Friday5 - June 12, 2026 - MillerClapperton

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IN THIS WEEK’S FRIDAY5™

Earlier this week, Meta Platforms Inc. and Associated Builders and Contractors announced a partnership to expand construction-ready career pathways for data center technicians. Launching in Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas, America’s Workforce Academy is designed to help meet the growing nationwide demand for skilled data center construction workers. The program includes five weeks of training, followed by job offers from contractors working on Meta projects for participants who complete the program.

Location: Cumming, GA

Products: ALUCOBOND (MCM)

General Contractor: Reeves Young

Architect: Jerico Design Group

Completed ahead of the Fall 2024 semester, the University of North Georgia’s Cumming Campus expansion added 27,300 square feet of academic space to support continued growth along the Ga. 400 corridor. The addition allows the campus to serve up to 2,200 students and supports the university’s expanding healthcare and technology-focused degree programs. The expansion builds upon the existing 36,000-square-foot academic building with new classrooms, computer labs, faculty offices, collaborative study spaces, a campus police suite, and a state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab complete with debrief rooms and support spaces. MillerClapperton fabricated and installed 1,050 square feet of Metal Composite Material (MCM) panels for the project.

Architizer announced the winners of its 14th Annual A+Awards, which celebrates the finest architecture and design from across the globe. This year’s winners across more than 100 categories showcase a return to thoughtful, human-scaled architecture, buildings embedded in their landscapes rather than imposed upon them, shaped by the intelligence of their making rather than the ambition of their silhouette. Click the link below to see all the winners.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) recently released updated documents describing test procedures and performance requirements for pigmented organic coatings applied to aluminum extrusions and panels for architectural products. The updated standards are AAMA 2603-26, AAMA 2604-26, and AAMA 2605-26, and they describe good, better and best categories for aluminum finishes.

Recommendation: RECORD Recommends 14 Recent Monographs

Summer is here and Architectural Record has released its recommendations of books to check out. The group of 14 recommendations include books surveying the work of Kengo Kuma, Francis Kéré, Will Bruder, MASS, and others. Click the link below to see them all.

Friday5 – June 12, 2026

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