The panel is still the panel.
The submittal is the war.
The access system that failed the walkthrough because the as-built didn't match the submitted plan. The certified payroll that took three days to file every two weeks. Forge is the chest the security integrator builds when he stops paying for tools that don't talk to each other.
The drawers that matter most
when the truck door opens.
Submittal package, AHJ markup, RFI, as-built — all on one document plate, all version-controlled. The inspector sees what you submitted.
Certified payroll filed in minutes, not days. Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage, NICET hours tracked per technician. The audit just runs.
Service routes that respect technician certifications. The NICET II gets the panel. The apprentice gets the contact-strike. Every dispatch is a defensible record.
Monitoring revenue lives in the same chest as the install. Renewals don't fall through email. The recurring P&L is honest.
For security, Hyperion scans rooms instead of roofs — camera placement, device counts, mounting heights, line-of-sight. Same instrument, different drawer.
“Full disclosure: CalLord is the founder's own security and fire company — he owns about half of it. Security and fire is its core work, and it runs on Forge in production, so the compliance, submittal, and recurring-revenue tools are proven against CalLord's real jobs before any outside operator depends on them.”
The honest answers,
without the sales gloss.
Yes. Compliance is a native module — not an integration with a separate payroll service. Davis-Bacon rates pull from the WD per project, prevailing wage is calculated per technician per task, and the WH-347 forms generate signed and ready to file. Founding Charter operators report 11–15 minutes per pay period instead of multi-day filings.
Each technician has a certifications ledger inside the federation. Dispatch routes respect those certs — a NICET I doesn't get assigned a Level III panel. The audit trail is automatic. UL submittals attach to the project's document plate.
Yes. Forge's federation reads from Stages, Bold, and DICE. Most Founding Charter operators move their RMR ledger into Forge while keeping their monitoring relationship intact. Which monitoring center is your business — keeping the books on it should be ours.
by application: roughly half off the modular stack you need, from $299/mo (MSRP $599), locked for the life of the subscription, ten seats (one claimed). The badge appears on this page. Public pricing is a la carte from Forge Core $599/mo flat plus modules.
1 of 2 security seats
filled.
Founding 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.
The needs have been the same for 4,000 years.
The watch is the second-oldest job. Forge is the chest for the operator standing it today.