EXAMPLE AT A GLANCE
This fictional Edinburgh concrete walkway installation project has 7 itemised lines and an illustrative £3,276.70 total. The app-exported PDF, first-page preview, measurement basis, scope boundaries and matching UK estimating guide let you inspect every quantity and rate.
What this example covers
This fictional job is set in Edinburgh and concerns one garden path. Install a straight poured-concrete path between gate and entry on a prepared route, with forms, base, specified thickness and finish. The estimate is a bounded document: the customer should be able to compare the described work with its measured lines, product allowances and exclusions. The matching UK guide explains how to prepare those inputs.
- Prepared by
- Cedar & Beam Builders · fictional business
- Prepared for
- Jordan Taylor · fictional customer
- Example location
- Edinburgh, UK
- Issued / valid through
- 25 September 2026 / 25 October 2026
Itemised concrete walkway installation example
These 7 lines reproduce the app-exported PDF exactly. The largest is Place and finish at £1,196.79; this is one fictional component, not a typical price. Read each quantity with its unit: area, length, time, count and lump sum describe different work and must not be interchanged.
| Work item | Quantity | Unit rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route setting-out | 1 lump sum | £120.00 | £120.00 |
| Excavation and spoil | 13.9 sq m | £43.10 | £599.09 |
| Compacted base allowance | 1 lump sum | £336.00 | £336.00 |
| Formwork | 32 metres | £15.75 | £504.00 |
| Concrete supply allowance | 1.5 cubic metres | £245.88 | £368.82 |
| Place and finish | 13.9 sq m | £86.10 | £1,196.79 |
| Jointing and clean-up | 1 lump sum | £152.00 | £152.00 |
| Illustrative total | £3,276.70 | ||
The table separates the named product or material allowances from labour and site tasks wherever the scope needs that distinction. Before replacing a rate, check whether the product allowance includes delivery, waste, fixings and the selected specification.
How the total is calculated
Excavation and spoil is 13.9 sq m × £43.10 = £599.09. Formwork is 32 metres × £15.75 = £504.00. The other lines follow the same calculation and sum to £3,276.70. Each fixture line lands on an exact penny, so the native PDF total equals the sum of the displayed line amounts.
Measurement to check: Measure path length and width, calculate area and volume from the design thickness, and note slope. Selection to check: Separate base aggregate, concrete supply and finishing from excavation. The 0% tax field and zero markup are example document inputs, not an instruction for a live quote. Decide the correct settings for your own business and job.
Assumptions and exclusions
Agree drainage fall and access for concrete delivery before forming.
Outside this stated scope: No retaining wall, utility diversion or adjacent landscaping restoration.
Soft ground, buried utilities or changed path alignment alter excavation and volume. A changed condition should lead to a newly measured quantity, explicit revised allowance or separately agreed task. Keep the customer informed of which figure changed and why before producing another PDF.
Download the app PDF
The document was exported from Estimates using the fictional business, client, dates, short PDF scope, notes and cost lines above. Its first page appears below. Download the complete PDF to inspect every entry and its presentation; no listed rate is a current Edinburgh market claim.
Make an estimate for your own job
- Write the actual work boundary and exclusions. Use this measurement basis: Measure path length and width, calculate area and volume from the design thickness, and note slope.
- Confirm the selected products and access conditions. Record this selection decision: Separate base aggregate, concrete supply and finishing from excavation.
- Replace every fictional product, labour and subcontractor rate with your own evidence.
- Check line extensions, total, tax and markup settings, customer details and validity date.
- Preview every PDF page before sharing the estimate with the customer.
- Measure path length and width, calculate area and volume from the design thickness, and note slope.
- Separate base aggregate, concrete supply and finishing from excavation.
- Agree drainage fall and access for concrete delivery before forming.
- Soft ground, buried utilities or changed path alignment alter excavation and volume.
Read the matching estimating guide for the project-specific measurement and work sequence.
Questions about this job
Which quantity controls this concrete walkway installation estimate?
Measure path length and width, calculate area and volume from the design thickness, and note slope.
When should this concrete walkway installation quote be revised?
Soft ground, buried utilities or changed path alignment alter excavation and volume. No retaining wall, utility diversion or adjacent landscaping restoration.
MAKE THE EXAMPLE YOUR OWN
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