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Learn the basics of calculating concrete for your project so that you increase project cost effectiveness.


Calculating concrete is our mission today. I will show you exactly how to figure concrete bags and cubic yardage for various types of pours.

Ever wonder "how much concrete will I need to finish this thing?"

Let's go "old school" and determine the concrete needed for some typical pours. In just a few minutes, I will have you figuring concrete needed on your own- like a pro!

When figuring concrete needed, the electronic concrete yardage calculators available today are very handy, but... you will be ahead in the game if you develop a sense for the numbers.

All you need to do is remember some basic info and formulas, which I provide for you in the below links- just choose the the link that best fits your upcoming pour.

Calculating concrete manually- formulas for square or rectangular slab- bag and yardage

Manual concrete calculating formulas- circular slab, column, footing-volume, bag and yardage

New for 2010- MMC Downloadable Concrete Quantity & Cost Calculator

I created the MMC Concrete Quantity & Cost Calculator after looking around online and noticing that the free concrete calculators available definitely could be improved upon.

The advantages of the MMC Calculator are:

With one click on the above link, it can be freely, instantly and securely downloaded to your desktop for your use whenever you need it.

It calculates quantities in U.S. units AND Metric units.

It also provides an estimated concrete cost for BOTH ready-mix and pre-mix concrete.

How handy is that?


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