Candlewood Suites Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville, AL-
Bldg system
Mass Timber
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No. Of Stories
4
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Sq. Meters
5,574
Part of the Privatized Army Lodging (PAL) program, Lendlease designed and built this 63,000 SF, four story, 92 room hotel in 2015. This was the first mass timber hotel in the US and the first on a military base. Cross laminated timber was used for the walls, floors, elevator and stair shafts, and roof structure. The general design was based on Intercontinental Hotels Group’s, (IHG) Candlewood Suites Brand prototype and was designed to meet stringent DoD Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection requirements. Although 14% larger than the average hotel in the portfolio, it was completed 37% faster than similar cold-formed steel hotels in the program. In addition, a 40% reduction in crew size was achieved with the addition of prefabricated bath pods and mechanical ducting. This resulted in an overall project schedule savings of 20%.
See the WoodWorks technical case study on Candlewood Suites Redstone Arsenal.
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Construction Type:
III-A
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Building Type:
Hotel/Motel
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Material Types:
Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam)
Companies Involved:
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Lendlease
Design / Build Contractor
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Leidos Engineering
Architect of Record
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Schaefer
Structural Engineer
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Lendlease
Design / Build Contractor
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Rest Easy, LLC
Developer / Owner
Individuals Involved:
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Charles Starck, RA, AIA
Design Design Architect / Design Manager
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Douglas Steimle, PE
Structural Engineer
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Mathias Oberholzer
Structural Design, Connection Design
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Jeff Morrow
Program Manager, Lendlease