Concrete estimate template — and a generator that fills it in
Yards, base prep and access drive a concrete price far more than square footage alone. Here's the structure, plus a generator.
Generate this estimate now
Describe the job in plain words. No email needed to see your first estimate — about fifteen seconds for a small job, a little longer for a big one.
What you get — see the format first
A complete estimate you can send to the customer, built from the rate you enter:
| Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor — itemized by task | hrs | hour | your rate | — |
| Materials — with your markup applied | qty | ea / sq ft | cost + markup | — |
| Permits, disposal, access | — | — | — | — |
Plus a plain-English scope summary, assumptions (what had to be guessed), exclusions (what you are not doing — the section that prevents most change-order arguments), and a validity period. Printable, or send the link.
Every figure comes from the rate and markup you supply. We never fill in a market price for you.
An estimating spreadsheet that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, or prints to PDF. Pre-filled with the line items a concrete estimate should contain, plus a checklist of what concrete estimating most often leaves out — so you price it before you send, not after.
- Blank — the line items, ready to price by hand.
- Auto-calculating — same sheet with the maths built in; type a quantity and a rate and it totals itself. Formulas work in Excel and Google Sheets.
- Printable — a clean one-page layout to fill in on site or save as PDF.
How concrete jobs are bid
Concrete is bid per square foot for flatwork and cross-checked in cubic yards so short loads and waste are not absorbed silently. The pour is the short part of the day; excavation, base preparation, forming and the finishing window are where the hours are. Access for the truck — or the pump you need when there is none — can change the labor completely.
What a concrete estimate should contain
- Area in square feet with thickness, and the resulting yardage
- Concrete by yards and PSI mix, plus fibre or admixtures if specified
- Excavation, grading and haul-off of spoils
- Base material — gravel depth, compacted
- Forms, stakes and form removal
- Reinforcement — rebar size and spacing, or wire mesh
- Finish type: broom, smooth, exposed aggregate or stamped with pattern and colour
- Control joints — saw-cut or tooled, and the spacing
- Curing compound or sealer
- Pump truck where the truck cannot reach the pour
- Labor as crew hours, noting finishing crew size
What gets left out of concrete estimates
- Pump truck and short-load fees when the pour is small or access is tight
- Spoils disposal from excavation, which is a separate haul
- Saw-cutting joints on the same day, which is schedule as much as cost
- Weather holds — concrete is the trade most exposed to a forecast
Your prices, not internet averages
Generic AI quotes national averages. BidWand builds a price book from every estimate you send and every rate you correct, so by the fifth bid it prices like you do — your labor rate, your markup, your exclusions.
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