AI-Powered Site Diary

Turn your site diary into commercial certainty

Construction site diary software for site and commercial teams. Record progress, resources and changes, then use the evidence to prepare reports and review project performance.

11%Circet project cost reduction
100+Circet assurance hours saved
70%Fourway reporting time saved
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An introduction to Gather
Trusted by asset owners and contractors
Network RailBalfour BeattyCostainMurphyAmeyCubbyCircetSiemensNG BaileyDywidagGround Control
The problem

Inadequate records are a commercial liability

When site records are incomplete, it takes longer to explain progress, review costs and substantiate changes. Keep the work and its supporting evidence together.

The "Evidence Void"

Critical updates trapped in WhatsApp and Excel. When a compensation event arises, you lack the contemporaneous evidence to prove the impact.

Unrecoverable Costs

Late or generic diaries fail audit tests. Contractors face Disallowed Costs. Clients can't verify actual spend.

Adversarial Accounts

Without a shared source of truth, final accounts become negotiations based on opinion, not fact. The result? Expensive adjudication.


Clear records help teams explain what happened. Capture the detail while the work is happening.

Next time you start a
project...
Align with Gather.

Site teams capture data once. That data flows into CVRs, evidence packages, dashboards, and AI analysis automatically. No duplicate entry. No spreadsheet assembly.

Your programme becomes your progress tracker.

Pre-populate shift records with planned activities, quantities and resources. Your team starts with the detail ready, then records what actually happens.

Explore Gather Plan
  • Start with the plan. Pre-fill activities, quantities and resources.

  • One-click diary creation from any scheduled task

  • Compare plan and actual. Keep both in the same record.

Who uses it:

Site Engineers Planners Project Managers

Why it matters:

Stop copying information that already exists. When your foreman records progress, Gather knows exactly what was planned, making compliance documentation effortless.

Programme View

Week of 20 Jan 2025

Activity
Mon20
Tue21
Wed22
Thu23
Fri24
Southam Road 2
Track Inspection
80%
Track Inspection3d
64% Pre-filled
Signal Testing
20%
Signal Testing3d
Lumbs Lane 2
Site Preparation
60%
Site Preparation4d
Excavation Works
0%
Excavation2d

Create Shift Record

Thu 23 January • Track Inspection

64%

Pre-filled

8

Fields ready

Planned Activities
1

Track Inspection

Linked to BoQ 4.2.1

Site Preparation

Linked to BoQ 2.1.3

Record

The site diary your field teams will actually use.

Capture progress, resource hours, changes and photographs together. Gather’s mobile app supports offline recording, so the detail stays with the work.

Explore Gather Record
  • Record on siteCapture the shift on mobile, including when you’re offline.

  • Keep the evidence togetherLink activities, resource hours, events and photographs to the same shift.

  • Contemporaneous by defaultRecords captured at the point of work, not reconstructed weeks later from memory.

Who uses it:

Site EngineersForemenQuantity Surveyors

Why it matters:

Contemporaneous records help explain what happened. Gather connects shift information and supporting evidence for your team to review alongside notices, cost records and programme analysis.

NorthWest Infra›Cable Upgrade›01-03 Tom Wilson
Submitted
1
2
3
4
5
6

Shift is Submitted

Submitted 02-03-2025 · 07:15

Tom Wilson

1

Shift Information

2

Access Information

3

Resource Information

4

Worklog

5

Shift Comments

6

Hours Allocation

1. What are the shift timings?

Start Time

01-03-2025 21:00

Shift Duration

9 Hours

End Time

02-03-2025 06:00

Access Point

Ruislip · West Compound
Weather

Temperature

6 °C · Overcast

Wind

Light breeze

2. Access Information

Planned vs Actual with variance tracking

On Track Equipment
Planned01-0322:25
Actual01-0322:25
On time
Works Commence
Planned01-0323:00
Actual01-0323:30
+30 min
Works Complete
Planned02-0304:00
Actual02-0304:00
On time
Reason for variance:Delay at RRAP

3. Resource Information

People and equipment on shift

People · 4
NameRoleSupplier
Hartley DeanCOSSAmco Giffen
Danny BrownForemanAmco Giffen
Mark NeilsonGroundworkerStory
Nicky SkinnerEngineerColas Rail

4. Worklog

Activities, quantities, and events

LocationActivityPlannedActual
CH1/235Cable Containment Install60m30m
Reason for variance:Excavation had unexpected live cable. Work stopped for safety.

5. Shift Comments

Notes, safety issues, and deliveries

Shift Comments

Team engaged in cable containment installation at CH1/235. Progress halted after 30m due to discovery of unexpected live cable. Work stopped for safety. Variance category: Unexpected Physical Conditions.

01-03-2025 22:00✓
Deliveries · 2
SupplierPO No.Received
A1 AggregatesPO-78432Tom Wilson
JewsonPO-78451Tom Wilson

6. Hours Allocation

Allocate hours for each resource

People
NameRoleHrs
Hartley DeanCOSS9
Danny BrownForeman9
Mark NeilsonGroundworker9

Hartley Dean

Total

9.00

Allocated

5.00

Remaining

4.00

Report

See what changed. Understand the impact.

Compare planned and actual progress, review resource use and follow the numbers back to the shift records behind them.

Explore Gather Report
  • Compare plan and actualReview quantities and resource hours against what was planned.

  • Trace the detailFollow the figures back to the underlying shift records.

  • Prepare commercial reviewsBring progress, resources and supporting evidence into the review.

Who uses it:

Project Managers Quantity Surveyors Project Directors

Why it matters:

When leadership asks how the project is tracking, you pull up a dashboard instead of scrambling through spreadsheets. Real time visibility turns reactive fire fighting into proactive management.

Workspace › A1 Cable Upgrade › Key Insights

Shift Records

1,258

+12%

Avg Shift Score

87

+7%

Access Score

92.8

+4.2%

Lost Time

124.5h

8%

Shift Performance Overview

Productivity Score
85
150 120 80 40 0 0 40 80 120 160 Shift Productivity Score

QS AI Agent

Review records. Identify potential change.

Ask questions about your project records and use specialist AI skills to prepare analysis. Your commercial team reviews the findings against the evidence.

Explore Gather QS AI
  • Ask project questions using your recorded work and evidence

  • Find potential changes for your commercial team to assess

  • Prepare analysis with specialist QS skills

Who uses it:

Quantity Surveyors Commercial Managers Contract Managers

Why it matters:

Your site team sees "revised drainage layout" and files it away. The AI can flag it for review as a possible change to Scope. Your team checks the instruction, contract and resulting cost and programme effects.

QS AI Agent

Analysing 1,258 records

Live

1,258

Records Reviewed

5

Early Warnings Suggested

12

Actions Recommended

Compensation Events Requiring Action

3 new
Change to Scope – Drainage Revision
60.1(1) Notice due in 6 days
CE
Unforeseen Ground Conditions – Rock Stratum
60.1(12) Notice due in 4 days
CE
Late Provision of Survey Data – Section B
60.1(5) Notice due in 2 days
CE

Connected to your existing tools

Your records. Connected to the tools you use.

Use your site evidence across AI assistants, contract management and planning tools. Gather remains the home of your project record.

GatherYour project record
Microsoft Copilot
ChatGPT
Claude
Grok
Thinkproject
Built Intelligence
Contract Bee
Primavera P6
Procore
Autodesk
Microsoft 365

What better records make possible.

11%
Cost Reduction

“Using Gather, we were able to slash 11% of total project cost on the TfL 4LM project. The platform saved us at least 100 hours on providing assurance documents alone. I was so impressed, I decided to invest in Gather.”

Nick Mansell
Nick Mansell
Senior Project Manager, Transport for London
100+
Assurance Hours Saved

“Gather has saved us at least 100 hours on providing assurance documents. The work-life balance for the guys on site has been improved. The money saved by cutting down the shift entry time was also massive.”

Moadd Al-Helini
Construction Manager at Circet
Moadd Al-Helini
Construction Manager, Circet
12%
schedule saving

“We handed over the Tideway MNTLD Secondary Lining Works ahead of schedule. Gather played an important role in this, providing us with a tool to capture consistent, structured data from the site and make effective, timely decisions.”

Rob Margariti-Smith
Senior Project Manager at Costain
Rob Margariti-Smith
Senior PM, Costain

Stronger site records. Better commercial decisions.

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