Walmart Campus – Bentonville, Arkansas

Best in Precast Concrete 2025

Some projects fit neatly into categories. This one doesn’t.

The Walmart Campus parking program in Bentonville, Arkansas, earned PCMA’s Best in Precast Concrete 2025 by proving what happens when scale, speed, safety, and adaptability all show up at the same jobsite and decide to cooperate.

 

Built as a 10-deck, multi-use, multi-level precast system, the campus integrates parking, retail, cyclist amenities, backup power support, and below-grade truck access into one coordinated precast solution.

Fast Facts

• Project: Walmart Campus (Walmart Future Home Office parking decks)

• Location: Bentonville, Arkansas (2001 SE 10th Street)

• Scope: 10 multi-use / multi-level precast parking decks

• Total Project Area: 4,156,900 SF

• Total Parking Area: 4,040,095 SF

• Parking Capacity: 11,655 stalls (incl. accessible + EV)

 

Program elements included

• Retail: 77,450 SF across four decks

• Bike locker rooms/showers: 6,564 SF across three decks

• Backup generator rooms: 2,100 SF across three decks

• Below-grade access: 30,700 SF truck dock/basement access under one deck to reduce street-level congestion

 

Why it won “Best in Precast”

This project is a blueprint for large-scale precast delivery because it combines:

1) A repeatable “Kit of Parts” A standardized component strategy adaptable across all deck configurations, keeping fabrication consistent while still meeting site-specific requirements.

2) The Master Typical Set (MTS) The Kit of Parts became the foundation for the architect’s Master Typical Set, appended across all decks. This reduced redundant documentation, accelerated approvals, enabled earlier fabrication release, and streamlined procurement and labor planning.

3) Measurable construction performance

• 5,119 transported loads

• 7,969 precast pieces set

• 609 crane days

• Zero reportable incidents + zero lost-time accidents

 

Precast scope (what was actually built)

Total precast components: 7,969

• Double Tees: 4,265 units (3,127,880 SF)

• Beams: 779 units (28,572 LF)

• Spandrels: 1,124 units (256,533 SF)

• Flat Slabs: 126 units (17,590 SF)

• Wall Panels: 1,014 units (279,093 SF)

• Columns: 496 units (19,677 LF)

• Stair Risers: 165 units (19,431 SF)

Project timeline highlights

• Weekly virtual coordination meetings ran while early decks were already underway

• Deck 1 delivered + erected in 71 days (July 2021)

• Owner-driven program changes occurred midstream (deck revisions + added deck near future fitness center)

• Final precast component installed: Nov. 2, 2023

Project Team:

• Precast Manufacturer (Submitter): Coreslab Structures (OKLA) Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK)

• Architect: Gensler (Dallas, TX)

• Engineer of Record: Walker Consultants (Houston, TX)

• Precast Specialty Engineer: FDG (Arvada, CO)

• Owner: Walmart Inc / NEO Construction (Bentonville, AR)