Ono Island New Construction: Water Table, Fill, and Foundations
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Water Tables, Fill, and Foundations on Ono Island: How Coastal New Construction Gets Elevation Right
By Meredith Folger Amon, Licensed In Alabama and Florida
If you’ve ever stood on a vacant lot on Ono Island and heard a builder say, “We need to look at the water table and the elevations before we talk foundation,” you were hearing coastal construction wisdom in plain language. On barrier and bay-adjacent terrain, the most expensive surprises often start below grade.
“In coastal construction, elevation is not a detail. It’s the beginning of every smart decision.”Meredith Folger Amon is an expert real estate advisor on Ono Island in Orange Beach, Alabama, and I spend a lot of time translating builder and engineer…
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