Glossary

Foundation measurement types

Area. A flat surface measured in m². Slabs, DPM, waterproofing, gas membrane, mesh coverage.

Irregular Area. An area with a non-rectangular shape, traced as a polygon. Shaped slabs, stepped slabs, oversite with cut-outs.

Lineal. A single run measured in metres. Strip footings, ground beams, perimeter footings, formwork edges, rebar runs.

Multiple Footings. Several lineal footing or beam runs gathered into one component — useful for jobs with several footing types or multiple beam grids.

Curved Footing. A flowing or curved footing run measured along its centreline — for bays, rounded corners, shaped footprints.

Volume. Measured in m³. Concrete pours, excavation, fill, sub-base.

Count. A whole-number tally — piers, pads, pile caps, starter bar bundles.

Fixed. A flat-fee line — surveying, building control fees, site setup, mobilisation.

Hours / Days. Time-based pricing for labor crews, plant hire, excavator day rate.

QuoteCore+ terms

Actual measurement. A real-world number entered directly. Waste still applies.

Component. A re-usable line you put in quotes. Has a name, measurement type, material price, labor price, and waste settings. See Components overview.

Customer quote. The version of the quote your customer sees, labelled Foundation Works. See customer quote editor.

Digital takeoff. Measuring directly off a digital structural drawing or site plan. See Digital takeoff.

Extra. A line you want priced and recorded but kept separate from the main components. See Components vs Extras.

Manual quote. A quote built line-by-line for users who already have their measurements. See Manual Quote.

Pitch multiplier. Not applicable for foundation work — foundations are measured flat from plan view. The setting exists in the app but isn't used here.

Plan measurement. A measurement taken from a plan or drawing. See Plan vs Actual.

Quote builder. The flow that builds a quote: Areas, Components, Extras, Review. See Quote builder.

Takeoff. The act of measuring a job — either digital (from a plan) or manual (on site or from your own notes).

Billing terms

Cap. A numeric limit on something your plan allows - quotes per month, components total, storage bytes, etc. Hitting a cap blocks new additions but never deletes existing data. See Tier limits.

Dunning. The process Stripe (and we) follow when a renewal payment fails: automatic card retries, status escalation through past_due - grace - suspended, with chances to recover by updating the card. See Billing.

Effective plan. What your account can actually use today. Usually the same as your purchased plan, but collapses to Starter during grace periods or after the trial ends.

Grace period. A 10-day window after a payment failure where you keep read access but can't create new quotes. See Billing.

Trial. A 14-day free taste of every feature, with tiny caps. One per account, ever. See Free trial.