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.
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Zone 1 will include four hybrid mass timber buildings, four stories each, boasting a total of nearly 900,000 square feet of office space and parking decks. Zone 3 will include additional offices built with full mass timber frames, including a single five-story building with a total area of more than 330,000 square feet.
“This project showcases how mass timber can transform commercial construction,” said Nick Milestone, senior vice president at MMT. “We’re proud to support Walmart’s sustainability vision and demonstrate how local, eco-friendly materials create beautiful, high-performance workplaces.”
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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.
In addition to supplying materials, MMT provided Walmart with design-assist services such as feasibility analysis, logistics and on-site installation support.
“This marks the completion of our first major mass timber contract, but it’s just the beginning,” said Ricardo Brites, director of engineering and virtual design and construction at MMT. “We look forward to leading more projects that showcase mass timber’s potential.”
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