This new 22,000 SF facility for the consolidated Department of Public Work /Tree and Parks Department is part of the DPW complex developed by the Town of Hingham. It is a component of a comprehensive program of remediation and improvements to Bare Cove Park that also included athletic fields, skate parks and associated parking, utilities and roads. The Park was previously operated by the US Navy as a munitions depot to serve the Boston Naval Shipyard and Weymouth Naval Air Station.
The DPW facility designed by DHK consists of a central building with an administrative wing, a vehicle maintenance wing, a heated vehicle storage wing, plus an adjacent sand/salt storage structure, and cold storage structure The facility had been designed to house and maintain the department’s entire fleet of motor vehicles, with provisions for installation of a variety of special equipment, such as vehicle lifts, a wire-rope hoist, vehicle exhaust extraction system, plus POL distribution and waste collection systems.