Step 1 of 3
The job you priced
The quote's own lines become the programme, so nothing is typed twice.
Example Flooring Ltd · Jobs
Surgery refurb for Example Builders Ltd
Quote EF-Q-2026-3502. On site Mon 26 Oct to Thu 12 Nov 2026, 14 working days, £11,950.39 ex VAT.
This is the first enquiry in the estimator's inbox, priced at the library rates. Price a job in the quoting demo and it's scheduled here instead.
- ✓ Each activity's cost and charge are the quote's own lines, so the programme adds up to the quote.
- ✓ Lengths come from how much a crew lays in a day, with drying time after the smoothing compound.
- ✓ Starts two weeks out, skipping weekends and bank holidays. Stage payments fall due as the work completes.
Step 2 of 3
The programme
Drag a bar to move a task or change its length. The dates, critical path and money follow.
Drag a bar to move a task, or drag either end to make it longer or shorter. On a phone or tablet, tap a bar first, then drag it. On a phone held upright you see a summary first: tap Open the chart, or any task, to open the chart full screen. Double-click a task, select it and press Ctrl + Enter, or click its name in the table below, to change its cost or charge. With the keyboard: Alt + left or right arrow moves the selected task by a working day, and Alt + Shift + arrow changes its length. Ctrl + Z undoes.
Tasks, dates and money
| Task | Start | Finish | Working days | Cost | Charge | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift and dispose of the existing floor (critical) 0 days of float | Mon 26 Oct | Wed 28 Oct | 3 | £1,363.80 | £1,730.19 | 21.18% |
| Moisture test the slab (critical) 0 days of float | Thu 29 Oct | Thu 29 Oct | 1 | £180.00 | £252.00 | 28.57% |
| Smoothing compound and primer (critical) 0 days of float | Fri 30 Oct | Mon 2 Nov | 2 | £855.60 | £1,069.50 | 20.00% |
| Lay safety vinyl (critical) 0 days of float | Wed 4 Nov | Thu 5 Nov | 2 | £1,958.40 | £2,581.76 | 24.14% |
| Lay LVT (critical) 0 days of float | Fri 6 Nov | Tue 10 Nov | 3 | £3,940.60 | £5,181.34 | 23.95% |
| Weld and cove the skirting (critical) 2 days of float | Fri 6 Nov | Mon 9 Nov | 2 | £570.40 | £770.04 | 25.93% |
| Trims and thresholds (critical) 0 days of float | Wed 11 Nov | Wed 11 Nov | 1 | £281.20 | £365.56 | 23.08% |
| Snag, clean and hand over (critical) 0 days of float | Thu 12 Nov | Thu 12 Nov | 1 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 0.00% |
| Whole job | Mon 26 Oct | Thu 12 Nov | 14 | £9,150.00 | £11,950.39 | 23.43% |
Sample job for a fictional flooring contractor. Figures exclude VAT. Yours would show your own jobs, rates and payment terms. Bank holidays from GOV.UK.
Step 3 of 3
Money and cash flow
What the job earns, when each stage payment falls due, and the weeks it runs on your own cash.
Live job summary
- Duration
- 14 working days
- Total cost
- £9,150.00
- Charge
- £11,950.39
- Profit
- £2,800.39
- Margin
- 23.43%
Cash flow by week
Cost spent and stage payments earned to the end of each week. A bar below zero is a week the job is funded from your own cash.
Job summary
- Duration
- 14 working days
- On site
- 26 Oct – 12 Nov 2026
- Bank holidays inside it
- Total cost
- £9,150.00
- Total charge
- £11,950.39
- Profit
- £2,800.39
- Margin
- 23.43%
Stage-payment schedule
| Stage | Due on completion | Value | Cost spent by then | Cash position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1: strip-out and prep complete 30% of the contract sum | Mon 2 Nov | £3,585.12 | £2,399.40 | £1,185.72 |
| Stage 2: floors laid 40% of the contract sum | Tue 10 Nov | £4,780.16 | £8,868.80 | −£503.52 |
| Stage 3: handover 30% of the contract sum | Thu 12 Nov | £3,585.11 | £9,150.00 | £2,800.39 |
Cash position is stage payments earned minus cost spent, with each task's cost spread evenly over its working days. It ignores payment terms, which push the money later still.
About this programme demo
A quote you win is the start of the work, not the end of it. Here the priced lines become a programme of works: strip-out and prep first, the floors in order, the welder following the vinyl, then snagging and handover. Drag a task and the dates, margin and cash position move with it, because they're calculated rather than drawn. In a tool built for your firm, this comes out of your own quotes, crews and payment terms. See the construction Gantt chart guide for how programmes, critical paths and stage payments work.