Concreting Software for Quoting, Pours & GST Invoicing

Concreting businesses in Australia run on a paperwork problem that's easy to underestimate. You're measuring driveways and writing quotes on a notepad, texting form-up photos to builders, and then spending your evenings trying to match Xero invoices against deposits from three different jobs. Many concreters pay $35/month for Xero, $29–$49/month for a job app like Tradify or Jobber, and still end up with a glovebox of concrete dockets and Bunnings receipts that never get logged against the right slab. The result: you don't actually know how profitable a pour was until your accountant tells you months later — if they can even untangle which docket went with which job.

OneBookPlus gives you one app for your whole concreting business. Build itemised quotes on your phone — finishing labour priced by the square metre, concrete supply by the cubic metre, plus formwork, reo, mesh, pump hire and saw-cutting all itemised with GST calculated automatically. When the customer or builder accepts via the quote link, the job drops straight onto your calendar. Pour the slab, log the batches and materials, snap form-up and finished-surface photos, and convert the quote to a GST invoice with one tap — or raise a progress claim against the next stage on a longer job. Log every supplier cost against the job so you can see the true margin on each slab. No more guessing, no more double-entry, no more Sunday night sorting dockets.

Quoting Per m² and Per m³

The thing generic job apps get wrong for concreters is how you price. A slab is two costs in one quote: the finished surface (priced per square metre for the finish — standard, broomed, exposed aggregate, coloured) and the concrete itself (priced per cubic metre based on the slab thickness and the supplier's rate). OneBookPlus lets you build both into the same quote, alongside formwork by the linear metre, reo and mesh by the sheet, pump hire as a day rate, and saw-cutting and sealing as their own lines. The customer sees a clear, professional breakdown — not a single lump sum — and accepts on their phone. The accepted quote becomes a live job with all those line items carried straight through to the invoice, so nothing gets re-keyed or forgotten.

Pour-Day Scheduling

A pour is a logistics exercise — the agitator delivery window, the pump, your crew, and the weather all have to line up on the same morning. The week view shows every pour and every crew member at a glance. Lock the pour date, assign the crew, and note the concrete order and pump booking against the job. If rain rolls in, drag the pour to a new day and the customer and crew reminders update automatically. For concreters subbing to builders, you can see at a glance which slabs are formed-up and ready versus which are still waiting on set-out, so you never send a truck to a site that isn't ready.

Progress Claims & Cash Flow

Bigger civil and commercial slabs rarely pay in one invoice at the end. They run on progress claims against agreed stages — deposit, set-out, pour, finish — and waiting until the whole job's done to bill it is what strangles a concreter's cash flow. OneBookPlus lets you raise each stage as its own GST invoice that draws down the contract value, with the balance owing always clear on the job. The deposit funds your concrete order, the set-out claim covers the form-up, the pour claim lands the day you pour, and the final claim closes it out. Automated reminders chase any claim that goes overdue, so the money keeps moving while the job's still on the ground.

Invoicing, GST & BAS

Every invoice and progress claim carries your ABN and calculates 10% GST on labour, concrete supply, pump hire and materials — meeting ATO tax-invoice requirements without you doing the maths. Where your work type and contract value require a building or trade contractor licence in your state or territory, show that number on the quote and invoice too. Connect your business bank account and OneBookPlus pulls transactions in daily, matches customer and builder payments against outstanding invoices, and categorises supplier costs — concrete, reo, pump hire, fuel — into the right accounts. Come BAS time, your GST summary is already prepared: GST collected on invoices, GST credits on purchases, and the net owing. Export it in one click. This is general information about how the software works, not tax advice — confirm your specifics with your accountant or the ATO.

Getting Started

Sign up free — no credit card, no lock-in contract. Choose “Concreter” as your business type and OneBookPlus pre-configures concreting service categories, typical job types (driveway, house slab, shed slab, path, exposed aggregate, commercial slab) and invoice templates. Import your customer and builder list via CSV from Tradify, Jobber, or a spreadsheet, set your per-m²/m³ rates and progress-claim stages, and connect your bank account. Most concreters send their first quote within 20 minutes of signing up. Switching from a job app plus Xero typically takes a single evening — and you'll wonder why you waited.