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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.