Forward-Deployed Engineering

Operational tools,
built to spec.

Dashboards, workflow engines, field tools, trackers, extensions — custom to how your operation actually runs. The specific tool your team has been asking for, shipped in weeks.

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What we build

Six shapes of work.

Every engagement lands somewhere in this grid. Flip the toggle if you want the stack story instead of the outcome story.

  • 01

    Compliance tracking

    25-min process → 2 min
  • 02

    Crew scheduling dashboards

    Real-time visibility
  • 03

    Permit management

    Status + expiry at a glance
  • 04

    Project visibility tools

    Who, what, where, when
  • 05

    Data pipelines that actually run

    ETL you can trust
  • 06

    Production floor tracking

    Multi-role MES
Primitives

The building blocks.

Whatever your operation runs on — sites, parts, jobs, requests, workflows, documents — it’s built from primitives like these. Click around. The same pieces show up in your codebase the day we hand off.

Geospatial · Map

Spatial
AllHubsYardsWarehousesField
5 sites · 1 regionClick a marker

Put anything with a location on a map: sites, fleet, coverage, field teams.

Wizard

Flow
Step 1 of 333%
Basics
Who is submitting this, and where does it belong

Guided flows for intake, onboarding, approvals, audits: anything multi-step.

Search · Combobox

UI
Try searching
  • bearing: matches 1 part
  • VLV: matches by code
  • 50 gpm: matches a spec
↑ ↓ to navigate · Enter to select

Typeahead over any catalog: parts, customers, vendors, SKUs, locations.

Agent · Streaming

AI
Click Run to stream a response.
Demo response — not a live LLM call

Drop an AI agent into any workflow: classify, summarize, draft, extract, route.

State Machine

Flow
Current state
SubmittedIn ReviewApprovedRejected
Allowed transitions
History
Submitted

Workflows that prevent invalid transitions. No 'how did this get here' bugs.

Sortable Table

Data
JobOwnerDuePriorityStatus
JOB-1083Logistics2026-11-0895On Track
JOB-1042Ops2026-09-1592On Track
JOB-1091Engineering2026-08-2581At Risk
JOB-1057Procurement2026-06-3078At Risk
JOB-1078Quality2026-03-2065Blocked

Data tables that sort, filter, and expand: jobs, orders, assets, tickets, anything.

Three ways to start.

Pick the scope that fits. Most companies start with A or B.

Offer A

Quick Win Sprint

Price
$12K – $25K
Timeline
2 – 4 weeks

A focused sprint that proves ROI inside the first month.

  • Browser extension that compresses a recurring workflow
  • Permit tracker with status and expiry alerts
  • Reporting dashboard wired to your existing systems
  • Document-readiness portal for contractor qualification
Start here
Most common pick
Offer B

Operational Overlay

Price
$25K – $40K
Timeline
4 – 8 weeks

A decision-support layer that sits on top of the systems you already run.

  • Map-based dashboard with site and asset layers
  • Contractor readiness and qualification system
  • Logistics and yard coordination tool
  • RFQ-to-production tracker for fabrication shops
Start here
Offer C

Embedded Systems Partner

Price
$75K – $150K+
Timeline
2 – 5 months

A long-horizon partnership for teams that need integrated systems.

  • Custom platform built to your operational model
  • Production tracking system (MES) for the shop floor
  • Vendor management and qualification portal
  • Data orchestration across your enterprise stack
Start here
Which one fits? Ask →

Recent work.

Real deliverables. Measurable results.

Compliance

A browser extension for a compliance team.

Built for a recurring review process. Pulls organizational data, auto-fills fields, flags exceptions. Cut a 25-minute process to 2 minutes.

25 min → 2 min
per process run
Manufacturing

A production tracking system for a packaging plant.

Three user roles — planners, admins, operators. Real-time floor visibility. Coordination across shifts and stations.

3 roles
planners · admins · operators

Who we work with.

Three kinds of companies. Most sprints land with the operators actually running the work.

Anchors01

The companies defining today’s industrial buildout. They shape the macro context but rarely buy first — we work with the operators delivering for them.

  • Hyperscale data center developers
  • Utilities and grid operators
  • Economic development agencies
  • Major ports and industrial owners
Operators02

The teams running the work day-to-day. Real operational pain, real budgets, decision cycles measured in weeks. Where most of our sprints land.

  • Industrial and E&I contractors
  • Logistics, yard operators, 3PLs
  • Environmental and permitting consultants
  • Contractor qualification firms
  • Fabrication and molding manufacturers
  • Midmarket industrials, $10M – $100M
Expansion03

Adjacent sectors where the playbook extends once the core engagements have proven out.

  • Chemical and refinery-adjacent operators
  • Energy infrastructure suppliers
  • Data center ecosystem vendors
  • Site development and advanced manufacturing

Based along the Gulf Coast corridor · deployable wherever the operational model fits

Let’s build something.

Thirty minutes is all it takes to figure out if a sprint makes sense for your operation.