Walmart’s Home Office a Milestone for Mass Timber in the US

Arkansas Money & Politics
April 10, 2025
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States, US East

Walmart

Walmart’s new Home Office in Bentonville is the largest corporate campus in the nation built using mass timber, a sustainable building material gaining popularity in the U.S. Mercer Mass Timber, a leading manufacturer of sustainable timber building materials and a subsidiary of Mercer International, played a key role in the installation of mass timber panels that began in 2024 is now complete. Mercer Conway supplied a total of 21,000 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber and glue-laminated timber for the project while providing jobs for nearly 60 local employees. MMT is also set to provide CLT and Glulam for two major sections of campus that will open in late 2025 to early 2026. …Mass timber offers significant environmental and construction benefits, including 25 to 40 percent lower carbon emissions compared to traditional materials, faster installation with prefabricated components and strong fire resistance for enhanced safety.

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