Takeoff software for concrete and formwork contractors

Pricing concrete work means two sets of quantities from the same drawings: the concrete itself, in cubic metres, and the formwork to hold it, in square metres of contact area. MyTakeoff measures both straight off your structural drawings in the browser - slabs, edge forms, upstands, walls, columns, footings and beams - and keeps every total grouped by item and by pour, level or zone.

What you can measure, and how

Item	How it's measured in MyTakeoff
Slabs (concrete)	Trace the slab outline as a Volume measurement and enter its thickness - you get m³ directly, with no multiplying by hand.
Edge forms, upstands, hobs and setdowns	Click along the edge as a Length × height measurement - you get the form area in m². Name an item with its height (e.g. "Edge form 300mm") and the height is filled in for you.
Walls	Length × height along the wall line - or, on paid plans, the formwork calculator for both faces and the ends from the wall's sizes.
Columns, pad and strip footings, beams	The formwork calculator works out shuttering area from sizes and a quantity - rectangular and round columns, pad footings (sides only), strip footings, beams (sides and soffit) - with an "include ends" option for stop-ends.(paid plans)
Mesh and reinforcement areas	Area measurements in m² - duplicate the slab outline as a separate item rather than redrawing it.
Pours, levels and cores	Tag measurements with a zone (e.g. "Pour 1", "Level 2", "Core A") and every item is totalled per zone as well as overall.
Waste and over-order	Set a waste % on any item - the total including waste shows on screen and carries into your exports.

Measure the formwork you actually have to fix

A beam framing into columns needs its two sides and soffit formed over the clear span between supports - not the full centre-to-centre length, and not the ends. A free end, a cantilever or a construction joint is different: it needs a stop-end. The formwork calculator leaves ends out of beams and strip footings by default and lets you add them where they apply, so the quantity matches what will be fixed on site.

One item, totalled per pour

Rather than inventing a separate item name for every pour or level, measure the same item and tag each measurement with its zone. The Measurements panel then shows the overall total with a subtotal under it for each pour, and the zone goes into the CSV, Excel and PDF exports for your pour schedule.

How it works

Open the tool and upload your drawing - a PDF or an image. Nothing to install, no account needed to start.
Set the scale by clicking two points on any dimension you know.
Measure each item - totals build up as you go, grouped by item and zone.
On a paid plan, export a PDF of the marked-up drawing with a quantities schedule, a CSV, or an Excel pricing workbook.

Your drawings are processed in your browser and never uploaded to our servers.

Pricing

Measuring is free. Exports, saved projects and multi-sheet jobs come with a paid plan: a £5.99 24-hour pass for a one-off job, or Pro at £14 a month or £110 a year (all plus VAT).See all plans.