind and wave attenuator to protect fueling and courtesy slips at the mouth of the harbor

This is one of the first major inter-coastal waterfront revitalization projects for the city of Buffalo, NY where private development monies are being used to bring new commerce to a rapidly changing and revamped city economy but was spurred by Governor Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan.

Meeco Sullivan was awarded the contract in March 2016 and was one of four companies interviewed for the project. Darby Campbell, President and Owner of Safe Harbor Development commented that “The city of Buffalo is very excited about this new marina and how it will contribute to both the Buffalo revitalization efforts and local economy as well as the quality of life for Buffalo residents who love the water. We chose Meeco Sullivan because of their experience, the quality of their design and their ability to produce a project of this size and deliver it on time and on budget.”

Meeco Sullivan’s sales, design and engineering teams worked closely with Mr. Campbell to achieve maximum space utilization while providing the most functional, updated slip sizes and amenities available at any marina in the region. Since all of the new floating dock systems will be permanent, incorporating the right anchoring system was a major part of the design effort. A chain and cable anchoring system with driven piles beneath the water will be an integral part of the marina design to withstand the extreme temperature changes and water flow conditions while maintaining a clean, aesthetic look to the new docks. Meeco Sullivan handled all aspects of the design, engineering and production of the floating structures and local contractors will handle the installation of the docks and utilities.

Removal of the old seasonal docks will begin at the end of the 2016 boating season and the new permanent docks will immediately begin going on the water with work continuing through the fall and winter months so the new marina is ready to open for the spring 2017 season.

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Sullivan Flotation Systems and Atlantic Meeco Join Forces As MEECO SULLIVAN

McAlester, OK— As two highly respected companies each serving the marina industry for over 50 years and with common ownership for the last three years, Sullivan Flotation Systems and Atlantic-Meeco have joined forces as one new brand called MEECO SULLIVAN, The Marina Company.

Since Sullivan Flotation Systems and Atlantic Meeco merged almost two years ago, the mission for the new MEECO SULLIVAN business was to grow by winning more than its fair share of new contracts while maintaining the highest product quality and customer service standards. The revamped management and sales teams, the streamlined production processes, the new equipment and highly skilled employees and the commitment to total customer satisfaction are making that growth a reality. Ralph Morley, National Sales Manager for Meeco Sullivan, stated that “when we became Meeco Sullivan we had the most capacity of any fresh or saltwater marina manufacturer in the industry and our shared vision and purpose coupled with the major investments we’ve made in our production facilities are really paying off.”

These growth plans have included adding significant line workers and longer shifts at the Warwick facility and these additional capabilities at the McAlester, OK facility:

Added eight new welding machines and a new plasma cutter
Doubling the capacity of its frame line
Adding an additional assembly line
Adding an additional accessories line
Current production schedule includes six days a week with four 12 hour shifts and two 8 hour shifts

2016 was a record year for MEECO SULLIVAN as it won over 200 new contracts and includes the largest marina contract ever awarded by the New York State Park System for the 1063 slip Lake Erie Marina. In addition, contracts have been won and are in production for:

Wolf Creek Marina- Nancy, KY
Dale Hollow State Park Marina—Burkesville, KY
North Shore Marina—Austin, TX
East 55^th Marina—Cleveland, OH
Point Venture Marina—Leander, TX
Port Liberte Marina—Jersey City, NJ
Haven Harbour Marina—Rock Hall, MD
Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, Greenwich, RI

The largest of these jobs has been the Lake Erie Marina, which includes a total of 13 floating docks with 1063 slips of various sizes. Seven docks have already been delivered and installation has begun with completion expected for early spring but final installation will be dependent on winter weather.

As Ralph Morley also noted, “Given our expanded capabilities and enormous capacity, we have been able to meet all agreed upon delivery dates and are well positioned to comfortably handle our forecasted workload for current and new contracts in 2017.”

The expansion includes 300’ of dinghy dock, approximately 10’ wide that slopes from 18” to 10” freeboard.

Meeco Sullivan recently completed an extensive expansion to Barrington Yacht Club in Barrington, RI, one of the oldest yacht clubs in the Northeast. The club is situated on Tyler Point where the Barrington River meets the Warren River and feeds into Narraganset Bay, New England’s largest estuary. This is a very popular boating area for both motorboats and sailboats.

David Reid Materne, Barrington’s Club Commodore, was actively involved in leading this expansion project with the help of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, Harbor Engineering, LLC which handled all the engineering and permitting work, Atlantic Marine Construction which performed removal of all old and installation of all new piles as well as all the in-water assembly of the docks, utilities and repairs to the pier facility and Meeco Sullivan, which was responsible for the design, construction and on-time delivery of all the new custom floating dock systems.

This expansion project was part of the Yacht Club’s goal of growing both its youth and adult yachting programs and Meeco Sullivan’s ability to deliver such a highly customized dock design provided a superior platform for these programs to utilize.

The Barrington expansion sits at the end of Tyler Point peninsula, which meant the dock designs had to wrap around the corner.

The project included:

• 100 new uncovered slips with IPE Decking, three distinct sections (North, Mid and South) constructed as a monolithic dock system that can accommodate boats from 10 to 60 ft.
• 170’ of fuel dock designed with internal pile guides to allow for maximum loading of the dock as well as flotation and structure required to support an 8’ x 10’ enclosed office structure, ice coolers and fuel pumps/utilities.
• 300’ of dinghy dock, approximately 10’ wide that slopes from 18” freeboard to approximately 10” freeboard.

• Two of the 100’ long sections of dinghy dock are sloped into a mitered corner and designed to support dinghies and inflatable boats with small outboard motors. 70’ linear feet of Opti sailboat storage dock, designed to support racking and three boat high storage of Opti sailboats at 18” freeboard.
• 160’ linear feet of 420 sailboat storage dock, sloped from 18” to 6” over a 15’ wide span on the back side of a 6’ wide main dock.

Matt Beechinor, Meeco Sullivan’s Northeast Regional Sales Manager who oversaw this project said “the layout and overall design of the club was a challenge because of the boundary created by the shoreline, mooring field and Federal Navigation Channel. Also, the Club sits at the end of Tyler Point peninsula, which meant the area to build the new club wrapped around the corner.”

Gus Kreuzkamp, PE of Harbor Engineering added “in addition to the physical limitations of the marina, we also had to plan for a wide variety of boats (from dinghies to 40-foot sport fishing boats) all the while keeping in mind the strong river current for both slip orientation and fairways. To account for all these challenges, the only way to maximize the basin area was to have the floats run parallel to the curvy shoreline which could not be accomplished with traditional dock construction that has true 90-degree angles. The floats also had to provide a wide range in specific freeboard requirements from 18 inches down to 6 inches in areas for dinghies and small sailboats that are stored on the docks. Meeco Sullivan did an amazing job bringing my vision for this challenging project to fruition.”

Meeco Sullivan handled all the structural and material design of the docks as well as all of the buoyancy calculations. William Stoothoff drafting manager for Meeco Sullivan’s Warwick, New York office commented that “our two biggest challenges were designing the dock system to handle all the appropriate loads at the right freeboard heights and at the right angles requested by the Yacht Club and Harbor Engineering. This was especially critical in the area where the mitered corner connects the two 100’ long sloped docks.” In this area, each frame of the sloped docks was individually designed and buoyancy compensated for because each frame had to be a different size as it transitioned into and out of the sloping corner.”

While Meeco Sullivan has done work for numerous marinas in this area, this was their first dock project for Barrington Yacht Club and as David Materne commented “we couldn’t have asked for a better partner for this project. Meeco Sullivan has been very patient and helped us through the early planning and budgeting stages as well as the challenging design phase. Plus, they met our ambitious timeframe. The finished dock systems not only look great but our youth and adult members couldn’t be happier with how functional they are.”

McAlester, OK— MEECO SULLIVAN, The Marina Company, has been awarded the contract for the PIER R REPLACEMENT PROJECT that will expand the Corpus Christi Municipal Marina to include three new docks totaling 118 slips and a 612’ transient dock and access walkway. Steve Sullivan, CEO and President of MEECO SULLIVAN, commented that “our team worked very hard on this bid and we are very proud to know that the six person selection panel chose Meeco Sullivan’s design and product recommendations over the 10 other companies submitting bids. We did our homework on this project and really delivered a floating dock solution that not only met their budget requirements but is virtually maintenance-free and has a very long life expectancy in Corpus Christi’s salty and windy coastal environment.”

“As a developer, the best words you can say about any company you partner with are “quality product, delivered on time and within budget. Meeco Sullivan and their people are all of that and more. Our experience with them was outstanding.”

Paul Galloway, Developer
Bay Creek Resort & Marina, Cape Charles, VA and Long Bay Pointe Marina, Virginia Beach, VA

“I can’t thank the Meeco Sullivan team enough for a job well done on my residential dock. The entire team led by Adam was professional, delivered what was promised, and patiently answered all my questions. What a great group of guys who take great pride in their work. I sincerely appreciate everyone working so hard to get the job done on time and to my satisfaction. You have earned yourself a very satisfied customer.

Kyle Cruz–White Lake, NY

Sullivan Flotation Systems and Atlantic-Meeco Team Up to Bring Over 107 Years of Experience to Your Marina or Dock Project.

In 1961 Sullivan Flotation Systems was founded by John Sullivan to build an affordable and practical floating alternative to traditional fixed/stationary docks. Over time, Sullivan Flotation Systems continued its tradition of product excellence and grew to be one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of floating dock and marina systems.

In 1960 Meeco Marinas was founded in Oklahoma as a marina and dock manufacturer primarily serving the Midwest. The company was a leader in technological innovations such as encasement of floats to replace Styrofoam blocks. In 1993 Atlantic Marina Services and Meeco merged to form Atlantic-Meeco.

MEECO SULLIVAN, The Marina Company, is where the experience and expertise of these entities now reside under one new management team of seasoned industry professionals.

With over 107 years of experience to draw upon designing and building beautiful, top quality marinas and dock systems, we are committed to helping you bring your vision and dreams to life on the water.

Meeco Sullivan is one company with one mission–deliver the absolute best marinas and dock systems!

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