Built by Someone Who Gets It

4Cast Concrete wasn't born in a boardroom. It was born on the shop floor—after hours, under pressure, and out of sheer necessity.

As a third-generation bricklayer and operations leader in precast manufacturing, Steve Dickens witnessed firsthand the daily inefficiencies that slowed production, fragmented communication, and buried growing companies in spreadsheets. No system out there was built for the realities of architectural precast. Civil precast, maybe. But not the one-off, design-heavy, schedule-sensitive world he lived in.

None of the solutions on the market fit. They were too expensive, too generic, and too cumbersome to adapt. So Steve made the call that would change everything: he'd build it himself.

What started as a simple idea—a better way to generate quotes and track orders—quickly evolved into something more. Nights and weekends became development sessions. A fully custom web app took shape. Bit by bit, the product grew to include quoting with digital signatures, automated production tasks, RFID label printing, pallet tracking, and seamless QuickBooks integration. All tailored specifically to architectural precast.

The DNA of 4Cast is different. It's not some VC-backed SaaS experiment—it's a tool built by someone who understands what it's like to juggle production schedules, chase down missing pieces, and get a pour out the door by 6am. Because Steve didn't just imagine the problem—he lived it. And he brought it to life not with venture funding, but with resolve, resourcefulness, and real industry know-how.

Today, 4Cast Concrete is more than just an ERP. It's a vision. A scalable, cloud-based solution that's still evolving—with AI-driven scheduling, multi-tenant capabilities, and future modules like 4Cast Design and 4Cast Takeoff already in the pipeline. Whether it's a two-man shop or a multi-state manufacturer, 4Cast delivers clarity, control, and confidence at every step.

This is what happens when someone on the inside builds the tools the industry actually needs. This is 4Cast Concrete.