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Steel Fabrication Management, Quality & Traceability Software
Steel fabrication management software from enquiry to handover.
FabQT is cloud-based steel fabrication management software built for UK fabricators. Connect estimating, projects, drawing control, purchasing, material certificates, production work orders, QA, traceability, NCRs and handover in one joined-up platform.
Live FabQT interface
Production Planner
Built around how steel fabricators actually work.
Replace spreadsheets, paper QA sheets and disconnected folders with one joined-up system from enquiry and estimating through project delivery, workshop control, procurement, production, quality and handover.
Project Control
Manage project details, technical requirements, drawing registers, revisions, variations, applications, commercial records and project documentation in one place.
Drawings & Revision Control
Maintain a live project drawing register with drawing numbers, titles, revisions, issue history, status and audit visibility so the team can see which information is current.
Estimating & Customer Quotes
Build quick invoice-style quotes or detailed multi-section estimates, complete enquiry and technical reviews, attach supporting references, produce branded customer quote PDFs and convert accepted work directly into a project.
Project Tasks
Standardise project start-up and delivery with reusable task templates, automatic default tasks, user assignment and completion tracking inside each project.
Workshop & Equipment
Register workshop equipment, welding sets, tools and plant with maintenance, calibration and certification requirements, expiry control and shareable equipment records for connected clients.
Production & Work Orders
Create work orders, assign operatives or subcontractors, capture production stages and monitor fabrication progress from issue through final inspection.
QA & Traceability
Capture fabrication, welding, inspection, painting and final inspection records with operatives, dates, cast numbers, weld consumables and audit history.
NCR Management
Raise, assign, investigate and close non-conformance reports with corrective actions, linked records, supporting documents and full status history.
Purchasing & RFQs
Manage supplier RFQs, purchase orders and procurement workflows, including material imports, document attachments and professional PDF outputs.
Suppliers & Subcontractors
Control supplier records, shared compliance documents, subcontractor connections and assigned work orders without duplicating information between companies.
Document Control
Keep QA documents, WPS records, certificates, supplier documents, workshop equipment records and project evidence organised with expiry monitoring and plan-based storage control.
DOP Certificates
Generate Declaration of Performance certificates and bring key compliance records together for project completion and handover.
Carbon Reporting
Track project-level embodied carbon using supplied steel quantities and configurable carbon data to support reporting and customer requirements.
Companies using FabQT
Built for real steel fabrication businesses.
Some of the businesses using FabQT to help manage fabrication, quality, traceability and project delivery.
See the day-to-day workflow inside FabQT.
Built for practical use on real fabrication projects, with clear production planning, work-order control and QA progress available from the same platform.
Estimating & tender pipeline
See every quotation, tender deadline and outcome in one place.
Keep the commercial pipeline visible from first enquiry through review, issue, acceptance and conversion into a live project.
Monitor live pipeline value, issued quotations, won value and win rate from the estimating dashboard.
Highlight overdue returns, upcoming tender deadlines and outstanding Enquiry Reviews before they are missed.
Create simple quotes or detailed estimates and carry accepted work forward into FabQT project control.
Estimating — live tender pipeline, quotation values, deadlines and outcomes.
Production planning
Plan capacity before the workshop becomes overloaded.
View work orders against available weekly capacity, separate internal work from assigned-out work, and move planned dates as priorities change.
Set standard weekly capacity and override individual weeks when required.
See internal, supplier-assigned and connected subcontract work in one planning view.
Filter by project, workload and planning window to focus on the work that matters.
Production Planner — weekly capacity and work-order scheduling.
Project control
Keep the whole project connected from technical review through handover.
Bring technical requirements, drawings, commercial records, work orders, QA and project documents together in one central project view.
See FPC stage completion and outstanding compliance actions at a glance.
Access drawings, variations, purchase orders, applications, invoices, work orders, NCRs and delivery notes from the project.
Link estimates and quotes directly to the resulting project for a joined-up audit trail.
Projects — FPC control, technical data and linked project records in one place.
Work orders & QA
Track each work order from fabrication through final inspection.
Keep technical requirements, item-level production status and QA progress together so supervisors can see exactly what has been completed and what still needs attention.
See project technical data, execution class, material grades and inspection requirements at a glance.
Track fabrication and QA stages against individual work-order items.
Give workshop and management teams a clear live completion percentage.
Work Orders — production detail, technical requirements and QA completion.
The value of joined-up software
FabQT only needs to save you minutes, not hours.
The real cost of disconnected systems is the time spent retyping information, finding documents, checking progress and chasing records. See how little time FabQT needs to save before the subscription pays for itself.
£9.09
Professional plan per working day, based on 22 working days per month.
8 hours
Monthly break-even at an illustrative £25/hour employment cost.
22 mins
Approximate daily time saving needed for Professional to cover its monthly cost.
What could lost admin time be costing you?
Adjust the figures below to reflect your own business.
Your illustrative monthly picture
Based on the figures entered.
Current admin time cost
£650
Estimated recovered value
£325
FabQT subscription
£199.99
Potential value after subscription
£125
FabQT would need to recover approximately 8.0 hours per month at this hourly cost to cover the subscription.
Illustrative calculator only. Actual savings depend on your team, existing processes, implementation and how FabQT is used. Figures are not a guarantee of financial return.
Purchase orders
Reduce repeated entry by keeping supplier, project and order information in the same workflow.
QA records
Capture production and traceability information as work progresses rather than rebuilding records later.
Supplier compliance
Keep certificates, insurances and expiry information organised instead of searching through email trails.
Project handover
Build a structured project record throughout delivery so handover information is easier to find and compile.
Audit-ready traceability without the paperwork headache.
FabQT helps your team capture evidence as work happens, keeping your QA records organised, searchable and ready for internal review or external audit.
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Track cast numbers, weld wire numbers and EXC3 traceability requirements.
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Record completed-by users, completion dates and status changes.
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Give subcontractors controlled access to assigned work orders only.
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Keep supplier documents, certificates and expiry dates under control.
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Track workshop equipment maintenance, calibration and certification, including shareable subcontractor equipment records.
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Raise NCRs against projects, suppliers, purchases or other linked records and retain the complete corrective-action trail.
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Maintain project drawing registers and revision history so current fabrication information remains traceable.
Ideal for fabrication teams needing control over:
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CE / UKCA related project records
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Project handover packs
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Production progress tracking
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Supplier and subcontractor compliance
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Commercial and operational visibility
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Non-conformance and corrective action control
Connect the workshop floor to the office.
Clocking, job hours and holiday requests in one workflow, alongside employee records, training documents and absence management.
Track labour against work orders
Record time against work orders, compare actual hours with labour budgets and review forecast overruns before they affect project margins.
Request and approve holidays
Employees can submit holiday requests through the kiosk. Managers review requests, with approval or rejection notifications sent to the employee’s recorded email address.
Unlimited workshop employees on eligible plans
Unlimited workshop employees on eligible plans. Workshop employees using the shared kiosk do not each need a FabQT user account. Office and management accounts remain subject to your plan’s user limit; kiosk, time-tracking and HR availability depends on your subscription.
Compare plans and user allowances →Simple plans for fabrication businesses.
Choose the level that fits your business today and scale as your team, projects and storage needs grow.
Starter
For small teams moving away from spreadsheets.
£99.99 / month
- ✓ Projects, drawing control & project tasks
- ✓ Suppliers & purchasing
- ✓ Production work orders
- ✓ QA & NCR management
- ✓ Workshop & equipment register
Professional
For growing fabrication companies.
£199.99 / month
- ✓ Advanced estimating & quoting
- ✓ Full QA traceability & NCRs
- ✓ Production & purchasing
- ✓ HR, fleet & inventory
- ✓ Workshop & equipment register
Business
For established fabricators needing deeper control.
£299.99 / month
- ✓ Everything in Professional
- ✓ DOP & carbon reporting
- ✓ Department dashboards
- ✓ Advanced document control
- ✓ Subcontractor sharing & control
Enterprise
For larger or multi-site operations.
Custom
- ✓ Everything in Business
- ✓ Multi-site setup
- ✓ Custom onboarding
- ✓ Advanced permissions
- ✓ Priority support
Questions before you start?
Common questions about FabQT.
From traceability and subcontractor access to plans and production control, find quick answers before starting your trial.
View all FAQsUnlimited workshop employees on eligible plans. Workshop employees using the shared kiosk do not each need a FabQT user account. Office and management accounts remain subject to your plan’s user limit; kiosk, time-tracking and HR availability depends on your subscription.
FabQT is cloud-based fabrication management, quality and traceability software built specifically for steel fabrication businesses.
Yes. Purchasing, material documentation, work orders and production traceability can be linked so records such as cast numbers and supporting certificates stay connected to the work they relate to.
Yes. FabQT includes a free subcontractor account for connected suppliers to receive assigned work and share authorised compliance information.
Yes. New fabrication businesses can start with a 14-day trial to explore the platform before choosing a subscription.
Ready to bring your fabrication workflow into one system?
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