Friday5 - December 5, 2025 - MillerClapperton

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Heading into next year, experts are expecting much of the same uncertainty that the construction industry experienced this year. FMI is expecting total construction put-in-place spending to decline this year before slightly rebounding next year, with total residential put-in-place expected to follow a similar trend. Read more in this article from Engineering News-Record.

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Location: Carrollton, GA
Products: Reynobond (MCM)

General Contractor: RaLin Construction

Architect: Peacock Architects

The new patient tower at Tanner Medical Center will add 30 beds, ensuring bed space for those who need it while reducing congestion in the emergency department and ensuring better care and a better patient experience. At almost 97,000 square feet, the three-story tower is being built atop the emergency department, making it the most significant expansion since a new emergency department and surgery center opened in 2013. The expansion is part of a campus master plan to meet the growing needs of the community for years to come. For this project, which is expected to be completed next year, MillerClapperton fabricated and installed 9,300 square feet of metal composite material (MCM).

The Common Materials Framework (CMF) has transformed how people build things. mindful MATERIALS recently unveiled the CMF Implementation Toolkit, which uses the CMF’s common language as a launch point with the purpose of aligning materials specifications and procurement with the five impact areas outlined in the AIA Materials Pledge: climate health, human health, ecosystem health, social health and circular economy. Learn more by clicking the link below.

According to Kevin Scully, AIA, NCARB, partner and senior architect at Design Collaborative, purposeful design begins long before the first sketch. In this blog post in Building Design + Construction, Scully looks at how aligning purpose with process leads to not only great-looking spaces, but can also drive culture, performance and long-term success.

Recommendation: From Gamechanger to Genius: Tonika Johnson’s Radical Redefinition of What Architecture Can Do

Chicago artist and activist Tonika Johnson was first recognized by ARCHITECT Magazine as a Gamechanger in October 2022. She was recently awarded a 2025 MacArthur “Genius Grant” for transforming how design confronts segregation, equity and belonging. Her Folded Map Project used photography and dialogue to reveal how Chicago’s physical geography mirrors its racial divides by pairing residents from the city’s North and South sides who share corresponding addresses but vastly different realities. Check out the article to learn more about her work.

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