concrete takeoff software

Cubic yards by placement, not a lump sum.

This page is for concrete contractors and GCs who bid placements, not a single cubic-yard lump. A real estimator’s concrete takeoff separates slab on grade, continuous footings, spread footings, piers, pits, and site pads — each with mix, forming, and reinforcement. Collapsing that into “slab + footings + misc” is how the wrong PSI shows up at the plant.

Filter to Concrete on upload when the invitation is foundation only. The trade-contractors page is the generic slice; this page is the Concrete scope and the prompt’s by-element rules.

Solo at $200 is five successful takeoffs. Crew at $399 is fifteen and is featured (Most Popular: Full Bid Loop). Shop at $699 is forty. RFQs are on every plan. Failed runs do not count.

The problem

The failure is a blended CY. Slab thickness guessed as an average. Footing section invented instead of read from the schedule. Isolated F1/F2 marks missed on the foundation plan. One PSI for a 3500 slab and 3000 footings. Mesh counted as rebar, or rebar omitted because the slab “looks like fiber.”

Ancillary materials vanish next: gravel, vapor barrier mil, curing compound, waterstop, expansion joint, anchor bolts. Measuring tools can get the area and still miss the placement list a sub actually bids.

Sunday-Off exists because that list still gets rebuilt by hand: still doing manual takeoffs on Sunday night after 30 days? Full refund.

What you get

Upload the PDF. Chip Concrete. ZIP. Run takeoff. Processing time varies with plan size and complexity. We email you.

Review by element. Slab area from the edge-of-slab plan, thickness from the typical detail — turndowns, thickened, and depressed areas as their own LF lines. Continuous footings LF × section → CY. Spread footings count × dimensions. Piers. Pits as wall CY plus base CY. PSI on every concrete line from the structural notes. Rebar or WWM per element. Then price, SELF or SUB, RFQ if you buy the pour, export.

See how it works. Then run your first bid. First-takeoff: feedback@takeoffspeed.io. Sunday-Off after 30 days. Cancel anytime. Failed runs do not count. We do not run your company. We help you get the bid out.

Upload the plans.
Review the takeoff and supporting evidence.
Price self-performed materials.
Send RFQs for subcontracted scope.
Bring the returned quotes into the bid.
Check coverage and avoid double-counting.
Assemble and send the proposal.

In the product

Upload screen with the Concrete scope chip on so a foundation invitation does not also count finishes on the same run.

Concrete takeoff grouped by placement: pad, rebar, and aggregate as separate rows, not one cubic-yard lump.

What this supports

Concrete is a scope chip. The takeoff instructions forbid collapsing the trade into slab plus footings plus misc. Itemize slab on grade (exclude trench pits from the footprint), continuous footings, column/spread footings, piers, pits/trenches/vaults, PSI per placement, reinforcement per element, gravel, vapor barrier thickness, curing compound, waterstop, expansion-joint filler, anchor bolts.

Units are cubic yards for placements. Waste 5–10 percent unless the drawings say otherwise, with the calculation on the line. Citations, confidence, Needs your eyes. Browser-based. Fourteen scopes. Guest RFQs on every plan.

Solo $200 / 5, Crew $399 / 15 (featured), Shop $699 / 40. Failed runs do not count. CSV and Word.

Sample output

The public sample at /sample-bid is still the golden tenant fit-out — ZIP 34420, $196,682.14 from computeBidTotals, additional contingency 10%, markup 15%. Concrete on that fixture is Site Concrete & Exterior: about 1.1 CY of 3,000 PSI for a generator pad, #4 rebar, Class 2 aggregate, form lumber, posts, bollards. It is not a house foundation with a footing schedule.

We do not invent continuous footings on top of that pad. Live takeoffs cite the sheet; this fixture’s plan-page source is empty on purpose. CSV and Word stay disabled until you sign in.

What this does not do

No scheduling, no payroll, no change-order log. We do not run your company. We help you get the bid out.

A human reviews every line. We do not claim complete CY. We do not claim every city has a plant match. FOUND is not your ready-mix quote. A tenant-fit-out sample may only show a generator pad — we will not pretend it is a full foundation package.

Your first subscription: one free takeoff in a 14-day trial. A credit card is required. Cancel before trial end to avoid billing. Refunds manual at feedback@takeoffspeed.io. Cancel anytime.

Questions

Why shouldn’t slab, footings, and piers share one cubic-yard line?

Each placement can have its own mix, forming, and reinforcement. The takeoff instructions say never collapse Concrete into slab plus footings plus misc. Read the footing and spread-footing schedules instead of guessing a section.

Where does PSI come from if the model leaves it off?

From the structural general notes’ concrete schedule. Slabs, footings, piers, and site concrete are often different mixes. If a line has no PSI, that is a review item — do not assume 3000 everywhere.

Does the sample bid show a full foundation takeoff?

No. The golden fixture is a tenant interior. Site concrete there is a generator pad and related exterior items. Use it as a placement example, not as a house foundation library.

What waste factor should I expect on concrete?

The prompt’s default is 5–10 percent unless the drawings say otherwise, stated next to the line with the arithmetic. You can edit it. Physical waste belongs in the reviewed quantity before whole-package rounding. The separate Additional contingency control adds a money cushion, not more material.

Run your first bid