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Dawn over the sea at Misano Adriatico: in the foreground the Spiagge Luna beach club with its pool, white pergolas and rows of closed beach umbrellas.
Beach clubs

Ground anchors for beach clubs

Platforms, kiosks, walkways and service structures on the sand. Stainless steel T-Block® screw foundations go in with no concrete on the beach; unscrewed, they leave no trace.

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Why ground screws on the beach

A beach club stands on sand, changes from one season to the next and often occupies land held under a concession. A foundation that screws in and out keeps pace with that.

No concrete on the beach

The screw goes into the sand and takes load as soon as it is in. No digging, no concrete brought onto the beach, no footings left to break out.

Unscrewed, it leaves no trace

Platforms, kiosks and walkways can be taken down and put up again. When they are no longer needed, the foundation is unscrewed and the sand goes back to how it was.

Stainless steel for the salt air

On the beach we use AISI 304 stainless steel. Where needed, the model is designed to measure: flange, head and length to suit the structure.

Installed out of season

The projects below were carried out between November and May, while the beach clubs were closed. The tracked machine comes off the lorry on the seafront and can work right next to the beach huts.

Beach concessions and permits

On public coastal land, how easily a structure can be removed also matters. A foundation that unscrews helps in designing demountable structures, but planning permission and authorisation depend on the project, the local authority and the competent bodies: they must be checked case by case with the designer.

Italian beach concessions: removable structures on ground screws

Five beach clubs, from the Adriatic to Sicily

Beach clubs, a chiringuito and a platform at a lido. On the sand the foundations are in stainless steel; in four projects the model was designed to measure.

The tracked mast machine moving along the shoreline at Misano Adriatico, an operator seen from behind beside it, rough sea and breakwaters in the background.
The tracked machine reaches the site along the shoreline.

Spiagge Luna, Misano Adriatico

Cooperativa Bagnini di Misano Mare · Misano Adriatico (RN)

On the site of the new Spiagge Luna beach club, the screw foundations were screwed straight into the sand, next to the beach huts, with the tracked mast machine.

The model was designed for this project: AISI 304 stainless steel, a round slotted flange.

Foundations
Custom T-Block in AISI 304 stainless steel, with round flange
Installation
Tracked mast machine, straight into the sand
On top
Structures of the new beach club

Covered by Rimini.com, Altarimini. Article excerpts and the project board

The Spiagge Luna beach club seen from above at dawn: the pool, the white pergolas, the closed beach umbrellas and the calm sea with the breakwaters.
The beach club open, seen from above at dawn.
Stainless steel T-Block ground anchors just screwed into the sand at Misano, helices visible on those still to be installed, rough sea behind.
The T-Block anchors in the sand, facing the sea.
Spiagge Luna: from installation in the sand to the open beach club Video hosted on YouTube: it only loads when you press play.
Beach at Giulianova: the heads of the T-Block anchors rise from the sand in neat rows, crossed by the shadow of a palm, beside white beach huts, the sea beyond the fence.
The T-Block heads at level, next to the beach huts.

Aquamarina, Giulianova

Giulianova (TE), Abruzzo

The foundations were screwed into the sand of the Aquamarina beach club, next to the blocks of beach huts, inside a fenced area on the seafront.

On each screw, a round flange and a U-bracket; on the brackets, the glulam beams, the floor structure and the decking of the platform. Nothing is poured into the sand.

Foundations
Custom T-Block in AISI 304 stainless steel, with round flange and U-bracket
Installation
Tracked mast machine
On top
Glulam beams and platform decking

Covered by Il Centro. Article excerpts and links

Drone view: the fenced site on the beach at Giulianova, with the beach huts, the palm trees and the rows of foundations in the sand; the sea and more huts at the top.
The site seen from the drone.
Close-up of a stainless steel T-Block in the sand with the U-bracket fixed to the flange, ready to take the timber beam.
The U-bracket on the flange, where the beam rests.
The installation, in time-lapse Video hosted on YouTube: it only loads when you press play.
The decking fitted on the screws, in time-lapse Video hosted on YouTube: it only loads when you press play.
Rows of stainless steel T-Block anchors laid on the sand at Rimini before installation, helices and flanges visible, a children's play area behind.
The stainless steel T-Block anchors on the sand, ready to install.

Bagno 28, Rimini

Bagno 28 · Rimini

After the topographic survey and setting out, the foundations were screwed in a circle on the beach; installation carried on after sunset. A circular steel frame was then mounted on top.

The model was designed for this job and, before supply, tested on the beach with load tests.

Foundations
Custom T-Block in AISI 304 stainless steel
Installation
Tracked mast machine, after survey and setting out
On top
A circular steel frame

Covered by La Madia, il Resto del Carlino. Article excerpts and links

How a compression load test is done

The stainless steel screw foundations installed in a circle in the sand, with the tracked machine and an operator seen from behind in the background.
The finished circle of foundations.
The tracked mast machine at work on the beach at night, with the set-out pegs on the sand and the first heads already installed.
Installation carried on after sunset.
Bagno 28: from the lorry to the circular frame Video hosted on YouTube: it only loads when you press play.
Beach at Riccione: the tracked mast machine screws a stainless steel T-Block into the sand beside the paved walkway, white beach huts on the left, the sea behind.
The mast keeps the screw vertical as it goes into the sand.

Beach, Riccione

Riccione (RN)

A chiringuito, a food and drinks building serving the beach club. The foundations were screwed into the sand between the beach huts and the paved walkway.

The slotted heads were prepared in the workshop to take the structure.

Foundations
Custom T-Block in AISI 304 stainless steel, with slotted head
Installation
Tracked mast machine
On top
The chiringuito of the beach club
Installation detail: the stainless steel screw with its slotted head goes down into the sand to the required level.
The screw goes into the sand.
The finished timber platform: the pale decking runs around the trunks of a dracaena and some palms, the sea beyond the hedge.
The decking runs around the trunks.

Castellammare del Golfo

Castellammare del Golfo (TP), Sicilia

The timber platform of a beach club, in the garden among palms and dracaenas a few steps from the sea. The screws were installed with a power driver and reaction bar, with no machinery; on top, galvanized steel box beams, timber joists and boards.

The decking runs around the trunks without touching them: the plants stayed where they were and there was no digging around the roots.

Foundations
T-Block screw foundations
Installation
Power driver with reaction bar
On top
Galvanized steel beams and a timber platform
Installing a screw foundation with a power driver and reaction bar in the beach club garden: three people guide the driving tool, its bar resting on the ground, between the setting-out lines.
Installation with a power driver and reaction bar, between the setting-out lines.
View from under the finished platform: the galvanized steel beams and timber joists raised off the ground, light filtering between the boards.
Under the platform: the structure is raised off the ground.

How they are installed on the beach

Four steps, the same on every site above.

  1. Survey and setting out

    The points are marked on the sand from the design data.

  2. The machine arrives

    The tracked machine comes off the lorry on the seafront and reaches the work area.

  3. Screwing to level

    The mast keeps the screw vertical as it goes into the sand; the head stops at the design level.

  4. Fixing the structure

    Brackets, beams or frames are fixed to the heads straight after installation.

Tracked mast machine The method used at Misano, Giulianova, Rimini and Riccione: the mast keeps the screw vertical and takes it down to level. Compression load test How a foundation is checked on site before supply, as at Rimini. How it works The principle of the ground screw and all the installation methods, including by hand.

A beach club to renovate?

Send us the project and tell us where it is: we reply with the anchoring layout and the models suited to sand.

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