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Concrete Driveway Estimate Example

A 6-page concrete driveway estimate: specifications, slab cross-section, plan with joints, finish options, itemised costs, schedule, care tips and payments.

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About this example

This example is the estimate a concrete contractor in Tennessee gives homeowners who want to replace a cracked tarmac driveway with concrete. It covers breaking out and removal, grading and a compacted hardcore sub-base, 920 square feet (about 85 m²) of 4,000 psi fibre-reinforced concrete with rebar on chairs and a thickened apron at the road, saw-cut and expansion joints, sealing and the city permit.

Homeowners rarely see what is under a driveway, so this estimate shows it: a specification table, a cross-section of the slab and sub-base, and a plan with dimensions, fall and control joints, with a plain explanation of why concrete cracks and how the joints control it. Three finishes are priced side by side, and the costs are itemised in four sections, with concrete by the cubic yard. A weather-aware programme, care tips for the first month and every year, payments that start only when work starts, and honest terms on quantities and cracks complete it.

Who it is for

Concrete, paving and landscaping contractors who estimate driveways, patios, garage floors and paths for homeowners and builders.

Inside and how to use it

What this example contains, and how to make it yours

What's inside

  • A cover with the finished driveway and an estimate summary
  • Specifications and a slab cross-section
  • A plan with dimensions, fall, joints and the apron
  • Brushed, coloured and exposed aggregate finishes priced
  • Itemised costs in four sections and a 4-day programme
  • Care checklist, payments, honest terms on cracks and booking

How to adapt it

  • Price concrete by volume and say how you bill overages
  • Explain control joints before the customer sees a crack
  • Offer two decorative finishes on the same slab
  • Add your pouring-weather rules to the programme

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