OUR STORY · BUILT TO LAST
Three Decades in Construction.
Mark Lipe grew up on Lake Superior in Minnesota and has been building structures for 35 years. He moved to the North Carolina coast 14 years ago, and after watching marine construction jobs up close and seeing a market he could serve, he started building docks in 2022. Intracoastal Installs is a family business — Mark and his two sons.
ORIGIN
Started in carpentry. Builds wherever there's water.
Mark Lipe has over thirty years in the construction industry — framing houses, building custom structures, and working with wood in coastal conditions. When he turned that experience toward docks and piers, the same precision followed. The shop at 312 Olde Point Loop has been building that way ever since, on the Intracoastal Waterway, the sounds, the river — and on freshwater lakes inland from the coast.
Mark Lipe
With his two sons · Building docks on the NC coast since 2022
VALUES IN PRACTICE
Three rules we will not bend
Refusal-driven pilings
Every piling we drive goes to refusal. Not to a number on a clipboard — to refusal. That is what keeps a dock standing when the storm comes.
Stainless where it matters
316 stainless on the saltwater side, hot-dipped galvanized inboard. Galvanized hardware fails on a five-year cycle in this air; we build for thirty.
Plain-language estimates
Every estimate lists every board, fastener, and piling. No "miscellaneous," no surprise change orders. The estimate is the estimate.
FROM THE FOUNDER
I still walk every fastener with the homeowner before we leave the site. Every project or job, same standard.
COMMUNITY
Rooted in Hampstead
We live here. Our kids went to Topsail schools. We launch from the same ramps, fish the same waters, and ride the same tides as our customers.
That proximity is not just convenient — it means we understand how the Intracoastal behaves season to season, what a northeast blow does to an unbraced pier, and why you need a dock that works at 3 am for a red-drum run.
35
Years building structures
8
Cities we serve
3
Counties we permit in
CREDENTIALS
Insured, local, lasting
Insurance
Liability + WC
Years building
35
USA-Made parts
HDPE · 316 SS
FAQ
About Intracoastal Installs — common questions
How long has Intracoastal Installs been in business?
Who actually builds my dock?
What counties do you build in?
Do you offer warranties on your work?
How do I get a quote?
Talk to Mark directly
Call (910) 612-6107 or send a note. We respond within one business day.