At the end of the day on Wednesday, the pier repair had shown some real progress.

By Thursday evening, the railing was up. Jim(210) and I checked it out and noticed that some of the leftover lumber debris that is visible in the top photo had floated up to the wall behind the condos. Jim contacted Justin and he sent out help to remove the debris. Jim said he fished out one piece that was five feet long.
The center post in the middle of the deck is to be used to mount lighting that will illuminate the deck area. Fishing lights will be mounted on the corners of the deck. I would prefer to mount the fishing lights on tall 4x4s that are attached to the north, east, and south sides of the tall center post, similar to the way the martin house posts are mounted. Long carriage bolts could be used. This would provide lighting to the deck as well as light on the water. This would likely preserve the lighting fixtures in the face of tropical depressions that have, in the past, damaged the pier. Last summer we lost two of the expensive fixtures and they have never been recovered. At one time the board policy was to remove the fixtures when there was a storm in the gulf. Mounting on the center post would allow for that to be done easily.