News & Reviews

The DSMS owners and contractors live and work in Florida and the Texas Gulf Coast. We understand the destruction and devastation or Irma and Harvey first hand. Our thoughts are with all of those affected by these storms. We have touched base with our DSMS customers after these storms to learn how their seawalls have weathered. We are proud to report that all DSMS seawalls/bulkheads in Florida and Texas made it through these storms with no visible damage or soil erosion.

The Lake Ontario shoreline has been taking on historical flooding for the past three months and our hearts go out to the resident’s in this area. While, in many areas along the Lake Ontario shoreline, no seawall could have fully protected the homes and property here, it is important to prepare for the future if you live on any coast. A strong, properly built seawall will literally protect your property from washing away. Make sure your seawall is inspected, reinforced, and ready to protect you from storms and flooding. Read more about the devastation in this area: Click here for full story. Photo credit: Democrat and Chronicle

By Quentin Roux Marco Eagle / Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Marco Island inventor and businessman Jim Timmerman broke a mold two years ago with his revolutionary seawall tie-back system. Now he's kicking up the technique a notch. He's adapted his basic idea to help boaters secure their boats when hurricanes pay unwelcome visits. Timmerman's original seawall system uses giant screws inserted hydraulically from the canal side of the wall — doing away with the traditional "dead man" system of excavation, trenching and time-consuming concrete pours. He introduced his Dynamic Seawall Maintenance Systems company in June of 2004, using what he described as knowledge that has been around for thousands of years. The screws are 16 feet long, weigh about 25 pounds each, and the shafts are typically an inch in diameter. At preset intervals, curved helixes "burrow" the tie-backs into the soil at the rate of about 3 inches per [...]

By Jeremy Cox - Monday, February 6, 2006 When Jim Timmerman's concrete seawall started to crumble at his Marco Island home in 2002, he turned to the drawing board, not his checkbook, to solve the problem. The only way to fix the 80-foot-long wall, which had developed a gaping crack near the water line, was to replace it, a marine contractor had told him. That would have involved tearing up his well-manicured lawn and removing his dock and boat lift at a cost of $200,000, all told. "I felt there were other means available," Timmerman said. His solution: fastening the floundering panels to the shore with gigantic screws. The idea won him a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — No. 6,908,258 — and gave the 46-year-old a second career. A little more than a year ago, Timmerman started his own company, Dynamic Seawall Maintenance System, which manufactures [...]

Islander pioneers seawall repair system - By Brooke Huff When James Timmerman was told three years ago that his seawall was damaged beyond repair, he knew that something had to be done. As a retired Merchant Marine, he was familiar with salvage projects and knew that the same process he used in those projects for years could possibly work. Timmerman's seawall was the first seawall on Marco to be repaired using the new Dynamic Seawall Maintenance System (DSMS). Today, Timmerman and his system are credited with the repair of five seawalls. The DSMS patent has been in the works for nearly three years. Timmerman hopes that it will be approved by the end of April. Dynamic Seawall Maintenance Systems has been in operation for about a year. It has been presented and accepted by both Marco and Naples city officials. According to Timmerman, both city's officials loved the idea because [...]

By QUENTIN ROUX, Staff WriterJune 30, 2004 Deteriorating sea walls have become an all-too-real problem for Marco Island waterfront dwellers. The island has about 200 miles of manmade canals, constructed during The Deltona Corp.'s pioneering efforts in the mid-'60s. That era saw what would be regarded as one of the biggest earth-moving exercises in North American history. For owners with the now-aging walls, the choice is ongoing maintenance or ultimate replacement at a cost of about $250 per linear foot. Until now, maintenance options have been largely confined to the "tieback" method, which involves excavation, trenching and a concrete pour that is time-consuming and can be disruptive for owners. But Islander Jim Timmerman believes he has patented the perfect alternative to traditional tie-back maintenance. He has developed a technique he calls the Dynamic Seawall Maintenance System, using knowledge he says has been around for thousands of years. "It's basically one [...]