FORGE/BY TRADE/ELECTRICAL
vi.FORGE — FOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

The conductor is still the conductor.
The compliance is what eats your weekend.

The certified payroll that took three days to file every two weeks. The estimator who quit because he was on his fifth tool and none of them talked to each other. Forge is the chest the working electrical contractor builds for his own crew — and ships to the operators who recognize themselves in the work.

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1 seats remaining. Locked rate forever.
ELECTRICAL · CHARTER
One Charter seat open for commercial electrical. First operator earns the badge.
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i.The chest — opened for electrical

The drawers that matter most
when the truck door opens.

I
Estimating
A · ESTIMATE

Trade Service, NetCom, Accubid-style assemblies. Conduit fill, panel schedules, NEC calcs. The estimator who left because his tools didn't talk — comes back when they do.

II
Compliance · Payroll
B · COMPLIANCE

Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage, certified payroll, OCIP/CCIP — all native. Eleven minutes per pay period instead of three days.

III
Plate · Submittals
C · DOCUMENT

Single-line, panel schedule, riser, equipment cuts — submittal packages as version-controlled documents, not email PDFs. AHJ markup lives in the same plate.

IV
Crew · Dispatch
D · SCHEDULE

Journeyman vs apprentice ratio respected per state. The job that needs a master electrician gets one. The dispatch board protects the license.

THE ONE NO ONE ELSE HAS
Hyperion — for electrical.

Hyperion for electrical scans gear rooms and as-builds existing service. The drawer is on the bench. Charter electrical members get it on the same day the founder ships it to himself.

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ii.What Forge replaces — for electrical

What a Charter electrical operator typically consolidates from when they sign.

  • 01 · STACK ITEM
    Accubid
    Commercial electrical estimating, the category leader. Charter operators move because Forge's federation puts the estimate, the schedule, and the certified payroll on one chest — Accubid owns one corner.
  • 02 · STACK ITEM
    Trade Service / NetCom / Trimble Estimation MEP
    Pricing databases + assemblies. Forge ships with native commercial assemblies; Trade Service imports for operators continuing to maintain a separate price book.
  • 03 · STACK ITEM
    Manual WH-347 + spreadsheet certified payroll
    Davis-Bacon and prevailing-wage filings. Treasury generates WH-347 ready to file in minutes per pay period instead of days; the audit trail is automatic.
  • 04 · STACK ITEM
    Bluebeam / paper submittals
    Single-line, panel schedule, riser, equipment cuts. Plate carries the workflow with version control and AHJ markup inside the project record.
WHEN NOT TO CHOOSE FORGE

If the operator is residential electrical service with no commercial bid + Davis-Bacon + multi-state ratio exposure, Accubid + Bluebeam may still be the right fit. Charter is built for the commercial electrical contractor whose three weekends a month vanish into compliance and estimating workflows.

ii.The page that fills itself

The first electrical Charter member
writes their own page here.

The quote, the metrics, the photograph — all of it. The Forge team supports every word; the operator carries the page. If you've been waiting for the moment that earns you the badge, this is it.

ELECTRICAL · CHARTER · 0 OF 1 FILLED

One Charter seat open for commercial electrical. First operator earns the badge.

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iii.Questions a working operator asks

The honest answers,
without the sales gloss.

01.
Does Forge replace Accubid or Trimble Estimation MEP?

Forge's estimating module imports from both and ships with native commercial assemblies. Charter electrical operators have moved off Accubid because Forge's federation puts the estimate, the schedule, and the certified payroll in one chest. Whether you replace your estimator is your call. Charter members usually do.

02.
How does Forge handle journeyman / apprentice ratios?

State-specific ratio rules are first-class in the dispatch module. The board enforces the ratio, flags violations before they happen, and produces an audit log per project. The license is protected because the architecture protects it.

03.
What about NEC code revisions and AHJ-specific amendments?

NEC 2020, 2023, and current state amendments are tracked in the calcs module. AHJ-specific overrides apply per project. The estimator doesn't cross-reference a code book in the truck — the code book is in the chest.

04.
What does Charter cost for an electrical operator?

$27,000 prepaid for 36 months — $750/month equivalent rate, locked forever. Public list rises to $1,499 then $1,999. One electrical Charter seat is open. The first operator earns the badge on this page.

iv.The covenant — how to get in

0 of 1 electrical seats
filled.

Charter is the operator who builds with the new tools first. Ten seats across all trades. Locked when filled. The rate doesn't move — ever — while the public list rises around you.

ELECTRICAL · CHARTER
1 electrical seat remaining.
RATE
$750/mo · locked forever
TERM
$27,000 prepaid · 36 months
PUBLIC LIST RISES TO
$1,499 → $1,999
CHARTER HONORS
Badge · case study · office hours · first-in-line
THE SPINE — RETURN

The needs have been the same for 4,000 years.
Power is one of the oldest needs. Forge is the chest for the operator who delivers it.

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