Candlewood Suites Fort Liberty

Fort Liberty, NC

The image shows a drawing of a large, multi-story building with beige and brown accents, a parking lot, and two people in military uniforms walking toward it.
The image shows a large multi-story Mass Timber building under construction, with multiple square window openings. Yellow barriers surround the site, and a crane is visible on the right. The sky is overcast with scattered clouds.
Interior view of a building under construction with CLT ceilings supported by steel beams, showing a hybrid wood and steel structure.
The image shows two tall wooden walls with a large wooden panel being lifted into place between them, set against a clear blue sky. The panel appears to be part of a construction project using cross-laminated timber (CLT).
The image shows two workers at a construction site where a crane is lifting a large wooden panel in front of a multi-story wooden building with window openings.

    Fort Liberty, NC (formerly Ft. Bragg) is the site of a six story mass timber Candlewood Suites Hotels. The hotel is 122,212 SF, six stories, 207 rooms. The sixth CLT structure in the Privatized Army Lodging (PAL) program designed to meet the highly restrictive military Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection (ATFP) requirements under the PAL program are expected to open in late 2024.

    Project Stats

    YEAR BUILT:

    2024

    NUMBER OF STORIES:

    6

    BLDG SYSTEM:

    MASS TIMBER, CLT , GLULAM

    SQ FT:

    122,192

    Project Details

    CONSTRUCTION TYPE:

    IV-C

    BUILDING TYPE:

    Hotel/Motel

    MATERIAL TYPES:

    Mass Timber
    Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
    Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam)

    PROJECT TEAM:

    Contractor – Centenial Public Partnerships (FKA LendLease USA)

    Mass Timber installation, structural steel procurement and erection – MLP Solutions

    Connectors , fasteners – Simpson Strong-Tie 

    Tools  – Rothoblaas

    Architect – LK Architecture

    Engineer – SCA Consulting Engineers