Estimating software built for concrete contractors.

The best estimating software for concrete subcontractors is the one that matches how you actually bid — line items for footings, flatwork, stem walls, slabs, and finishing, with productivity rates tied to your crew and forms inventory. Excavation Expert is built for field-focused concrete contractors and combines AI-assisted takeoffs, crew rates, and customer approval in one platform.

At minimum: line-item estimating with concrete volume in cubic yards, rebar and mesh quantities, form rental or amortization, finishing labor hours, pump rental, and waste factors. Professional concrete estimating tools also include crew productivity rates (sq ft per day per finisher, ft of footing per hour), supplier pricing integration, and branded proposal generation.

Yes. Excavation Expert handles commercial concrete estimating — tilt-up, slab-on-grade, footings, foundations, site concrete, and structural pours. You can build a rate library for standard commercial scope items and reuse it across every bid. AI assistance accelerates the initial takeoff, which you then refine for the specifics of the project.

You describe the pour in plain English — slab dimensions, thickness, finish type, schedule — and AI drafts line items for concrete volume, rebar, forms, labor, finishing, and waste. It pulls rates from your library rather than guessing industry averages, so the first draft is already grounded in your actual costs. You still review every number before the bid goes out.

Yes. Excavation Expert syncs customers, invoices, and vendors with QuickBooks Online — so won bids flow into invoicing without duplicate entry. Labor hours captured on timecards also sync for accurate job costing.