Good work deserves a good record.
When the evidence of what happened on site is scattered, even the strongest commercial case becomes hard to make. Will Doyle experienced that first hand. It is why Gather exists.
At stake on a major rail project. The problem was not a lack of work or effort. It was finding a clear, connected record to show what had happened.
The work happened. Proving it was another matter.
Will started as an aspiring quantity surveyor in 2011. He soon found that the quality of the commercial account depended on the quality of the daily record.
On the North West Electrification project, the team faced a substantial commercial claim. The details needed to explain delays and change were spread across paper diaries, emails, spreadsheets and photographs.
Records existed, but connecting an event to its date, location, activity, resources and impact took far too much time. By the time a QS needed the information, the people who knew the detail could be working somewhere else, and the picture was harder to reconstruct.
This was a practical problem with a commercial cost. If a contractor cannot show what happened, it becomes harder to establish entitlement, agree a fair assessment and get paid for the work carried out.
Will had spent years chasing that evidence. He wanted the record to start where the work happened, then remain useful to the people responsible for progress, cost and contract decisions.
The detail should travel with the work.
“I built Gather because I was sick and tired of terrible, terrible records.”Will Doyle · Founder and CEO · Chartered quantity surveyor
Built from the site outwards.
The name changed as the work grew. The reason for building it did not.
The problem became personal
Working as a QS, Will saw how incomplete daily records made it harder to explain change and substantiate the work delivered.
Raildiary began
Will started Raildiary to help rail teams capture consistent, useful records close to the work. It was designed around real project processes.
Raildiary became Gather
The approach had value beyond rail. The Gather name reflected its use across wider construction and infrastructure projects.
Make the site record useful to the whole project.
Our purpose is simple: help teams keep a reliable account of what happened, so they can make better decisions and get paid for everything, in full and on time.
Capture it close to the work
Supervisors and engineers record activity, resources, progress, site conditions and events while the detail is fresh. Explore Record ↗
Give the detail its context
Link entries to activities and locations, with photos and supporting notes, so a project team can follow the account later. Explore Plan ↗
Use it when decisions are made
Bring source records into progress and commercial review. Gather’s QS AI can flag matters to examine; the team checks the contract and decides what action to take. Explore Report ↗
A few things worth clearing up.
What is Gather?
Is Gather the same company as Raildiary?
Who founded Gather?
Does Gather replace NEC4 notices or contract administration?
How does a project get started?
Bring us a real project question.
We will show you how Gather connects the site record to the decisions that depend on it.
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