Forms Wednesday, pour Thursday, strip Monday.
A concrete job uses different people on different days: the form crew sets up ahead, the finishers show for the truck, someone comes back to cut joints and strip forms. When the pour moves, all of it moves. Redline keeps each day on the right crew and shifts the chain in one message.
Running a pour across crews
Book each stage as a visit
Excavation and base, forms and steel, pour and finish, saw-cut, strip. Each is its own visit on the job, so each can move on its own.
Put the right crew on each
Form crew on the setup, finishers on the pour, one person back for joints and stripping. Each crew lead sees their day in the tech app.
Pour-day notes
Forms checked, mesh on chairs, pump at 7:30, truck ordered for 8, cure blankets on the trailer. Put it in the job notes and the lead reads it in the app.
When the pour slides
Ask for the forecast if you like. Then tell Redline the new pour day and it moves the finishers and the follow-up visits with it, while the form crew picks up other work.
Calls you still make
The plant and the pump company are phone calls. Put their numbers in the job notes and let Redline set the reminder.
Rain Thursday afternoon
Fontaine pour moved to Friday 7:00 with Hector's finishers. Strip and saw-cut moved from Monday to Tuesday 8:00, still on Luis. Owen's form crew is on Ruiz patio excavation and forms Thursday at 7:00.
The Fontaine notes have the plant and pump numbers. Want a reminder to call them first thing?
Reminder set for tomorrow: call the plant and the pump about Fontaine moving to Friday.
The crew board, tech app and assigning by chat are on Team ($129 a month) and Team+. Reminders are date-only and arrive in the morning push.
What the board does for a concrete outfit
Crews as rows
Each crew lead and the strip guy has a row with their day, plus an Unassigned row for jobs sold but not staffed.
Pairs in one truck
Group two people for the day so the saw-cut and strip trip shows as one crew.
Site notes
Washout spot, where the truck can back in, the neighbor's sprinkler heads, the apron permit card. Office notes ride with each visit.
No numbers on the phone
Crews see the job, the checklist and the notes. Quotes, deposits and invoices stay with you.
One pour, a chain of days
The pour is the day everyone thinks about, but it's the middle of a chain. Forms go in before it, joints get cut and forms come off after it, and each of those is on a different person's calendar. Move the pour by a day and the strip trip has to move too, or someone shows up Monday to strip forms on concrete poured Saturday.
Booking each stage as its own visit is what makes that a single message. Redline moves the ones you name and leaves the rest. It won't call the plant, the pump or the inspector, so those stay on your list, with a reminder if you want one.
Straight answers on concrete dispatch
Redline does
- Book form, pour and strip days as separate visits
- Put the right crew on each stage
- Move a pour and its follow-up visits in one message
- Put pour-day notes on the crew lead's phone
- Look up the forecast when you ask
Redline doesn't
- Order from the plant or book the pump
- Track cure times or cylinder tests
- Track crew hours or payroll
- Track trucks or equipment by GPS
- Watch the weather and move pours on its own
Questions contractors ask
Do I need the board for one crew?
No. With one crew you are the board. Moving pours by chat, the calendar and quotes work on every plan, including Free.
Can I book a 6am pour?
Yes, give Redline the time and it books it. Suggested times only cover weekdays from 8 to 5.
Do I still need the estimate side?
Quotes, deposits and invoices work the same with or without crews. See concrete estimates.
More for concrete contractors
Keep reading
- Concrete softwareQuote flatwork by the foot and the yard, check the forecast before a pour and take a deposit.
- Concrete estimate appSquare feet and thickness into yards, base, steel and finish, with a deposit.
- Landscaping dispatch softwareInstall and maintenance crews on one board, days swapped in one message.
- Crew dispatch and tech appA board for every tech's day and a simple app for the crew. Team plan and up.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.