Slabs, driveways and crossovers, dimensioned per side.
Crossover applications want widths, distances and areas, and some councils call the drawing a block plan. Trace the real shape and all three are on the sheet.
Existing paths, kerb and the old crossover trace from the aerial, so the sheet shows what is really there. Unlocking the property is $75, once, with unlimited edits.
Every side dimensionedAreas in m2 per pourCrossover width and offset
What the sheet shows for concreting
Concrete work is assessed on width, position and area, which is three numbers per pour.
- Every slab dimensioned side by sideNot one overall figure. Crossover applications ask per side, and so does the estimator.
- Driveway width at the crossover and the property lineThe two places a council actually measures it.
- Distance to the nearest side boundaryAnd to the corner, which is the figure that refuses crossovers near intersections.
- Area in square metres per pourReady for the quote without a second measure up.
- Existing paths, kerb and gutterTraced from the aerial so the new work reads against what is there.
- Fall direction and any grated drainBecause new concrete sends water somewhere it was not going before.
What a crossover application is checked against
Council assesses the crossover, and sometimes the road authority does too.
Crossover widths, materials and reinstatement requirements are set by the council or the road authority, and they differ street by street. The sheet gives the measurements; the standard is theirs.
What the certifier will ask you
The questions a crossover application comes back with, and what the certifier looks for in each.
The council limits the driveway's width and measures it at the crossover and at the property line. Both widths are on the sheet, with the area of each pour.
More on thisA crossover too close to an intersection is refused outright, so the offset to the corner is dimensioned, with the distance to the nearest side boundary.
New concrete sends water somewhere it was not going before, and the council reads the impervious area, which counts concrete even where site cover does not. The area of each pour and the fall are on the sheet.
More on thisThe council assesses the crossover, and on some roads the road authority does too. The drawing can come from the concreter, a drafter or the owner, and some councils call it a block plan.
More on thisThe council and the zone set the rules the plan is checked against, and some councils step them with the lot's size. The address gives the council, and the sheet prints the lot's area.
Whether the existing crossover is removed, reused or left is a question the drawing answers before anyone asks it. The council or the road authority sets how a removed one is reinstated.
Questions people ask about concreting and driveways
Answers from the blog, and the checks that read one address.
The quote and the application off the same measure up
Concreters measure twice: once for the quote and once for the council drawing. Tracing the pour on the real lot produces both at once, with your business in the title block.
Check the wind class for the blockPatio / carport / louvered · Granny flat · Retaining · Pools · Concreting / driveways · Class 10a structures. All seven come out of the same editor, on the same sheet, at the same price.
Doing a different job?
Each page covers what that structure needs on the sheet.
Measure once, quote and lodge from the same drawing.
Trace the pour over the real property and the areas, widths and offsets come out together.
Search the address and check the property on the aerial before you pay anything. Unlocking it is $75, once, for that property.