Built for specialist engineering contractors
One clear route from enquiry to handover.
NicholsonForge brings estimating, BOMs, purchasing, project delivery and commercial control into one connected workflow—without forcing a growing engineering business into an oversized ERP.
- Engineering-led
- Project-based
- Built around real delivery work
Most small engineering contractors do not lack data.
They lack one reliable thread connecting it.The platform
Project control that understands how engineering work actually moves.
Generic CRMs stop at the sale. NicholsonForge follows the job through estimating, procurement, delivery and commercial close-out.
CRM and enquiries
Keep companies, contacts, sites, assets and opportunities connected to the work they create.
Estimating and revisions
Build controlled estimates from products, assemblies, labour and free-text scope while retaining revision history.
Engineering BOMs
Turn repeatable design logic into traceable material requirements instead of rebuilding every estimate by hand.
Purchasing and receipt
Raise project-linked purchase orders, track delivery requirements and record goods received against each line.
Project operations
Control milestones, deliverables, manufacture, installation, risks, actions and handover in the same job record.
Commercial visibility
See order value, invoiced value, commitments and remaining exposure before the month-end surprise arrives.
One connected workflow
Enter information once. Keep using it.
- 1Enquiry
Capture the client, site, asset and scope.
- 2Estimate
Price equipment, materials, labour and risk.
- 3Quote
Issue controlled revisions and record acceptance.
- 4Project
Convert the accepted offer without re-keying it.
- 5Procure and deliver
Manage BOMs, orders, manufacture and installation.
- 6Close out
Track invoices, evidence, handover and final position.
Designed for the gap
More capable than a collection of spreadsheets. More practical than a corporate ERP.
NicholsonForge is being developed for project-based UK engineering businesses that:
- Have roughly 5–50 employees
- Build repeatable estimates and BOMs
- Coordinate office, workshop and site delivery
- Need earlier visibility of cost and margin
- Have outgrown disconnected spreadsheets
Private pilot
Help shape software built around real engineering work.
NicholsonForge is currently in private development. We are interested in speaking with specialist contractors willing to test one complete project journey and provide structured feedback.