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Practical resources for construction teams

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Cosgrove & Drew partners with Gather to deliver detailed commercial management across complex mechanical engineering projects
Industry Insights
October 22, 2025
3 min read

Cosgrove & Drew partners with Gather to deliver detailed commercial management across complex mechanical engineering projects

Cosgrove and Drew with Gather. The diary is written that shift and read against the contract. That is the partnership, not a press line.

Costed Site Diaries: The Key to Accurate CVRs
Commercial
December 16, 2025
8 min read

Costed Site Diaries: The Key to Accurate CVRs

Costed site diaries and an accurate CVR. Hours, output and the activity, that day. Guess any of them and the monthly number is theatre.

How to Maintain a Construction Site Diary
Record Management
May 21, 2025
4 min read

How to Maintain a Construction Site Diary

A construction site diary is the daily record of what happened on site. What to write, who should write it, and why a reconstructed week will not stand up when a claim is challenged.

Construction Records & Information Management System - Gather Insights
Record Management
June 18, 2024
6 min read

Construction Records & Information Management System - Gather Insights

Construction records management is more than a site diary. Photos, allocations, instructions and notices have to sit together, or the QS reconstructs the week from WhatsApp.

Contemporaneous records and NEC4 event assessment
Commercial
January 22, 2026
3 min read

Contemporaneous records and NEC4 event assessment

Connect site records, instructions, notices and programme information without treating documentation as a guarantee of entitlement.

Construction Measured Mile Analysis Guide
Guides
March 20, 2025
10+ min read

Construction Measured Mile Analysis Guide

Measured mile analysis compares a clean stretch of work with a disrupted stretch of the same activity. Formula, two worked examples, and why the numbers collapse without a diary kept on the day.

Construction Record Management Startup Gather Secures New Investment Round
Industry Insights
July 19, 2024
3 min read

Construction Record Management Startup Gather Secures New Investment Round

Gather has closed a new investment round. The job is still the same: get the diary written that day so the QS can get paid for everything.

Ben Walker Joins Gather as Commercial Director
Industry Insights
April 24, 2024
2 min read

Ben Walker Joins Gather as Commercial Director

CEMAR founder Ben Walker joins Gather as commercial director. Why the person who helped draft NEC4 is now working from the site record, not another contract tool.

Amey Partners with Gather for CP7
Industry Insights
May 15, 2024
3 min read

Amey Partners with Gather for CP7

Amey on CP7 with Gather. A rail framework still needs the possession record written that night. The Monday wrap will not stand a compensation event.

2025 Network Rail Calendar Download
Industry Insights
December 5, 2024
4 min read

2025 Network Rail Calendar Download

Download the free 2025 Network Rail calendar. Thirteen four-week periods, not calendar months. Miss a period end and the payment or possession waits another four weeks.

All You Need to Know about National Grid's £35bn Investment Plan RIIO-T3
Industry Insights
February 20, 2025
6 min read

All You Need to Know about National Grid's £35bn Investment Plan RIIO-T3

RIIO-T3 is the next National Grid Electricity Transmission price control. What the £35bn investment plan means for contractors, and why the daily record still decides whether you get paid.

5 Tips for Getting to Grips with RMM
Guides
April 25, 2023
3 min read

5 Tips for Getting to Grips with RMM

Rail Method of Measurement is Network Rail's standard for pricing rail work. Five tips: possessions are not linear, interfaces need their own items, and the bill is only as good as the record.

8 Reasons You Shouldn't Use WhatsApp for Site Reporting
Productivity
April 23, 2023
4 min read

8 Reasons You Shouldn't Use WhatsApp for Site Reporting

Eight reasons WhatsApp fails UK construction site reporting. A chat thread is not contemporaneous, not complete, and not a record a PM will accept.

5 Key Benefits of Taking Photos on Site
Record Management
May 28, 2023
3 min read

5 Key Benefits of Taking Photos on Site

Five benefits of taking photos on a construction site. Dated, captioned, tied to the diary. A gallery on a phone is not a record a QS can quote.