Salt Shed – District 9

Neighborhood: East Boston

Description: PWD Bridges and Buildings Division was tasked with designing a salt shed for the District 9 yard in East Boston to protect the salt pile from the elements. PWD constructed a 70’x75’ salt shed at District 9 yard located on East Eagle St.  The pre-engineered structure consisted of aluminum parts to prevent erosion and the structure was placed on top of a precast concrete blocks foundation.  The site work and foundation layout were performed by PWD Staff and the Structure was installed by Cora Electric.

Project Status: Completed

Project Cost: $400,000

Project Completion: August, 2012

Project Team:

  • Fouad Hamzeh, Proejct Manager, BPWD
  • FST, Design Consultant
  • Cora Electric, Contractor