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Four programs

Four programs for steel. Shop, field, model and phone.

ForgeEPM runs the fabrication shop. Forge Build runs steel erection. FORGE 3D models the steel. The ForgeGo app works on the floor and in the field. Each one is its own program with its own icon.

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ForgeEPM program icon
01 · The shop’s program

ForgeEPM

The program for the fabrication shop, on one PC in the shop. Unlimited people can use it.

  • Jobs and estimating
  • Production on the floor
  • Material and mill-cert traceability
  • QC and AISC certification evidence
  • Shipping
  • Billing and job cost
  • Model 3D view of the IFC
  • Reports

New this week: photograph any document and it becomes a searchable PDF on the record, and a mill certificate’s heat numbers are read for the office to check. An audit calendar, finding owners and a management review page. Export to QuickBooks (files QuickBooks imports).

Why it matters

A fabricator is paid to deliver steel and to prove it: which heat each piece came from, who welded it, who inspected it, and what left on which truck. When those records live in drawers, inboxes and spreadsheets, the proof gets rebuilt at the end of the job, and a missing cert or an unsigned weld turns into rework, a failed audit or a back charge. ForgeEPM keeps the job, the floor work, the QC evidence and the cost in one set of records as the work happens, so the paperwork is ready when the steel is.

More about ForgeEPM →
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02 · Steel erection

Forge Build New

A separate program for the erector’s side of steel. It runs on its own PC or beside ForgeEPM, and links to the fabricator’s ForgeEPM so erection progress flows back: erected-tons billing and the field colours in the 3D model.

  • Crews and their credentials: welders, crane operators, signal people and riggers
  • Erector training
  • The job’s papers before steel goes up
  • Cranes and lifts
  • Daily reports and incidents
  • Bolt pre-installation verification (PIV)
  • Third-party NDT reports
  • Field progress: hung, bolted, inspected, field welds
  • Access for subcontractors and the GC
Why it matters

Steel erection is where schedule, safety and paperwork meet. Before steel goes up, the erector has to show the right papers; on the job, every crane lift, crew credential, bolt check and inspection needs a record the GC and the inspector can trust. When that lives on clipboards and in text messages, steel waits and questions go unanswered. Forge Build keeps the erector’s records in one program, and when it is linked to the fabricator’s ForgeEPM, erection progress flows back for erected-tons billing and the field colours in the 3D model.

Forge Build crew list showing each person's trade and any missing credentials flagged in red
Crew. Each person’s credentials are checked against what their trade needs; anything missing is flagged red.
Forge Build Bolting and PIV screen
Bolting and PIV. Record a pre-installation verification. A bolting entry with no passing PIV for its lot is flagged.
Forge Build Cranes and lifts screen
Cranes and lifts. The cranes on site and the lifts made with them.
Forge Build Daily and safety screen
Daily and safety. The daily report (weather, crew on site, hours, work done) and incidents and near misses.
Forge Build Field screen showing steel by stage
Field. Steel in the field by stage: on site, hung, bolted, inspected and signed off, plus subcontractors and watchers.

Screens from Forge Build’s fictional sample company, Ironline Erectors. Tap a picture to see it full size.

Forge Build is sold as a separate add-on. Pricing will be announced.

FORGE 3D program icon
03 · 3D steel modelling

FORGE 3D

FORGE 3D is a program for modelling steel in 3D. You build the structure piece by piece — beams, columns, braces and plates — join them together, and FORGE 3D turns the model into the shop drawings, the machine files (NC1), the model file (IFC) and the reports needed to fabricate it. It is a separate program with its own icon and window, runs on this PC, and needs no sign-in.

Why it matters

Every steel job starts with a model. The shop drawings, the machine files and the model file that come out of it are what the shop cuts, fits and welds from, so getting them out of one model, together, saves retyping and keeps them consistent with each other.

FORGE 3D showing a complete steel building model in 3D
The model. The whole model in 3D, with the grid, the levels and the steel totals beside it.
FORGE 3D Layers panel with the model split into build stages
Layers. The model split into build stages, each one shown, hidden, locked or picked on its own.
FORGE 3D Reports window totalling steel by section
Reports. The steel totalled by section, with lengths, plate areas, weights and tons.
FORGE 3D Export window listing IFC, NC1, piece, bolt and weld lists and the drawing set
Export. The IFC model file, NC1 machine files, piece, bolt and weld lists, and the drawing set as one PDF, as blueprints or as sheets.

Screens from FORGE 3D’s own sample model. Tap a picture to see it full size.

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04 · Phone and tablet app

ForgeGo

The phone and tablet app for the shop floor and the field.

  • Scan piece tags
  • Move pieces through stations
  • QC checks
  • Clock in
  • Bolt PIV readings
  • Photograph documents

No signal at the far end of the yard? The ForgeGo app keeps scans, clock-ins, QC checks and photos on the phone and sends them the next time the app is open and in reach of the shop PC.

Why it matters

The work happens on the floor and in the field, not at a desk. If a crew has to walk to the office or wait until the end of a shift to record what they did, the record comes late or not at all. ForgeGo puts the scan, the sign-off, the clock-in and the document photo in the worker’s hand, signed by name, where the work is done.

More about ForgeGo →
When the internet is down

Your records are on your PC.
The shop keeps working.

ForgeEPM runs on one PC in your shop. No internet required, and no cloud account — your records are kept on your own PC in your shop.

Lose the internet and the shop keeps working: scanning, QC, documents, printing, backups and the manual all run on your own PC. Only updates, reports to ForgeEPM support, dictation and course videos wait for it.

Photograph a mill cert with no signal: the photos are kept on the phone and filed and read the next time the app is open and in reach of the shop PC.

If the shop can’t take something a phone recorded offline, it waits on the phone with the reason, for a person to decide.

Out on site, the app works offline and catches up when you are back — or connect it to your shop over a VPN such as Tailscale.

Your subscription is checked on your own PC — no internet needed.

Updates arrive when your PC has internet; it works the same when it doesn’t.

Pricing

Pricing will be announced.
Talk to us now.

Subscription pricing for each program is being set. Tell us about your shop or crew and we’ll be in touch.

Request a beta seat Email info@forgeepm.com