OUR STORY · BUILT TO LAST
Three Decades in Construction.
Mark Lipe started building docks on the North Carolina coast in 1995 — saltwater, brackish, and freshwater alike. The standard is still refusal-driven pilings, stainless fasteners, and a written line-item estimate.
ORIGIN
Started on the ICW. 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.
We have framed piers through three named hurricanes and rebuilt dozens that the storms took out. The ones we built original came back online intact.
Mark Lipe
NC GC #100980 · Since 1995
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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 why our docks are still standing after Florence.
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 MARK LIPE
I still walk every fastener with the homeowner before we leave the site. Every 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.
30+
Years on this coast
8
Cities we serve
3
Counties we permit in
45
Min max trailer haul
CREDENTIALS
Licensed, insured, local, lasting
License
NC GC #100980
Insurance
Liability + WC
Years on the coast
30+
USA-Made parts
HDPE · 316 SS
FAQ
About Intracoastal Installs — common questions
How long has Intracoastal Installs been in business?
Are you licensed and insured?
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.