AI prompts for concreters

Act as an experienced concreter turning a take-off into a customer quote.
Take what I dictated walking the job and turn it into a clear, professional quote in plain English.
Customer: [customer name]. Job address: [job address].
What I said: [dictate it rough, e.g. ninety square metres of driveway, hundred thick, mesh on bar chairs, exposed aggregate finish, about 300 of fill to bring it up to the door, no truck access down the side so it's a pump, cuts across the turning circle, two days].
Break it into line items the customer can follow — excavation and cart-away, fill and compaction, boxing, mesh and bar chairs, the pour, the finish, cutting the joints — add a short friendly intro and a "what's included / not included" section.
Keep the pricing blank for me to fill in. Australian spelling.

Write a short, polite message to [customer name] explaining a variation to their job at [job address].
What I quoted: [original scope, e.g. ninety square metre driveway, hundred thick, on about 300 of fill].
What the dig turned up: [what changed and why, e.g. the ground drops away another 200 at the door end, so it needs more fill compacted in layers and another load carted away before we can box up].
Explain in plain terms why we can't just pour it deeper and leave it, that it adds [extra cost/time], and ask them to approve before I book the truck.
Friendly but clear. No jargon.

I'm pricing [job type, e.g. a shed slab] for [builder / customer name] at [job address], and the detail's been revised.
The engineer's revised detail says: [paste or dictate what changed, e.g. the mesh has gone to a heavier bar, the cover's increased, and there's a thickening under the wall line].
Set it out as clear line items against my original price, show only what's changed and why, and note anything I should query with the engineer before I price it.
This is for a builder I sub to, so keep it short and commercial — no sales fluff. Leave the rates blank for me.
Don't judge whether the detail itself is right. That's the engineer's call to make and mine to build to.

Write the "what's included / what's not" section for a concreting quote, so there's no argument six weeks later.
Job: [job, e.g. exposed aggregate driveway] at [job address].
Included: [list, e.g. excavation, cart-away, fill and compaction, boxing, mesh and bar chairs, the pour, the finish, cutting the control joints, clean-up].
Not included: [list, e.g. sealer, removing the old path, relocating the meter, landscaping the edges, anything the dig turns up].
Write it in plain words a homeowner reads once and understands, and make the exclusions clear without sounding like fine print.

Act as a senior concreter reviewing a take-off before I price the job.
Job: [job type, e.g. shed slab out the back] at [job address]. My take-off: [paste your take-off / line items].
List what gets forgotten on this type of job (pump hire if the truck can't get down the side, cart-away, fill and compaction, boxing and stripping, bar chairs, cutting the joints, travel, and the morning the crew stands around waiting on a truck).
Just a checklist of "did you allow for..." questions. Don't invent prices, and don't make the call on the steel or the mix for me.

The pump hire and the cart-away are the ones that quietly eat the margin.

Write a friendly, professional reply to a new enquiry I couldn't answer because I was on the slab.
They wrote: "[paste their message, e.g. after a price to replace the cracked driveway out the front]".
I'm a concreter in [area]. Apologise briefly for missing the call without making excuses, confirm I can help, and ask the 3-4 things I need to price it or come and look ([e.g. rough size, what's there now, is it going over the top or is it coming out, can a truck get in or is it a pump, when are they hoping to pour]).
Say when I'll get back to them. Short and easy to read on a phone.

A customer says my price for [job, e.g. the driveway] is dearer than another quote. Help me write a polite, confident reply.
What my price covers that a number scribbled on the back of a card doesn't: [list, e.g. the depth of fill and the compaction, mesh up on chairs instead of thrown on the ground, the cover on the steel, the finish, cutting the joints, the cart-away, and cleaning up after ourselves].
Don't rubbish the other quote, don't get defensive, and don't drop the price. Explain what they'd actually be comparing if both quotes spelled out the same things, and offer to walk them through mine. Short and respectful.

Explain [technical thing, e.g. why the mesh has to sit up on bar chairs instead of being thrown on the ground / why the fill has to go in and be compacted in layers] to a customer who isn't a concreter.
Use a simple everyday comparison, keep it to a short paragraph, and end with what it means for them (cost / time / how long it lasts) without scaring them.
The point they should walk away with: the part that decides whether it lasts is the part they'll never see once it's poured. Plain, friendly Australian English.

Write a short message to [customer name] setting expectations before I pour their [job, e.g. driveway] at [job address].
Explain in plain words: I'll be cutting control joints, roughly where they'll go, and why they're there — so the slab cracks where we chose instead of wherever it likes.
Say it as something normal and planned, not a defect and not a warning. Don't promise the slab will never crack anywhere else.
4-5 sentences, warm and confident, no jargon.

Write a short message to [customer name] explaining why their [job, e.g. shed slab out the back] at [job address] has to go in by pump instead of straight off the truck.
The access: [what's in the way, e.g. no truck access down the side, the gate's too narrow, and the only run a truck could take goes over the septic].
Explain what a pump is and why it isn't me gold-plating the job, what it adds in [cost/time], and that the alternative — barrowing it — costs more, takes longer and finishes worse.
Friendly and matter-of-fact. Ask them to confirm so I can book it.

Write a friendly follow-up to [customer name] about the quote I sent for [job, e.g. the exposed agg driveway] at [job address] on [date].
Check if they've had a chance to look at it, offer to answer anything, and mention I can hold [a rough pour window] if they want it done before [timeframe].
Low pressure. 2-3 sentences, sounds like a real person, not a chase-up bot.

Write a short confirmation message for [customer name] for the pour at [job address] tomorrow.
Include: what time the truck's booked for, roughly how long we'll be there and how much noise and mess to expect, and what they need to sort before we get there ([e.g. cars off the driveway and out on the street — they won't get them back for a few days, kids and pets inside and well away from wet concrete, gate unlocked, a tap we can get to]).
Tell them when they can walk on it and when they can drive on it, and give them my number if anything changes.
Clear and friendly.

The forecast's turned and the pour at [job address] on [date] has to move. It's not one call, it's three.
Write me the three: one to the plant to move the truck ([current booking details]), one to the pump hire ([booking details]), and one to the crew ([who's on it]).
Then write the message to the customer explaining why we're not pouring into [what's coming], and offering [2 alternative dates].
Keep the trade ones short and factual. Make the customer one reassuring — moving it is me protecting their slab, not me mucking them around.

The plant's come back confirming the wrong delivery window for [job address] on [date]. I booked [the time I booked]; their confirmation says [the time they've got].
Write a short, firm message to the plant to get it back to my time — or, if they can't, tell me exactly what to ask them so I can decide whether to stand the crew down.
Then write a one-liner to the crew so nobody's standing around on site at 7 waiting on a truck that isn't coming for four hours.
Direct and professional, not shirty. I pour with these blokes every week.

Here's what I've got on this week: [list the jobs with rough location, what stage each is at and how long, e.g. Mon - box up the shed slab (half day); Tue - Wilson driveway pour, truck booked (full day, pump); Wed - strip and cut the joints; Thu - prep the patio...].
Work out a sensible order that keeps the pours off each other's toes, flags where I've got a pour and a strip on the same morning, and flags anything that goes tight if a truck runs late.
Also flag which days need the pump booked and which need the full crew. Keep it as a simple day-by-day list.

Write a short, warm message asking [customer name] for a Google review now the boxing's off their [job, e.g. driveway] at [job address] and they can see the finish.
Thank them, say it genuinely helps a small local concreting business, and make it easy: mention I'll send the review link.
Humble and no-pressure. 2-3 sentences.

Send it the day you strip the boxing. That’s the moment they see the finish for the first time, and it will never look better to them than it does right then.

Write a genuine, friendly reply to this 5-star review for my concreting business: "[paste review]".
Thank them by name if given, mention something specific from their job (e.g. how the exposed aggregate came up, or getting it in around the access out the back), and keep it warm and human. Don't sound copy-pasted.

Help me reply to a negative review for my concreting business. The review says: "[paste review]".
My side / what actually happened: [your notes].
Write a calm, professional public reply: acknowledge how it looks from where they're standing, don't get technical or defensive in public, don't argue about what concrete does, and invite them to have me come and look at it.
Don't promise a repair, a replacement, or a cause in a public reply — I haven't seen it yet. Short and level-headed.

Write a casual message I can drop to the neighbours after finishing a job at [job address].
They've watched the whole thing go in over [duration] — the boxing, the truck, the pour, the clean-up — so they already know what my work looks like and whether I left the street tidy.
Mention I'm working in the street [when], that I'm happy to look at [what they might want, e.g. their path, a patio or a shed slab] while I'm set up nearby, and that I clean up after myself.
Friendly and local, not a flyer. No discount gimmicks.

Write a polite but firm message to [supplier] chasing an order.
Order: [what you ordered, e.g. mesh and bar chairs for the shed slab] placed on [date], order ref [number].
It was due [date]. I've got a truck booked for [date/time] and a crew on it — if this isn't on site I can't box up, and I lose the pour and the truck.
Ask for a firm time today, and to be called if it's not coming so I can move the truck before I get charged for it. Professional and to the point.

The plant's invoice for [job] doesn't match what turned up. Help me query it.
What the invoice says: [paste or dictate, e.g. it's billed [X] metres of concrete plus a waiting-time charge].
What the dockets say: [paste the docket details, e.g. [Y] metres across [number] loads, and the times written on each docket].
Set the discrepancy out plainly, ask them to check it against the dockets and re-issue, and keep it civil — I pour with these blokes every week.
Work only from what I've given you. Don't guess at the difference, don't fill in a figure I haven't given you, and tell me if the dockets don't add up.

I'll list what a job actually cost me and I want a tidy summary I can hold up against what I quoted.
Job: [job / customer]. Costs: [list each item and amount, e.g. concrete [X] metres across [number] dockets [amount], pump hire [amount], mesh and bar chairs [amount], excavation and cart-away [amount], labour [days] [amount], sealer [amount]].
Group them (concrete / pump / steel and mesh / plant hire / labour / cart-away), total each group and the whole job, and show me what's left against my quoted price of [quoted amount].
Format it so I can drop it straight into my records.

Keep the dockets — they’re the only record of what actually went in the ground. And don’t paste anything you wouldn’t want stored, like customer bank details.

Draft a starting-point safe work method statement for [task, e.g. a driveway pour with the concrete pumped over a public footpath].
List the main hazards, the controls I should have in place and the PPE required, as a simple checklist. Think about what actually hurts people on my jobs: wet concrete against skin, the boom and the line, dust when we cut the joints, the open excavation, the truck reversing, and the public walking past the job.
Note that I have to check it against the actual site and what applies where I am before I use it, and don't treat it as final on its own.
Describe the hazards and the controls. Don't tell me what the rules are or quote any of them at me.

Always have a qualified person check safety documents against the current rules and the actual site.

Write a short, friendly email to send with an invoice to [customer name] for the completed [job, e.g. driveway] at [job address].
Thank them, note the invoice is attached, state the total [amount] and the due date [date], and how they can pay [payment methods].
Mention when they can drive on it if that hasn't already been covered, and that I've kept the photos of the prep and the steel on file.
Warm and professional. Australian tone. Short enough that I can send it before I pull out of the driveway.

Write a polite reminder to [customer name] about an overdue invoice for the [job, e.g. driveway] at [job address].
Invoice [number], amount [amount], was due [date].
Assume it's an honest oversight, keep it friendly, restate how to pay, and ask them to let me know if there's a problem.
For context, and not to be said to them: the plant's invoice for the concrete came out of my account weeks ago, so I'm the one carrying this. Firm but respectful.