Two-story residential structure under construction with a light-gauge steel frame at sunset
Now in private pilot · Los Angeles

The operating system for residential steel framing.

Wheelforge turns drawings, BOM, supply, kit delivery, and field execution into one workflow. We're onboarding a small group of builders, GCs, and CFS fabricators to run real projects on the platform. Free during pilot.

Why now

Climate change is repricing residential construction in favor of steel.

Fire exposure, insurance pressure, and WUI code requirements are pushing builders toward resilient, noncombustible systems. The product works. The workflow does not.

Aerial view of a burned neighborhood with a single steel-framed home intact
2025 Palisades Fire · Steel vs. wood in real time
$40B
Insured losses, Jan 2025 LA wildfires
Source · Swiss Re
$750B
CA FAIR Plan exposure (Mar 2026, +242%)
Source · CA FAIR Plan
44M+
US residences in WUI fire-risk zones
Source · ICC
10%
Contractor margin erosion from poor coordination
Source · Dodge, 2024
The Methodology, digitized

From drawing to delivered kit, one continuous system.

Making residential cold-formed steel (CFS) framing easier to design, source, prepare, deliver, and install. Wheelforge formalizes the Wheeler Method in an agent-driven workflow connecting drawings, BOM, supply, kit delivery, and field execution.

  1. STEP 01
    Drawings

    Architectural + structural coordination. Conflicts resolved at the desk, not the field.

  2. STEP 02
    BOM + Sequencing

    Bill of materials generated with agent-driven precision.

  3. STEP 03
    Shop Processing

    CFS steel ordered and prepared for install: cut, labeled, staged, and delivered.

  4. STEP 04
    Kit Delivery

    Staged kit delivery reduces trips, handling, and site congestion.

  5. STEP 05
    Site Install

    Existing crews. Minimal retraining. No special equipment.

<1 cu yd waste per 3,000 sq ft
100% recyclable steel
Precisely cut and labeled cold-formed steel studs stacked in a fabrication shop
Proof · The Wheeler Method

4 crew do the work of 10.
$200K+ saved on a $2M project.

30 years of California CFS delivery, adapted to how custom homes are actually built. No factory. No amortization. Existing crews, minimal retraining, precut kits sequenced to your foundation.

30 yrs
Field-tested delivery
10%+
Documented project savings
60%
Fewer field crew required
18 mo
Target key-person mitigation
Who it's for

We're onboarding a small pilot group in Los Angeles first.

If you're rebuilding in a WUI-exposed market or already work in cold-formed steel, you can run a live project through Wheelforge with hands-on support from the team.

Custom home builders

Rebuilding in fire-exposed CA / WUI zones. One active project to pilot.

GCs & framing subs

Willing to run a prepared CFS framing kit with your existing crew.

CFS fabricators

Shops that can process standard CFS stock into cut, labeled, sequenced kits for job-site delivery.

What you get in the pilot
Free access
No platform fee during pilot
White-glove setup
We coordinate your first drawings → kit run
Supply coordination
Coordinated supply through leading U.S. CFS manufacturers
Shape the roadmap
Weekly working sessions with the team
About us

Operators, builders, and CFS field experts.

Wheelforge helps builders, fabricators, and crews make residential CFS easier to design, source, prepare, deliver, and install.

We are operators, builders, technologists, and CFS field experts building a coordinated workflow from design through field execution. Our approach is informed by decades of hands-on residential steel framing experience across custom homes, rebuilds, and complex field conditions.

Join the pilot

Run your next project on Wheelforge.

Limited slots for Q3 2026. Tell us about your project and we'll reach out within 48 hours.