THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTIONIS ONE CLICK AWAY
Produktif develops a patent pending Click/Unclick™ joinery system for the construction industry.
Faster - Safer - Reusable
Our values:
Autonomy: develop sustainable communities that are locally self-sufficient Integration: integrate building systems across industries in construction Diversity: promote cultural and ecological diversity as the source of all prosperity Authenticity: promote talent in all its forms and encourage trial and error Courage: be true to professional calling and have a positive impact.
Produktif adheres to Open Source licensing and ethical standards grounded in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Climate Justice, including The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal’s #9, #11 and #13.
About us
Produktif is a design and technology company working to accelerate a circular construction industry. We design high-precision connectors for building elements and fine-tune them with partners in the industry of modular construction. Our first patents pending, in a family of patents under development, are the Click/Unclick™ CJoint and OJoint. These represent an important milestone for the Click/Unclick™ joinery system designed to secure 4X faster assembly and disassembly and 100% reuse in the construction industry. With Produktif inside, the entire construction value chain is subject to revision.
Three main trends are driving change in construction: Sustainability, cooperation and digitization.
1. Sustainability
Our focus on sustainability is on closing the accounting cycle and allowing no externalities. This implies 100% reuse and tracking of parts during their lifecycle with focus on logistics, maximizing efficient transport and localized manufacture. Our first market segments focus on modular construction, and the increased use of responsibly managed or reclaimed timber. The importance of accountability when striving for circular economies breaks with linear processes and will drive the need for a new value chain of construction.
2. Cooperation
Cooperation implies that architects, designers, manufacturers, and local builders can access shared information. The construction industry can gain large efficiency improvements by employing the already available tools and methods to increase cooperation through the construction process. Starting with the designers´ intent all the way through the planning and execution to build a structure sharing critical information will improve the process. By being connected, you secure early detection of adjustments needed and the recognition of unworkable solutions; which reduces construction time and overruns. Pioneering the future of construction relies on partnering with industry leaders. Produktif has identified and assembled construction stakeholders for every step of the proposed Value Chain, with whom we intend to redefine how we build tomorrow. (View Partners)
3. Digitization
There is an urgency to embrace digitization in the construction industry for several reasons;
- to cut rising material and labor costs,- to improve collaboration, and- to secure traceability and circularity of building elements.
Digital tools and methods are available. Modern technology opens for standardization and custom design of building elements without much extra work. Hence digital product libraries can provide global access to mass customization, product lifecycle management (PLM) and design for manufacturability. As more construction stakeholders participate on digital platforms it will unlock the impact across the entire value chain of construction. (See Value Chain for a description of the role of information in our business model)
THE PRODUKTIF TEAM
The Produktif venture is built on the combined skillset of a diverse and mission driven team from architecture, engineering, and construction, with experience from new product introductions and industry transformations in other sectors.
RUNE KONGSHAUG
CEO, LEAD DESIGNER, CO-FOUNDER
24 years of business ownership Architectural designer and innovator Entrepreneur and team-leader Real Estate Owner & Developer, Management Consulting & Risk management
KAREEN SMITH
COO & CO-FOUNDER
COO, leverages over 2 decades as a highly functional leader in the garment Design, styling and manufacturing in the apparel Industry. Founded Kareen Smith Design and Smith On Sullivan Boutique NYC, experienced in design, finance, operations and management. unique ability to grasp complex issues and challenges and out of the box marketing ideas. Co-founder and Human Resource manager of Produktif Norway AS.
RAYMOND SHEEN
CHIEF ENGINEER & PARTNER
25 years of experience in new product development and manufacturing startups Former executive engineering manager with $1B division of GE Founder of technology deployment consulting practice, PPI
RICHARD MORSE
GENERAL MANAGER
25 years of experience in product innovation & industry Transformations and leadership roles Former VP / GM of $100M-$1B divisions of multinational companies
SEAN ADAIR
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
25 years of experience in video and digital media. Marketing and Communications advisor for corporate and independent firms. Business owner with broad project delivery skills.
XAVIER COLIN
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
15 years in the wooden construction industry Former International Business Development Manager His main interest is in building partnerships and using co-innovation to develop lower carbon and more optimized building products, systems and concepts.
ORIGINS OF THE PRODUKTIF BRAND
Rune Kongshaug holds a Master of Architecture degree from McGill University, minimum cost housing group. He joined McGill as a project manager in 2003 asking one fundamental question; How can we bridge the gap between design and international development? At McGill he led a multi-year and one million CAD project to upgrade informal settlements, leveraging urban agriculture. This project led to the formation of Produktif which was introduced at the UN World Urban Forum in Vancouver in 2006 with the Produktif house concept. This house was subsequently built as one of the first LEED Platinum-certified construction projects in Canada upon its completion in 2010. The 9-unit mixed-use urban development, recycled water for the irrigation of 4-season edible plants; solar heat was captured and stored for heating during the winter months, and; electrical vehicles were provided to residents in a car-sharing program. The project measure everything. This was simply called being productive.
Maison Produktif House (MPH) demonstrated circular economy at a neighborhood scale. It did not yet address the main barrier to constructing sustainably, namely the construction process itself. This prompted Rune and partner Kareen to redefine the mission of Produktif towards the introduction of tools and methods for industrial construction.
In 2020, Produktif opened its Norway office and established Produktif Norway AS as the headquarter. In our view, the green shift and transformation of the construction industry would be better launched in cooperation with our partners from Norway and in line with the EU green shift.
Productive House 1.0.
PRODUCTIVE HOUSE: Autonomous, integrated and diverse housing complex that produces more than it consumes. First introduced at UN Habitat World Urban Forum (2006) with MpH proof of concept (2009-2013)
Proof-of-Market Readiness and Cleantech Integration Maison productive House (“MpH”) - Montreal 2007-2013
Produktif is an equal opportunity employer. Click here to see our 2023 Equal Opportunity Plan
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