The concrete pre-pour checklist (and the schedule behind it)

Why a checklist isn't enough on its own

A pre-pour checklist keeps a single pour from going sideways. But a concrete sub runs many pours across many jobs, and the checklist items — yards confirmed, pump booked, weather checked, crew assigned — all live on your schedule. This is the checklist, plus where each item actually lives.

The day before

• Confirm yards & mix with ready-mix (plant + dispatch contact on the pour)
• Confirm pump (company, boom size, arrival time)
• Confirm crew/foreman — and check nobody's double-booked on another pour
• Check the 14-day weather for the job's ZIP, not the metro
• Confirm start time with everyone (subs lose money on fuzzy start times)
• Site access & sequencing notes to the crew

Pour morning (the 4–6 AM go/no-go)

• Re-check the forecast — has anything flipped overnight?
• Go/no-go call made early enough to stop trucks and the pump
• If no-go: one notification to PM, super, ready-mix, pump, GC, owner's rep, crew — with the reason and, ideally, the new date
• Reschedule while you're at it, so the lookahead stays honest

During & after

• Status to “in progress,” then “complete” so anyone asking “where are we” sees it
• Log actual yards for the weekly rollup
• Note anything that affects the next pour (access, finish issues, crew performance)

Where the checklist lives

Every box above is a field on a real pour schedule. On a spreadsheet you chase them across tabs, texts, and email. On a live pour board they're on one card: contacts to notify, weather on the cell, conflict badge if the crew's double-booked, yards that roll up on their own — and the no-go notification is one click. See how it works in Place & Finish Hub.

Run your next pour on a live board → 14-day free trial.