{"id":29886,"date":"2025-04-08T03:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T10:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/walmart-adds-mass-timber-to-new-corporate-hq-campus\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T03:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T10:24:16","slug":"walmart-adds-mass-timber-to-new-corporate-hq-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/walmart-adds-mass-timber-to-new-corporate-hq-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart adds mass timber to new corporate HQ campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1744033980\/news\/text_to_speech\/walmart-mass-timber-new-corporate-hq_uqobz8.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mercer Mass Timber has completed <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/mercer-mass-timber-powers-sustainable-construction-for-walmarts-landmark-home-office-302417817.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>installation of mass timber panels<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> at the forthcoming Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters of Walmart, the firm announced on April 2.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>General contractors Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction and Sandy, Utah-based Layton Construction tapped Mercer Mass Timber, a subsidiary of global forest products manufacturer Mercer International, to install the specialized components, per the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mercer worked on Zone 1, which features four hybrid mass timber buildings of four floors each totaling 897,500-square-feet, and Zone 3, which contains additional offices built with full mass timber frames. That includes a single five-story building with a total area of 332,615 square feet, per the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The forthcoming headquarters of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/research-insights\/top-retailers\/top-100-retailers\/top-100-retailers-2024-list\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>country\u2019s largest retail chain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> sits on approximately 350 acres, according to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.walmart.com\/about\/newhomeoffice\/faq-new-home-office\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Walmart\u2019s FAQ page<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Plans include 12 office buildings, along with amenity buildings, parking decks and surface lots.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mercer Conway, the manufacturer\u2019s branch located in Conway, Arkansas, supplied a total of 21,000 cubic meters of cross laminated timber and glulam while providing jobs for 58 local employees, according to the news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Alongside material supply, Mercer Mass Timber, which is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington, provided design-assist services that included feasibility analysis, logistics and on-site installation support.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>&#8220;This project showcases how mass timber can transform commercial construction,&#8221; said Nick Milestone, senior vice president at Mercer Mass Timber, in the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Zone 1 and Zone 3 will open between late 2025 and early 2026, according to the news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/walmart-mass-timber-new-corporate-hq\/744590\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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