NEXT-GEN ROOFING SOLUTIONS: SMART ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDER FOR ROOFNAV IN COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

Sukruthi Reddy Sangannagari, Fullstack Lead at FM Approvals, has played a key role in guiding the technical direction and implementation of intricate projects, delivering high quality, scalability, and integration of cutting-edge technologies with ease. Their key position as Fullstack Lead on the Smart Assembly Recommender (SAR) project for FM Approvals' RoofNav platform is a commercial roofing breakthrough by combining cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to revolutionize and streamline the historically laborious process of roofing assembly selection.
RoofNav is a highly respected platform hosting thousands of FM-approved roofing assemblies, allowing design professionals to design roofing systems that meet strict building codes and insurance requirements. Roof assembly selection is a very complicated and time-consuming process that usually leads to long design cycles, human errors, and compliance risks.
Sukruthi spearheaded the end-to-end design, architectural development, and implementation of the SAR system, an AI-based decision-support tool that is natively integrated into RoofNav's platform. Through their leadership, SAR was designed to sensibly gather extensive and detailed project-dependent inputs, implement advanced machine learning models, and integrate multi-objective optimization methods. This integrated method enables SAR to provide highly optimized, code-compliant, and cost-minimized rooftop assembly suggestions aligned with user-set priorities, including sustainability.
Sukruthi's vision went beyond technical design to cross-functional collaboration, closely engaging product management, data scientists, software architects, and user experience designers to create a scalable and user-friendly solution that integrates seamlessly into existing professional workflows. The performance-centric achievements under Sukruthi's fullstack leadership have been sizeable and impactful, lowering roofing assembly design time by about 30%, allowing a 25% boost in design precision through frictionless integration with BIM platforms, boosting user interaction and satisfaction, reinforcing compliance with sustainable construction processes, and enhancing FM Approvals' position as an innovative pioneer in construction technology.