Concreting money leaks in three places, excavation that turned out to be fill, a pump nobody quoted, and spoil somebody has to cart away. All three are invisible in a photo, and all three are fixable on the quote.
What a concreter actually needs
- Quote by the square metre or the cube, set your rate, enter the area or the volume, and let the line total do the maths.
- Pump and access as their own lines, the most common variation in the trade, saved as a standard line so it is never left off.
- Excavation and spoil itemised, the two costs most often absorbed into "the slab", and the two most likely to move on the day.
- A deposit that covers the concrete, ready-mix is paid for before it is placed and cannot be sent back, so the deposit has a job to do.
- Variations while you are still on site, hit rock, add the line, send it, keep working.
Typical jobs it handles
Shed and garage slabs, house slabs and footings, driveways and crossovers, paths and patios, exposed aggregate and coloured finishes, pool surrounds, kerbing, industrial floors, and cut and fill on sloping blocks. Save your usual rates and standard lines so a driveway quote takes a minute.
Concrete software for the business side of the pour
Search concrete software and most of what comes back are estimators that work out volumes and rebar off the plans, and construction platforms built for the builder running the whole site. Yamate is the concreter's side of it, the quote, the deposit that covers the ready-mix, the variation when you hit rock, and the invoice.
It runs in the browser on your phone and your computer, added to your home screen like any other app, and it works offline on a new estate with no signal. Behind the quote sit suppliers and purchase orders for the ready-mix and the mesh, expenses with receipt photos against the job so its profit is real, licence and insurance expiry reminders, and payslips with the PAYG and super worked out for a pay run once you've got a crew.
What it is not. It doesn't design slabs or mixes, and it doesn't measure a takeoff off the plans. Slab and footing design is engineering, and that stays with your engineer.
Get paid when the job's done
A slab is a big ticket to wait on, and the concrete was your money before it was the customer's. Yamate turns the finished job into an invoice for you to send there and then, with your PayID or bank details on it, and once you switch the reminders on they chase anything overdue for you.
Try Yamate free, built for concreters, solo or with a crew →Licences and paperwork, straight from the regulators
The rules that follow this trade, from the Yamate compliance guide, read at each regulator on the date shown.
Concreting licence (over state threshold)
Read it at the regulator · checked 2026-08-21
Deposits and getting paid have their own pages, deposit caps state by state and what a tax invoice must show.
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FAQ
What is the best quoting app for concreters in Australia?
One that prices by area or volume and keeps pump, excavation and spoil as their own lines. Yamate is built for concreters, solo or running a crew. per-metre quoting, standard lines you reuse, deposits, GST invoicing and reminders that chase late payers, from $19/mo (founder price, until 30 Nov) on iPhone and Android.
Can I quote concreting per square metre?
Yes. Set your rate per m² or per m³, enter the quantity, and the line totals it for you with GST added if you are registered. The concrete calculator works out the volume first.
Should I take a deposit for a concreting job?
Usually yes, because the ready-mix order is paid before it is placed. Put it on the quote as a percentage and check your state's rules on deposit limits for the value of the job.
Tickets, safety and a crew
Yamate keeps your licence and insurance on file and tells you before they lapse, yours and your crew's. It'll draft a Safe Work Method Statement for a job from what the job actually is, and you read it and sign it. Yamate issues nothing and lodges nothing, apart from the NSW CCEW an electrician sends from the job.
Taken someone on? The Founder plan includes up to 3 people. The 8-person plan is $59/mo for 8 people, and bigger crews move up a size, from $99/mo for 12 people to $399/mo for 200 people. Everyone gets their own login, so you choose what each of them sees. And if you get stuck anywhere, Ask ya mate. Type a question and it walks you through the screens, suggesting the tap rather than doing it for you.
Free tools for concreters
General information only for Australian businesses. Slab and footing design is engineering and is not something this site does. Licensing and deposit rules vary by state, so check your regulator.