For concrete contractors

Driveways, patios and slabs, from takeoff to the last payment.

Square feet, thickness and yards on the takeoff, the pour on the schedule, and every payment recorded against the job.

A concrete finisher trowels a fresh driveway slab.

In Optracs

The same job, in Optracs.

The office sends the estimate; the crew opens the job on site. Recreated from Optracs with sample data.

Sample workspace

Sample workspace. An estimate for driveway replacement built from catalog line items: Tear-out and haul, 640 sf, $2,240; Exposed aggregate, 4 in, 640 sf, $5,760; Rebar grid, 640 sf, $960; Forms, 104 lf, $624; Control joints, 6 ea, $180, and 2 more lines, for a total of $11,200. Its timeline shows it sent and viewed, and not yet accepted. On a phone, the same job shows its address, 3 tasks with 1 ticked off, and 2 files.
  • An estimate in minutes

    Standard line items from your catalog, quantities from the takeoff, and a profit slider that reprices the estimate to your margin.

  • A takeoff for concrete

    On the Crew plan, typed in or imported from a supported report or a CSV.

    Slab area Thickness Volume Control joints Rebar Edge form

  • The crew's day, on the job

    Tasks with a person and a due date. Photos, notes and files go onto the job as the work happens.

    Set forms and photograph them Place rebar Cut control joints

Documents

The paperwork, on the job.

Written from your own templates, signed by the customer from one link, kept with the job.

  • Estimate

    Lines from your own catalog, quantities from the takeoff, finishes as options when you want them.

  • Takeoff

    On the Crew plan: slab area, thickness, volume in cubic yards, joints and rebar.

  • Photos of the forms

    Before the pour, on the job, with the date.

  • Deposit and progress payments

    Each one recorded against the invoice with its own label.

  • Warranty

    A warranty document from your template, kept with the job.

A day in the trade

A job, start to finish.

  1. Tuesday

    Driveway

    Slab area, thickness and control joints go into the takeoff. Photos of the old slab go onto the job.

  2. Wednesday

    Office

    Yards, forms and finish come from your catalog with the takeoff's quantities, priced to your margin, in one link.

  3. Thursday

    Office

    The customer accepts. Record the deposit against the invoice and put the pour on the schedule.

  4. Pour day

    Driveway

    The crew's tasks are on the job: forms, rebar, pour, joints. Photos of the forms go on before the truck arrives.

  5. A week later

    Office

    The final invoice and the last payment, recorded. The customer's link shows nothing owed.

The trade, by the numbers.

From the US Census Bureau. More in our research.

23,350

Poured concrete foundation and structure contractors: US establishments with paid employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

77.2%

Of those establishments, the share with fewer than 10 employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

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