Reinventing the construction value chain

Cities around the world are experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. The way we build, how we assemble materials and dispose of construction waste isn’t sustainable. On this episode of Market Hunt, we meet someone attempting to do something about it: designer and social entrepreneur Rune Kongshaug.

What elements are necessary to create a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Nick Quain, VP Venture Development at Invest Ottawa.

Check out the Produktif on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.

Guest Bio: Rune Kongshaug

Rune Kongshaug is a designer and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his professional life to the development of sustainable communities by design. Kongshaug works on product development with interdisciplinary partners in the private sector, industry, and research and development within architecture, construction technology, and responsible development. He is founder and CEO of Produktif, a construction technology and design company.  

Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: [email protected]

Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa. 

Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network.  Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.

Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais. 

Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting. 

Show consultant, JP Davidson. 

Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Invest Ottawa as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.