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Local Marine Contractor Maritime Docks and Decks Named Best of Florida for Specialty Contractors in
St. Augustine is a city built around its waterways. Anyone who lives along the Intracoastal, the matanzas, or any of the tidal creeks that thread through St. Johns County knows that maintaining a dock, a seawall, or a boathouse is not a one-time project. It is an ongoing conversation between the property and the water, and the people who do this work for a living shape what the local waterfront looks like over time.
Maritime Docks and Decks, a family-owned marine construction company that has served Florida since 1994, was recently named Best of Florida in the specialty and commercial contractor category for three consecutive years, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The recognition reflects work delivered project by project across the state, including a meaningful portion of that work along the St. Augustine waterfront.
The company was founded by John Gobler, who began his career in marine construction in 1984 after leaving the United States Air Force. The work is done under Florida Certified Building Contractor license CBC 1254215, and the company holds Platinum-level contractor status with TimberTech, one of the leading composite decking manufacturers in the country.
What this means for neighbors in St. Augustine and across St. Johns County is straightforward. The kind of long-term technical expertise that marine construction requires, navigating Army Corps of Engineers permitting, Department of Environmental Protection requirements, local building codes, tidal exposure, salt air, and storm conditions, is being done by a local-rooted company that has built its reputation over more than three decades of Florida waterfront work.
Beyond the construction work itself, Maritime Docks and Decks supports the local community through sponsorship of the annual golf tournament benefiting a local Christian school, a small but consistent expression of the family-owned ethos behind the company.
For neighbors who have ever wondered who is building the docks, boathouses, and seawalls that define the look of waterfront St. Augustine, this is one of the local names worth knowing.