Quote generator for drainage contractors
Drainage quotes,
with pipes, manholes and excavation counted.
Calco is built for Danish drainage contractors. Describe the job or take a photo - Calco works out sewer pipes, manholes, soakaways, excavation and labour hours, finds the right Wavin and Uponor products in your price files from Brødrene Dahl or Ahlsell, and produces a finished quote with real cost prices.
Example
Here is how it looks
in practice.
You write or say
"Perimeter drain around a detached house approx. 30 m, new collection manhole, connection to the existing sewer, excavation and reinstatement."
Calco delivers
QuoteBuilt for your trade
Your trade.
Built in.
Calco knows the rules, standards, and suppliers in your trade. No need to explain your trade every time.
- 01
Pipes, manholes and soakaways counted
Calco turns a description into metres of pipe, number of manholes and soakaway size based on paved area and infiltration, with the right waste percentage.
- 02
Excavation and removal included
Excavation, shoring, removal and disposal of soil is often the big item. Calco works out the soil volume from length and depth and adds machine and labour hours.
- 03
Authorisation and standards remembered
Calco reminds you that connecting to the public sewer requires an authorised drainage contractor, and of requirements such as pipe fall, silt traps and CCTV inspection on renovation.
- 04
Fall and drainage in place
Sewer and drain pipes need the right fall. Calco keeps track of fall, drainage and rainwater management, so the solution stays tight and leads the water the right way.
Wholesalers
Your wholesalers
11 Danish wholesalers are ready in the standard catalogue from day one. If you buy elsewhere, add your own price file - Calco then uses your purchase prices, so the margin is right on every quote.
Ready in the catalogue from day one
- Brødrene Dahl
- Ahlsell
- STARK Danmark
- Bygma
- Lemvigh-Müller
- AO Johansen
- Davidsen
With your own price file
- Sanistål
Trade context
Rules and standards in place
Calco knows the professional foundation that separates an amateur quote from a professional one.
- Danish Authorisation Act - sewer work requires an authorised drainage contractor
- Danish standard for drainage work (DS 432 and others)
- Danish wastewater regulations and the municipal wastewater plan
- LER - the Danish utility register, mandatory enquiry before digging
- Danish Working Environment Authority requirements for excavation and shoring
- CCTV inspection and documentation for renovation and separation
Why drainage quotes are hard to get right
A drainage quote stands or falls on the quantities below ground. Metres of pipe, number of manholes, soakaway size - and not least excavation, shoring, removal and disposal of soil, which is often the big, uncertain item. Work it out by hand in the evening, and it is easy to get it wrong.
Calco does the counting. Describe the job by voice, text or photo, and Calco turns length and depth into excavated soil in m³ and the description into pipes, manholes and soakaways with the right waste percentage - on your own price files from Brødrene Dahl or Ahlsell, so the cost price is your actual one.
Standards and responsibility stay with you. Calco reminds you about pipe fall, silt traps, CCTV inspection and that connecting to the public sewer requires an authorised drainage contractor - but you always review and adjust the quote before it is sent as a PDF or into your order or accounting system.
Typical drainage jobs Calco quotes
From a perimeter drain to a full sewer separation - describe the job, and Calco counts pipes, manholes and soil with your prices.
- Perimeter drain around a house
- New collection manhole and silt trap
- Connection to the public sewer
- Rainwater soakaway and SuDS
- Sewer separation (rain and foul)
- Relaying underground soil pipes
- Gully and road drainage
- CCTV inspection and spot repair
- New drain for an extension
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