Concrete, gravel and earthwork calculators

Blocks, Walls, Footings and Rebar

These calculators count the pieces for built work. Concrete block and retaining wall give blocks (and caps and gravel), footing gives the concrete for a strip or pad, and rebar gives bars and weight for a slab.

Tools in this group

  • Concrete Block Calculator — Enter the wall length and height and pick the block size to get the number of concrete blocks and courses.
  • Concrete Footing Calculator — Choose a strip, pad or pier footing, enter its size and get the concrete to order, bags and the footing rebar.
  • Concrete Slab Rebar Calculator — Enter the slab size, bar spacing, cover and bar size to get the number of bars, total length, stock bars to buy and weight.
  • Retaining Wall Block Calculator — Enter the wall length and height and the block size to get the blocks, caps and gravel for a segmental retaining wall.