Driveways, patios and pool surrounds. WorkArc builds the quoting, follow-up and margin system for your paving business, inside Fergus and Xero.
They show up in almost every paving business we talk to, usually after hours and usually at the owner's desk.
Curved driveways, irregular patios and cut-outs around pools. Every job needs careful square metres and waste factors.
Brick, concrete or natural stone, in different sizes, patterns and base requirements. Pricing options by hand is slow.
Some sites need 50mm of sand, others need full excavation and basecourse. Pricing the prep is the hardest part.
Brick against stone for the same area and pattern. Simple to ask for, slow to produce.
We build these around your price book and your workflow, then keep improving them every month. The examples are illustrative.
Pavers, base, jointing sand and edge restraints are priced from your rates with your waste factor, so nothing gets left off.
On a job · illustrativeCurved driveway, herringbone brick, medium excavation. ArcQuote prices excavation, basecourse, pavers, sand, edging and labour in one quote.
Paving is a big decision for homeowners. ArcChase keeps every open quote in view with its next step, so yours stays front of mind.
On a job · illustrativeA driveway quote goes out. ArcChase shows it needs pattern examples by Thursday and flags the price hold the week after, each with a message ready to send.
Each job's stage and cost against quote in one view, so you know what is ready to invoice and what is running over.
On a job · illustrativeA driveway is laid and ready for jointing while a patio has base prep done and pavers due Friday. ArcPulse shows both, with margin on each.
Driveways, patios and pool surrounds in brick, concrete and stone, compared by margin in a weekly report nobody has to build.
On a job · illustrativeThe report shows pool surrounds earning more per square metre than driveways, once cutting time is counted properly.
Two illustrative examples: a quote built from a paver's notes, and the kind of question ArcAssist answers from your own job history.
85sqm brick paver driveway, herringbone pattern. Exclude excavation, polymer jointing sand. Edge restraints.
What did we quote the Reids for the pool surround?
$14,780 ex GST for 38sqm of travertine around the pool, including cutting to the coping and polymer jointing. The client chose the tumbled finish.
Source · Quote Q-2512, sent 27 JanuaryNames, figures and references above are made up to show the format. Your own quotes use your rates, your margins and your templates.
What pavers usually want to know before a first call.
Yes. Dimensions go in, your standard waste percentage is applied, and paver quantities, base materials and edging are priced from your rates.
Yes. Different pavers, patterns or finishes are priced as options on the same job, without re-quoting from scratch.
WorkArc works inside Fergus and Xero, so pavers keep the tools they already know and nothing gets entered twice. If you run another job system with an open API, we assess it case by case on the call.
Yes. It works from whatever price book and templates you use, for driveways, carparks and pool surrounds alike.
Start with a 30-minute call. We look at how you quote and run jobs today, build the first part around that, then keep improving it every month.
The parts of the system mentioned on this page, and a few short reads for owners.
We build inside Fergus and Xero, so your crews and office keep the tools they know. The quote, the job and the invoice stay in one flow, with nothing entered twice.
How we work inside themEvery trade quotes, runs and loses margin in its own way. The system is built around yours.
Thirty minutes on how your paving business quotes, runs and tracks jobs today. We'll show you what we'd build first, using your own jobs. We work with a small number of businesses at a time.
