November - 2019CONSTRUCTIONTECHREVIEW.COM 19as firms are now managing more components now than ever. Given its project orientation, the industry suffers where ad hoc teams of architects, engineers, manufacturers, contractors, builders and consultants rarely repeat across multiple projects. Additionally, connecting and co-relating workflow data from cross-functional teams, offices located across the globe, and construction sites in multiple locations is a daunting task. Project Frog's approach to Industrialized Construction, ICaaS, offers a suite of products and services that enable users to get up to speed quickly, at any step of their journey. By applying technology to increase speed, while scaling design, manufacture and construction processes, the company delivers unlimited design options, shorter build schedules and improved quality.The client-optimized full-service suite blends technological innovations with end-to-end software integration and process implementation. Its in-house supply chain team aids clients in sourcing construction components, leveraging its in-depth experience and distributed supply chain with redundant vendors, offering competitive and predictable pricing and no limits to production capacity. Additionally, the company provides design and advisory services to help clients develop a custom kit-of-parts platform from scratch or reverse engineer a pre-existing platform. To bridge the information gap, Project Frog, in collaboration with Autodesk, developed KitConnect, an integrated Revit to Web solution enabling users to optimize their design to manufacturing and construction workflows at scale ­ enabling Industrialized Construction or repetitive design. Built on Autodesk Forge, KitConnect is interoperable with cloud-hosted content and drives data-centric workflows, connecting entire project teams ­ from product engineers and architects, consultants, manufacturers and builders. Another component worth mentioning is Project Frog's Structural Analysis Service (SAS). SAS runs in the firm's internal cloud stack and allows designers to generate a structurally sound building from a Frog designed kit-of-parts and output a structural calcs package for permit in mere minutes. What distinguishes Project Frog from the competitors is its experience and in-depth knowledge of IC. "Our ability to work across the spectrum, with a broad range of constituents, puts us in a unique position," states Buechley. The firm's data-centric approach allows any user within a system to contribute to the data flow, while simultaneously benefiting from live data contribution from other users across the network. For enhancing usability and flexibility of software components, the firm integrates into many software stacks, including MRP and ERP systems, to create the optimal workflow for all stakeholders, providing swift cost analysis. These tools assist enterprises in maintaining consistent design control and enable a rapid design-to-construction process. Moving forward, Project Frog anticipates experiencing continued growth and has outlined a number of areas to expand, including sales of its software, building kits and design and implementation services.
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