Blue Collar Trade Manager helps concrete contractors collect a deposit before ordering a truck, bill the balance once the pour and finish work are done, and get paid by card or ACH through a click-to-pay link — without chasing a check after you've already left the site.
Create an estimate for the pour job from scratch or pull line items straight from your concrete price book, then send it for approval by text or email.
The customer reviews and approves the estimate online or by replying to a text — no printing, no in-person signature required.
Turn the approved estimate into an invoice in one step, so line items, pricing, and job details carry over without retyping anything.
The invoice goes out with a public click-to-pay link so the customer can pay by card or ACH from their phone, without creating an account.
If the invoice sits unpaid, automated payment reminders go out on a schedule you set, instead of you having to remember to chase it.
Paid, unpaid, and overdue invoices roll up into reports so you can see outstanding balances across every customer at a glance.
Ready-mix delivery costs are committed the moment the truck is scheduled — well before the pour and finish work is complete. A deposit invoice sent once the estimate is approved covers that up-front cost, with the balance due upon completion.
Rain can delay a pour, and proper cure time delays when a job is truly "done." Because the final invoice doesn't go out until you decide the work is complete, there's no rigid schedule forcing you to bill before the job actually meets spec.
Estimating a driveway, patio, or slab typically happens standing on the site with a tape measure, not back at a desk. Mobile/offline estimate creation lets you build the quote on-site, even with no signal, and send it once you're back in range.
Unexpected soil conditions, extra excavation, or additional base material are common on concrete jobs and often weren't priced into the original bid. Adding that as a change order to the existing job keeps the price change documented and tied to the original estimate.
Send a deposit invoice once the estimate is approved — to cover ready-mix and material costs before the pour — then bill the remaining balance as a final invoice once the job is complete.
Because concrete delivery is scheduled and paid for in advance, a deposit invoice protects your cash flow on that upfront cost, and BCTM supports both the deposit and final invoice as part of the same job record.
Many concrete contractors size the deposit to at least cover material and delivery costs, but the exact percentage is your call, not something BCTM sets.
A deposit invoice can be sent for any amount you choose immediately after the estimate is approved, giving you funds in hand before the truck shows up.
Add the additional scope as a change order tied to the existing job so the extra cost is documented and linked to the original estimate.
Sub-base conditions are hard to know precisely until excavation starts, so change orders are common on concrete jobs. Getting the customer's approval on the change order before proceeding helps avoid a dispute at final payment.
ACH via Stripe Connect is generally the more cost-effective option for a large payment, since it's capped at $5 in fees regardless of the amount, versus a percentage-based card fee.
On a $10,000 driveway and patio job, a 2.9% card fee is close to $290, while ACH's flat $5 cap makes a meaningful difference (Stripe Pricing). Both methods process through Stripe's standard security infrastructure.
You and the customer both get notified of the failed payment so it can be retried or resolved before the job is considered paid.
This keeps the invoice status accurate in your reports — a declined payment doesn't get mistakenly marked as paid, which matters when you're relying on that invoice to confirm a large job cleared.
It depends entirely on the state — deadlines range from about 60 days to a year after work is completed, with different states using different trigger dates.
Given how material- and cash-intensive concrete work is, an unpaid final invoice is a real risk. Subcontractor Audit's lien deadline guide and Levelset's 50-state deadline reference both note this wide variability. BCTM doesn't file liens, but your exported invoice and payment history can serve as documentation for an attorney. This is general information, not legal or tax advice — check with a licensed attorney or CPA in your state before relying on it.
Use your price book's per-square-foot or per-yard rates as a starting baseline, and check reports on similar past jobs to see actual materials and labor cost versus what was quoted.
Reports showing job-level revenue and cost history help calibrate pricing on unfamiliar scopes — like a decorative stamped-concrete job — by comparing them to the closest jobs you've already priced and completed.
$0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats. Card payments: 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe). ACH bank payments: 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00). Cash and check: no fees. Full fee breakdown.
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